Physical activity, well-being, and priorities of older women during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of Women's Health Initiative Strong and Healthy (WHISH) intervention participants.

"Conflicts of Interest : All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest."

"This study was funded by the following grants: Women’s Health Initiative Extension Study: HHSN268201100003C and 75N92021D00004/TO75N92021F00001; WHISH trial U01 HL122280-CCC; U01 HL122273-DCC; and 1R61HL151885-01."

"The WHISH trial design and baseline characteristics of study participants have been published previously []. Briefly, 49,331 WHI-ES participants, aged 68–99 years, who were not living in a nursing home or clinical care facility and met other specific criteria were randomly assigned in 2015 to a “usual activity” comparison or an intervention designed to promote national multi-component PA recommendations for older adults [, ], with major cardiac events as the primary outcome []. Recommendations include aerobic activity (with an emphasis on walking), muscle-strengthening, flexibility and balance exercises, and reducing sedentary behavior (particularly inactive sitting). All participants were enrolled within a 6-month period in 2015. The current study involves only participants assigned to the WHISH PA intervention who had provided email addresses and were, therefore, receiving monthly emails in addition to the PA information delivered to all participants by mail and telephone messaging."