Department of Health Professions, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland.
Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Apr 13;7(4):e26330. doi: 10.2196/26330.
The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 led to the COVID-19 pandemic starting in January 2020. The Swiss Federal Council prescribed a lockdown of nonessential businesses. Students and employees of higher education institutions had to install home offices and participate in online lectures.
The aim of this survey study was to evaluate lifestyle habits, such as physical activity (PA), sitting time, nutritional habits (expressed as median modified Mediterranean Diet Score [mMDS]), alcohol consumption habits, and sleeping behavior during a 2-month period of confinement and social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey participants were students and employees of a Swiss university of applied sciences.
All students and employees from Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions (ie, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, midwifery, and physiotherapy divisions) were invited to complete an anonymous online survey during the COVID-19 confinement period. Information on the lifestyle dimensions of PA, sitting time, nutritional and alcohol consumption habits, and sleep behavior was gathered using adaptations of validated questionnaires. Frequency analyses and nonparametric statistical methods were used for data analysis. Significance was set at 5% α level of error.
Prevalence of non-health-enhancing PA was 37.1%, with participants of the division of physiotherapy showing the lowest prevalence. Prevalence of long sitting time (>8 hours/day) was 36.1%. The median mMDS was 9, where the maximal score was 15, with participants of the division of nutrition and dietetics being more adherent to a Mediterranean diet as compared to the other groups. Prevalence of nonadherence to the Swiss alcohol consumption recommendations was 8.3%. Prevalence of low sleeping quality was 44.7%, while the median sleeping duration was 8 hours, which is considered healthy for adult populations.
In the group analysis, differences in PA, sitting time, and mMDS were observed between different divisions of health professions as well as between Bachelor of Science students, Master of Science students, and employees. Therefore, public health messages regarding healthy lifestyle habits during home confinement should be more group specific. The results of this study may provide support for the implementation of group-specific health promotion interventions at universities in pandemic conditions.
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04502108; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04502108.
新型冠状病毒 SARS-CoV-2 导致 2020 年 1 月开始的 COVID-19 大流行。瑞士联邦委员会规定关闭非必要企业。高等教育机构的学生和员工必须安装家庭办公室并参加在线讲座。
本调查研究旨在评估在 COVID-19 大流行期间因隔离和社会疏远而进行的为期 2 个月的生活方式习惯，例如体育活动（PA），久坐时间，营养习惯（以改良的中值地中海饮食评分[ mMDS]表示），饮酒习惯和睡眠行为。调查参与者是瑞士应用科学大学的学生和员工。
伯尔尼应用科学大学健康专业系（即护理，营养与饮食学，助产学和物理治疗系）的所有学生和员工均被邀请在 COVID-19 隔离期间完成匿名在线调查。使用经过验证的问卷的改编来收集有关 PA，久坐时间，营养和饮酒习惯以及睡眠行为的生活方式维度的信息。使用频率分析和非参数统计方法进行数据分析。置信水平设置为 5%α错误。
非健康增强型 PA 的流行率为 37.1%，理疗师的流行率最低。长时间久坐（> 8 小时/天）的流行率为 36.1%。mMDS 的中位数为 9，最大得分为 15，与其他组相比，营养与饮食系的参与者更遵守地中海饮食。不遵守瑞士饮酒建议的流行率为 8.3%。睡眠质量低的流行率为 44.7%，而睡眠时间的中位数为 8 小时，这被认为是成年人健康的睡眠时间。
在组分析中，不同健康专业的不同部门以及理学士学生，理学硕士学生和员工之间在 PA，久坐时间和 mMDS 方面存在差异。因此，在家庭隔离期间，有关健康生活方式习惯的公共卫生信息应更加具体。这项研究的结果可能为大流行条件下大学实施特定群体的健康促进干预措施提供支持。
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04502108; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04502108。
