Nirala Santosh Kumar, Naik Bijaya Nanda, Rao Rajath, Pandey Sanjay, Singh C M, Chaudhary Neha
Department of Community and Family medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Nepal J Epidemiol. 2022 Mar 31;12(1):1139-1155. doi: 10.3126/nje.v12i1.42292. eCollection 2022 Mar.
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures to confine it has disrupted the routine of the public. The impact of such long-term confinements on the lifestyle and diet of students are not known and hence this study was designed to assess the impact of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle and diet of university students.
An online cross-sectional survey among 622 university students across various educational institutes of east India using a pre-designed questionnaire about lifestyle-diet before and during the lockdown. Results were tabulated and statistical tests like Paired t-test, Wilcoxon Rank sign test, and Mc-Nemar tests were applied and overall significance was attributed to P<0.05.
During the lockdown a total of 2.4% (95% CI: 1.4-3.8%) decrease in prevalence of tobacco use, 8.7% (95% CI: 6.6-11%) decrease in physical activity and a 0.8 hour (95% CI: 0.6-0.9 hour) increase in the mean sleep duration was observed. There was a significant increase in use of fresh fruits consumption [Median(IQR)-before:2(1-5);during:3(1-5) days] and a decrease in meat-poultry[Median(IQR)-before: 2(0-3);during: 1(0-3)days] and junk food[Median(IQR)-before:1(0-2);during:0(0-2)days] consumption during the lockdown.
A significant proportion of changes in lifestyle and frequency of consumption of certain food items in the dietary pattern during the lockdown.
新冠疫情的出现以及为控制疫情而采取的封锁措施扰乱了公众的日常生活。这种长期封锁对学生生活方式和饮食的影响尚不清楚，因此本研究旨在评估新冠疫情封锁对大学生生活方式和饮食的影响。
使用一份关于封锁前和封锁期间生活方式与饮食的预先设计好的问卷，对印度东部各教育机构的622名大学生进行在线横断面调查。结果被制成表格，并应用配对t检验、威尔科克森秩和检验以及麦克尼马尔检验等统计测试，总体显著性设定为P<0.05。
在封锁期间，观察到烟草使用率总体下降了2.4%（95%置信区间：1.4 - 3.8%），身体活动减少了8.7%（95%置信区间：6.6 - 11%），平均睡眠时间增加了0.8小时（95%置信区间：0.6 - 0.9小时）。新鲜水果的食用量显著增加[中位数（四分位距）- 封锁前：2（1 - 5）天；封锁期间：3（1 - 5）天]，而肉类 - 禽类[中位数（四分位距）- 封锁前：2（0 - 3）天；封锁期间：1（0 - 3）天]和垃圾食品[中位数（四分位距）- 封锁前：1（0 - 2）天；封锁期间：0（0 - 2）天]的食用量在封锁期间减少。
封锁期间生活方式以及饮食模式中某些食品的消费频率发生了很大比例的变化。
