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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Kilani HA, Bataineh MF, Al-Nawayseh A, Atiyat K, Obeid O, Abu-Hilal MM, Mansi T, Al-Kilani M, Al-Kitani M, El-Saleh M, Jaber RM, Sweidan A, Himsi M, Yousef I, Alzeer F, Nasrallah M, Al Dhaheri AS, Al-Za'abi A, Allala O, Al-Kilani L, Alhasan AM, Ghieda M, Najah Y, Alsheekhly S, Alhaifi A, Shukri R, Al Adwani J, Waly M, Kilani L, Kilani LH, Al Shareef AS, and Kilani A
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Arabs, COVID-19 pathology, COVID-19 virology, Exercise, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Quarantine, Schools, Surveys and Questionnaires, Universities, Young Adult, COVID-19 epidemiology, Healthy Lifestyle physiology, Pandemics, SARS-CoV-2 pathogenicity
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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., Competing Interests: MH is an employee of Actness. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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- 2020
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