Behavioral Changes During COVID-19 Confinement in France: A Web-Based Study

Hélène Rossinot, Romain Fantin and Julien Venne
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Hélène Rossinot: Sharecare Europe, 8 rue de l’Hôtel de Ville, 92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
Romain Fantin: Centro Centroamericano de Población, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 11501, Costa Rica
Julien Venne: UNU-MERIT (Maastricht Economic & Social Research Institute on Innovation & Technology), United Nations University, Maastricht University, 6211AX Maastricht, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-15

Abstract: Background: A global pandemic due to COVID-19 emerged in November 2019 and hit France in early March 2020. It not only resulted in a loss of lives, but also in very strict confinement measures. The objective of this study was to understand what the determinants of the changes in participants’ behavior and mental state were during the confinement. Methods: An online survey was launched on 23 April 2020 and closed on 7 May 2020. The final sample included 1454 participants from 24 to 65 years old. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were then performed. Results: In total, 28.7% reported having a more balanced diet, against 17.1% with a less balanced diet, 22.7% of respondents reported an increased alcohol consumption, as opposed to only 12.2% declaring a decrease, and 11.2% of respondents increased their tobacco consumption, while 6.3% decreased it. In total, 50.6% of the participants reported being more depressed, stressed, or irritable since the beginning of the lockdown. Confinement had a negative effect on every behavior studied in this survey, except for nutrition. We also found that negative mental state changes were strongly associated with nutrition, sleep, physical activity and alcohol consumption changes.

Keywords: COVID-19 1; behavioral change 2; public health 3; Sars-CoV-2 4; alcohol consumption 5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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