Eating Habits and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Adult Population of Ecuador
| Autor: | Tannia Valeria Carpio-Arias, Patricio Ramos-Padilla, Angélica Solís-Manzano, Verónica Dayana Villavicencio-Barriga, Haydeé Cárdenas-Quintana, Leonardo Abril-Merizalde |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cross-sectional study Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Article Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health Pandemic Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Young adult Eating habits Pandemics Aged Sleep quality SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Public health lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 eating habits Feeding Behavior sleep quality Middle Aged Sleep in non-human animals Cross-Sectional Studies Female Ecuador Sleep business diet |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 3606, p 3606 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 7 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Confinement due to COVID-19 has brought important changes in people’s lives as well as in their eating and resting habits. In this study we aimed at exploring the eating habits and sleep quality of the adult population of Ecuador during the mandatory confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a cross-sectional study, which used an online survey that included questions about eating habits and sleeping habits in adults (n = 9522) between 18–69 years old. The Pittsburg sleep quality questionnaire validated for the Hispanic population was used, and questions about dietary habits. The statistical test Chi-square statistical test was used to analyze the data. The results show that sleep quality differs according to sex, being worse in women, both in all components of sleep quality and in the total score (p < 0.001). Women had greater changes in the habitual consumption of food compared to men (24.24% vs. 22.53%), and people between 18 and 40 years of age decreased their food consumption in relation to people > 40 years (24.06% vs. 17.73%). Our results indicate that mandatory confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador has generated changes in the eating habits and sleep quality in the adult population sampled, and these changes are more noticeable in women and young adults. These changes offer an important alert for the health system and further, advice for the implementation of future public health policies. |
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