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Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown affected the daily habits of people around the world. Many countries have contributed to restricting its transmission by ensuing a quarantine, including Saudi Arabia, by shutting down educational facilities. Therefore, the system adapted to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10494736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37700964 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43371 |
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author | Elsayed, Hanan Alrohaily, Lujain Alsaedi, Saba L Aljohani, Sulafah M Jan, Raghad A Alharthi, Nada N Garah, Reem A |
author_facet | Elsayed, Hanan Alrohaily, Lujain Alsaedi, Saba L Aljohani, Sulafah M Jan, Raghad A Alharthi, Nada N Garah, Reem A |
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description | Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown affected the daily habits of people around the world. Many countries have contributed to restricting its transmission by ensuing a quarantine, including Saudi Arabia, by shutting down educational facilities. Therefore, the system adapted to those changes, and people were required to stay home for work and education. Objectives This study aimed to explore the effect of the lockdown and house confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic on the important aspects of lifestyle, such as body weight, dietary habits, sleeping patterns, stress levels, screen time, and physical activity among students of Taibah University in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out by a self-administered online questionnaire that was quoted from a Palestinian study. Then was translated from English to Arabic. In total, 528 Taibah University students were eligible to participate. It addressed food-related behavior (types of foods consumed) and lifestyle behavior (physical activity, sleep quality, and screen time). Results Study participants aged from 17 to 30 years, males and females. Mainly non-infected COVID-19 persons previously (54.4%). Participants showed an increase in body weight, intake of fried food, intake of sweets, sleep hours, screen time, and physical activity during lockdown. The most reported sources of stress during lockdown were staying at home all day (62.3%) and distance learning (44.9%). Conclusion The COVID-19 lockdown and the closure of universities have led to many changes in the everyday routine of university students, leading to changes in their lifestyle behaviors. |
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spelling | pubmed-104947362023-09-12 Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah Elsayed, Hanan Alrohaily, Lujain Alsaedi, Saba L Aljohani, Sulafah M Jan, Raghad A Alharthi, Nada N Garah, Reem A Cureus Family/General Practice Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown affected the daily habits of people around the world. Many countries have contributed to restricting its transmission by ensuing a quarantine, including Saudi Arabia, by shutting down educational facilities. Therefore, the system adapted to those changes, and people were required to stay home for work and education. Objectives This study aimed to explore the effect of the lockdown and house confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic on the important aspects of lifestyle, such as body weight, dietary habits, sleeping patterns, stress levels, screen time, and physical activity among students of Taibah University in Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out by a self-administered online questionnaire that was quoted from a Palestinian study. Then was translated from English to Arabic. In total, 528 Taibah University students were eligible to participate. It addressed food-related behavior (types of foods consumed) and lifestyle behavior (physical activity, sleep quality, and screen time). Results Study participants aged from 17 to 30 years, males and females. Mainly non-infected COVID-19 persons previously (54.4%). Participants showed an increase in body weight, intake of fried food, intake of sweets, sleep hours, screen time, and physical activity during lockdown. The most reported sources of stress during lockdown were staying at home all day (62.3%) and distance learning (44.9%). Conclusion The COVID-19 lockdown and the closure of universities have led to many changes in the everyday routine of university students, leading to changes in their lifestyle behaviors. Cureus 2023-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10494736/ /pubmed/37700964 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43371 Text en Copyright © 2023, Elsayed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Family/General Practice Elsayed, Hanan Alrohaily, Lujain Alsaedi, Saba L Aljohani, Sulafah M Jan, Raghad A Alharthi, Nada N Garah, Reem A Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah |
title | Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah |
title_full | Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah |
title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah |
title_short | Impact of COVID-19 on the Lifestyle of Students of Taibah University, Madinah |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 on the lifestyle of students of taibah university, madinah |
topic | Family/General Practice |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10494736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37700964 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43371 |
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