Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Cathedral Court, 1 Vicar Lane, Sheffield, S1 2LT, England.
School of Psychology, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2022 Jun;57(6):1247-1260. doi: 10.1007/s00127-021-02210-w. Epub 2021 Dec 16.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way many individuals go about their daily lives. This study attempted to model the complexity of change in lifestyle quality as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its context within the UK adult population.
Data from the COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium Study (Wave 3, July 2020; N = 1166) were utilised. A measure of COVID-19-related lifestyle change captured how individuals' lifestyle quality had been altered as a consequence of the pandemic. Exploratory factor analysis and latent profile analysis were used to identify distinct lifestyle quality change subgroups, while multinomial logistic regression analysis was employed to describe class membership.
Five lifestyle dimensions, reflecting partner relationships, health, family and friend relations, personal and social activities, and work life, were identified by the EFA, and seven classes characterised by distinct patterns of change across these dimensions emerged from the LPA: (1) better overall (3.3%), (2) worse except partner relations (6.0%), (3) worse overall (2.5%), (4) better relationships (9.5%), (5) better except partner relations (4.3%), (6) no different (67.9%), and (7) worse partner relations only (6.5%). Predictor variables differentiated membership of classes. Notably, classes 3 and 7 were associated with poorer mental health (COVID-19 related PTSD and suicidal ideation).
Four months into the pandemic, most individuals' lifestyle quality remained largely unaffected by the crisis. Concerningly however, a substantial minority (15%) experienced worsened lifestyles compared to before the pandemic. In particular, a pronounced deterioration in partner relations seemed to constitute the more severe pandemic-related lifestyle change.
新冠疫情大流行改变了许多人日常生活的方式。本研究试图构建一个模型，以评估新冠疫情对英国成年人生活质量变化的复杂影响及其所处的背景。
本研究使用了 COVID-19 心理研究联盟研究（第 3 波，2020 年 7 月；N=1166）的数据。一种评估与新冠疫情相关的生活方式变化的指标，用以捕捉个人生活质量因疫情而改变的情况。本研究采用探索性因子分析和潜在剖面分析来识别不同的生活质量变化亚组，同时采用多项逻辑回归分析来描述类别归属。
通过 EFA 确定了五个生活质量维度，反映了伴侣关系、健康、家庭和朋友关系、个人和社会活动以及工作生活；通过 LPA 确定了七个反映不同变化模式的特征类：（1）总体更好（3.3%），（2）除伴侣关系外更差（6.0%），（3）总体更差（2.5%），（4）关系更好（9.5%），（5）除伴侣关系外更好（4.3%），（6）无差异（67.9%），（7）仅伴侣关系更差（6.5%）。预测变量可以区分类别的归属。值得注意的是，类 3 和类 7 与较差的心理健康（与新冠相关的创伤后应激障碍和自杀意念）有关。
在疫情爆发四个月后，大多数人的生活质量基本未受危机影响。然而，令人担忧的是，仍有相当一部分人（15%）的生活质量较疫情前更差。特别是，伴侣关系明显恶化似乎构成了更严重的与疫情相关的生活方式变化。
