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Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the past infectious diseases affected the quality of lifestyle during home confinement. The study conducted examines the influence of home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on lifestyle, mental wellbeing, nutritional status, and sleeping pattern.

Method

An online multicategorical questionnaire was distributed to collect demographic information combined with the following tools: Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), WHO-5 wellbeing score, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). A snowball non-discriminate sampling procedure was conducted to collect data from people attending or working at higher institutions from March 1, 2020 to April 24, 2020. A total of 1723 completed responses (917 males, 37.4 ±13.4 years old and 806 females 32.2 ± 11.5 years old) were collected.

Results

The female participants had significantly lower mental health scores than males (53.9% vs. 46.1%). The mental wellbeing scores were higher among participants with medium and high physical activity (PA) levels (p < 0.00). Additionally, the mental wellbeing scores were significantly improved by dietary quality and it's sleeping score (p < 0.001). However, PA was by far the major determinant of the mental health scores.

Conclusion

Factors such as PA, diet, and sleeping patterns were associated with mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 confinement among Arab participants.

SUBMITTER: Kilani HA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735567 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions.

Kilani Hashem A HA Bataineh Mo'ath F MF Al-Nawayseh Ali A Atiyat Khaled K Obeid Omar O Abu-Hilal Maher M MM Mansi Taiysir T Al-Kilani Maher M Al-Kitani Mahfoodha M El-Saleh Majed M Jaber Ruba M RM Sweidan Ahmad A Himsi Mawaheb M Yousef Iyad I Alzeer Faten F Nasrallah Monther M Al Dhaheri Ayesha S AS Al-Za'abi Abdulsalam A Allala Osama O Al-Kilani Laila L Alhasan Asma M AM Ghieda Mohamed M Najah Yasir Y Alsheekhly Saad S Alhaifi Ahmad A Shukri Raghda R Al Adwani Jamal J Waly Mostafa M Kilani Laila L Kilani Leen H LH Al Shareef Ahmad S AS Kilani Areej A

PloS one 20201214 12

<h4>Background</h4>In the past infectious diseases affected the quality of lifestyle during home confinement. The study conducted examines the influence of home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on lifestyle, mental wellbeing, nutritional status, and sleeping pattern.<h4>Method</h4>An online multicategorical questionnaire was distributed to collect demographic information combined with the following tools: Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), International Physical Activity Questi ...[more]

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Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions.

Background

Method

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Conclusion

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Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions.

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