Lifestyle, Physical Activity, Eating and Hygiene Habits: A Comparative Analysis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Student Population.


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
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

862816

Informations 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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Auteurs

Marija Sekulic (M)

Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Dalibor Stajic (D)

Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Aleksandra Jurisic Skevin (A)

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Aleksandar Kocovic (A)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Radica Zivkovic Zaric (R)

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Nela Djonovic (N)

Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Dragan Vasiljevic (D)

Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Branimir Radmanovic (B)

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Marko Spasic (M)

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Katarina Janicijevic (K)

Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Ivana Simic Vukomanovic (I)

Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Jovan Niciforovic (J)

Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjacka Banja, University of Kragujevac, Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia.

Katarina Parezanovic Ilic (K)

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Stevan Barac (S)

Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University Clinical Centre Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Tanja Lukovic (T)

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia.

Stefan Joksimovic (S)

Surgical Oncology Clinic, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.

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