Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions
2020
Kilani, Hashem A. | Bataineh, Mo’ath F. | Al-Nawayseh, Ali | Atiyat, Khaled | Obeid, Omar Ahmad | Abu-Hilal, Maher Mohammad | Mansi, Taiysir | Al-Kilani, Maher A. | Al-Kitani, Mahfoodha | el-Saleh, Majed Saleem | Jaber, Ruba M. | Sweidan, Ahmad | Himsi, Mawaheb | Yousef, Iyad A. | Alzeer, Faten | Nasrallah, Monther | Al-Dhaheri, Ayesha S. | Al-Za’abi, Abdulsalam S. | Allala, Osama | Al-Kilani, Laila | AlHasan, Asma Mahmoud | Ghieda, Mohamed Y. | Najah, Yasir | Alsheekhly, Saad | Alhaifi, Ahmad Rashed | Shukri, Raghda K. | Al-Adwani, Jamal Nasser | Waly, Moustafa Ibrahim | Kilani, Laila | Kilani, Leen H. | Al Shareef, Ahmad S. | Kilani, Areej | Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences | Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) | American University of Beirut
Background: In the past infectious diseases affected the quality of lifestyle during home confinement. The study conducted examines the influence of home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on lifestyle, mental wellbeing, nutritional status, and sleeping pattern. Method: An online multicategorical questionnaire was distributed to collect demographic information combined with the following tools: Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), WHO-5 wellbeing score, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). A snowball non-discriminate sampling procedure was conducted to collect data from people attending or working at higher institutions from March 1, 2020 to April 24, 2020. A total of 1723 completed responses (917 males, 37.4 ±13.4 years old and 806 females 32.2 ± 11.5 years old) were collected. Results: The female participants had significantly lower mental health scores than males (53.9% vs. 46.1%). The mental wellbeing scores were higher among participants with medium and high physical activity (PA) levels (p < 0.00). Additionally, the mental wellbeing scores were significantly improved by dietary quality and it's sleeping score (p < 0.001). However, PA was by far the major determinant of the mental health scores. Conclusion: Factors such as PA, diet, and sleeping patterns were associated with mental wellbeing during the COVID-19 confinement among Arab participants. Copyright © 2020 Kilani et al.
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