Lifestyle, Physical Activity, Eating and Hygiene Habits: A Comparative Analysis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Student Population.
coronavirus
lockdown
nutrition
personal hygiene habits
sedentary behavior
Journal
Frontiers in public health
ISSN: 2296-2565
Titre abrégé: Front Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101616579
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
26
01
2022
accepted:
21
02
2022
entrez:
4
4
2022
pubmed:
5
4
2022
medline:
6
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Changing daily habits such as diet, hygiene and physical activity may be some of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of this pandemic on lifestyle, physical activity, eating and hygiene habits among students. This cross-sectional study involved 171 students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia. Data were statistically analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, Marginal homogeneity test and Chi-square test. The differences were considered statistically significant when In this study, it was observed that the most common physical activity before the pandemic was walking, while during the pandemic was home exercising. Compared to the period before the pandemic, there was no difference in the time spent engaging in daily physical activity ( Given that the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, certain changes in lifestyle observed in this study should be confirmed in more extensive population studies.
Sections du résumé
Background
Changing daily habits such as diet, hygiene and physical activity may be some of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of this pandemic on lifestyle, physical activity, eating and hygiene habits among students.
Methods
This cross-sectional study involved 171 students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia. Data were statistically analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, Marginal homogeneity test and Chi-square test. The differences were considered statistically significant when
Results
In this study, it was observed that the most common physical activity before the pandemic was walking, while during the pandemic was home exercising. Compared to the period before the pandemic, there was no difference in the time spent engaging in daily physical activity (
Conclusions
Given that the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, certain changes in lifestyle observed in this study should be confirmed in more extensive population studies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35372255
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.862816
pmc: PMC8968854
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
862816Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Sekulic, Stajic, Jurisic Skevin, Kocovic, Zivkovic Zaric, Djonovic, Vasiljevic, Radmanovic, Spasic, Janicijevic, Simic Vukomanovic, Niciforovic, Parezanovic Ilic, Barac, Lukovic and Joksimovic.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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