Sleep Quality and Dietary Habits during Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown among the Medical Students of a Tertiary Care Setting.
| Autor: | Suganthi, Vajiravelu, Chandrabose, Arumugam, Suthandhira, Munisamy, Saraswathi, Puluvapatti Venkidusamy, Gunasekaran, Sasikala, Periasamy, Panneerselvam |
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SLEEP quality
FOOD habits BODY weight CONFIDENCE intervals MEDICAL students RESEARCH methodology CROSS-sectional method ONE-way analysis of variance TERTIARY care FISHER exact test PHYSICAL activity T-test (Statistics) QUESTIONNAIRES CHI-squared test DESCRIPTIVE statistics STAY-at-home orders STATISTICAL sampling BODY mass index DATA analysis software COVID-19 pandemic EATING disorders |
| Zdroj: | Apollo Medicine; 2023 Supplement, Vol. 20, pS7-S13, 7p |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Health officials were forced to impose a lockdown because of the COVID-19 epidemic as a method of epidemiological containment. Objectives: This study was designed to medical student's sleep quality and dietary habits during the pandemic in erode district of Tamil Nadu. Methods: Through the voluntary completion of an online questionnaire, a cross-sectional study was carried out using a random representative sample of 263 MBBS medical students from Erode Medical College in Tamil Nadu (mean age 19.63 + 1.86 years, men 33.46%). To evaluate sleep quality and associated food habit components, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and eating habits questionnaire were employed. Results: Participants in the study had a mean PSQI score of 5.17 ± 3.6 students who are underweight and weigh <50 kg perform better on sleep tests. 43.3% of individuals reported having poor sleep quality (males: 44.32%; females: 42.86%). The mean eating habits of men and women did not differ in a way that was statistically significant (P = 0.27). High body weight and body mass index (BMI) among students are risk factors for eating disorders. While 54% of students engaged in daily light exercise, 46% of students engaged in no physical activity. Lockdown caused psychological discomfort for 66.16% of the individuals. Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that a COVID-19 lockout has a negative impact on young undergraduate medical adults' physical activity and sleep quality. The most frequent exposures that were associated with an increased risk of sleep issues and eating disorders were bodyweight, BMI, monthly family income, and poor physical activity with excessive eating during the COVID-19 lockdown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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