Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
The School of Medical Science in Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
Front Public Health. 2022 Jul 7;10:916972. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.916972. eCollection 2022.
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, people began to change both their health-promoting and anti-health behaviors.
To assess the impact of the pandemic on selected health-promoting attitudes.
The cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2020 to September 2021. We have used the author's survey questionnaire and the standardized Wellness Behaviors Inventory (WBI). The questionnaires were given to respondents in paper versions to fill it.
The study group included 600 urban residents aged 32-73. Based on the opinions of the respondents, during the pandemic, the following activities increased the most: hand washing (93.3%), eating sweets and snacks (80%), and surfing the Internet (60%). An increase in drug/legal use was reported by 13.3%, with no indication of a decrease or no change in consumption of the above. The overall WBI index for all subjects before the pandemic was 81.3 ± 20.2 points, and the increase significantly ( < 0.001) during the pandemic was 87.7 ± 16.7 points. In addition, an increase in preferred eating habits was found (from 19.5 ± 6.4 to 21.1 ± 6.9 points; < 0.001), preferred prophylactic behaviors (from 21.1 ± 6.0 to 22.7 ± 5.2 points; < 0.001) and level of presented health practices during the pandemic (from 20.3 ± 5.1 to 24.7 ± 2.7 points; < 0.001), and a decrease significantly ( < 0.001) in the degree of positive mental attitude (from 20.3 ± 5.4 points to 19.3 ± 4.9 points).
Respondents generally rated their own and their family's health as worse during the pandemic period, and this trend continued when broken down by gender, cohabitant, place of residence, and education. According to the largest group of respondents, the frequency of handwashing, eating sweets and snacks, surfing the Internet, and using drugs/legal highs increased the most during the pandemic. The overall WBI index for all respondents before and during the pandemic was slightly higher during the pandemic period. Monitoring health behavior during a pandemic is essential for prevention and health care institutions. Further studies are needed to assess the long-term impact of the pandemic on pro-and anti-health behavior of people.
在 COVID-19 大流行面前，人们开始改变促进健康和不利于健康的行为。
评估大流行对某些促进健康态度的影响。
这项横断面研究于 2020 年 3 月至 2021 年 9 月进行。我们使用了作者的调查问卷和标准化的健康行为量表（WBI）。问卷以纸质形式分发给受访者填写。
研究组包括 600 名年龄在 32-73 岁的城市居民。根据受访者的意见，在大流行期间，以下活动增加最多：洗手（93.3%）、吃甜食和零食（80%）和上网（60%）。报告药物/合法使用增加的比例为 13.3%，无减少或无变化。所有受试者在大流行前的总体 WBI 指数为 81.3 ± 20.2 分，大流行期间显著增加（<0.001）至 87.7 ± 16.7 分。此外，发现饮食习惯偏好增加（从 19.5 ± 6.4 增加到 21.1 ± 6.9 分；<0.001）、偏好预防行为（从 21.1 ± 6.0 增加到 22.7 ± 5.2 分；<0.001）和大流行期间呈现的健康实践水平（从 20.3 ± 5.1 增加到 24.7 ± 2.7 分；<0.001），积极心态程度显著下降（从 20.3 ± 5.4 分降至 19.3 ± 4.9 分；<0.001）。
受访者普遍认为自己和家人在大流行期间的健康状况更差，而且这种趋势在按性别、同居者、居住地和教育程度细分时仍在继续。根据最大的受访者群体，大流行期间洗手、吃甜食和零食、上网和使用毒品/合法兴奋剂的频率增加最多。所有受访者在大流行前后的总体 WBI 指数在大流行期间略高。在大流行期间监测健康行为对于预防和保健机构至关重要。需要进一步研究来评估大流行对人们促进和不利于健康行为的长期影响。
