Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions
Date
2020Item Type
ArticleAbstract
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.
Author
Kilani, Hashem A.
Bataineh, Mo’ath F.
Al-Nawayseh, Ali
Atiyat, Khaled
Obeid, Omar
Abu-Hilal, Maher M.
Mansi, Taiysir
Al-Kilani, Maher
AlKitani, Mahfoodha
El-Saleh, Majed
Jaber, Ruba M.
Sweidan, Ahmad
Himsi, Mawaheb
Yousef, Iyad
Alzeer, Faten
Nasrallah, Monther
Al Dhaheri1, Ayesha S.
Al-Za’abi, Abdulsalam
Allala, Osama
Al-Kilani, Laila
Alhasan, Asma M.
Ghieda, Mohamed
Najah, Yasir
Alsheekhly, Saad
Alhaifi, Ahmad
Shukri, Raghda
Al Adwani, Jamal
Waly, Mostafa
Kilani, Laila
Kilani, Leen H.
Al Shareef, Ahmad S.
Kilani, Areej