Changes in Health-Related Behaviours and Mental Health in a UK Public Sample during the First Set of Covid-19 Public Health Restrictions

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ID15514015
AutoresJason J Wilson (0000-0001-5558-8399, University of Ulster), Lee Smith (0000-0002-0556-7335, Anglia Ruskin University), Anita Yakkundi (University of Ulster), Louis Jacob (0000-0003-1071-1239, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), Suzanne Martin (0000-0001-8363-097X, University of Ulster), Igor Grabovac (0000-0001-9605-1467, Medical University of Vienna), Daniel Mcdermott (0000-0001-7005-6446, Nottingham Trent University), Rubén López‐Bueno (0000-0002-7865-3429, Universidad de Zaragoza), Yvonne Barnett (0000-0003-0271-2266, Anglia Ruskin University), Laurie T Butler (0000-0002-0811-3566, Anglia Ruskin University), Felipe Barreto-Schuch (0000-0002-5190-4515, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria), Nicola Armstrong (0000-0001-7036-3649, Public Health Agency), Mark A Tully (0000-0001-9710-4014, University of Ulster, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume19
Fascículo7
Páginas3959-3959
Data de publicação2022-03-26
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph19073959
PMID35409642
OpenAlexW4221044331
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas34

Public health restrictions, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, have had potentially wide-ranging, unintended effects on health-related behaviours such as diet and physical activity and also affected mental health due to reduced social interactions. This study explored how health-related behaviours and mental health were impacted in a sample of the UK public during the first set of COVID-19 public health restrictions. Two online surveys were administered in the UK, one within the first three months of the restrictions (Timepoints 1 (T1—involving pre-pandemic recall) and 2/T2) and another ten weeks later (Timepoint 3/T3). Moderate−vigorous physical activity (MVPA), outdoor time, sitting time, screen time and sexual activity were self-reported. Diet was assessed using the Dietary Instrument for Nutrition Education questionnaire. Mental health was measured using the short-form Warwick−Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale and Becks’ Anxiety and Depression Inventories. Differences between timepoints were explored using the Friedman, Wilcoxon signed-rank, McNemar and McNemar−Bowker tests. Two hundred and ninety-six adults (74% under 65 years old; 65% female) provided data across all timepoints. Between T1 and T2, MVPA, time outdoors and sexual activity decreased while sitting, and screen time increased (p < 0.05). Between T2 and T3, saturated fat intake, MVPA, time outdoors, and mental wellbeing increased while sitting, screen time and anxiety symptoms decreased (p < 0.05). This study found that depending on the level of COVID-19 public health restrictions in place, there appeared to be a varying impact on different health-related behaviours and mental health. As countries emerge from restrictions, it is prudent to direct necessary resources to address these important public health issues

Anxiety · Environmental health · McNemar's test · Mental health · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Public health · Screen time · Sitting · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Gerontology