1. 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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Maher Al-Kilani, Asma M Alhasan, Laila Kilani, Ruba M. Jaber, Osama Allala, Raghda Shukri, Majed Saleem El-Saleh, Hashem Kilani, Abdulsalam Al-Za’abi, Mo'ath F Bataineh, Iyad Yousef, Mahfoodha Al-Kitani, Jamal Naser Al Adwani, Mawaheb Himsi, Omar Obeid, Ahmad Sweidan, Mohamed Ghieda, Faten al-Zeer, Khaled Atiyat, Ayesha S Al Dhaheri, Saad Alsheekhly, Maher M. Abu-Hilal, Areej Kilani, Taiysir Mansi, Leen H Kilani, Mostafa I. Waly, Ahmad R. Al-Haifi, Yasir Najah, Ali Al-Nawayseh, Monther Nasrallah, Ahmad S Al Shareef, and Laila Al-Kilani
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Male ,Gerontology ,Questionnaires ,Viral Diseases ,Physiology ,Epidemiology ,Mental wellbeing ,Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medical Conditions ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Pandemic ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Public and Occupational Health ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Young adult ,Schools ,Multidisciplinary ,Middle Aged ,Arabs ,Mental Health ,Infectious Diseases ,Research Design ,Quarantine ,Medicine ,Female ,Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health ,Research Article ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Universities ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Science ,Physical activity ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mental Health and Psychiatry ,medicine ,Humans ,Healthy Lifestyle ,Exercise ,Pandemics ,Aged ,Nutrition ,Survey Research ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,COVID-19 ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Covid 19 ,Physical Activity ,Mental health ,Diet ,business ,Physiological Processes ,Sleep ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - 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.
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- 2020
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