The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Perceived Mental and Physical Health of People Living with Non-Communicable Diseases: An International Cross-Sectional Survey

Salma Azzouzi, Catherine Stratton, Laura Paulina Muñoz-Velasco, Kangxin Wang, Maryam Fourtassi, Bo-Young Hong, Rory Cooper, Joseph K. Balikuddembe, Angela Palomba, Mark Peterson, Uma Pandiyan, Andrei Krassioukov, Deo Rishi Tripathi, Yetsa A. Tuakli-Wosornu and Abderrazak Hajjioui
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Salma Azzouzi: Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30050, Morocco
Catherine Stratton: Department of Chronic Disease and Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Laura Paulina Muñoz-Velasco: Amputee Rehabilitation Department, National Institute of Rehabilitation, Mexico City 14389, Mexico
Kangxin Wang: Department of Chronic Disease and Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Maryam Fourtassi: Laboratory of Life and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of Tangier, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tetouan 90100, Morocco
Bo-Young Hong: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea
Rory Cooper: Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), US Department of Veteran Affairs, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA
Joseph K. Balikuddembe: Department of Disaster Health Sciences, Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Si Chuan University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu 610207, China
Angela Palomba: Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
Mark Peterson: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Michigan Medicine Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Uma Pandiyan: Qatar Rehabilitation Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar
Andrei Krassioukov: International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Deo Rishi Tripathi: Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), New Delhi 110001, India
Yetsa A. Tuakli-Wosornu: Department of Chronic Disease and Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Abderrazak Hajjioui: Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez 30050, Morocco

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-13

Abstract: The huge burden and vulnerability imposed by non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how healthy lifestyle behaviors and the well-being of people living with NCDs need to be prioritized. The aim of our study is to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthy lifestyle behaviors and perceived mental and physical health among adults living with NCDs, as compared to people without NCDs. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a global online survey through Qualtrics. Over four months, 3550 participants from 65 countries worldwide responded to the survey. The study included 3079 surveys with no missing data (complete survey responses) that were used for analysis. People with NCDs were more likely to report statistically significant worsening physical health ( p = 0.001) and statistically insignificant worsening mental health ( p = 0.354) when compared to pre-pandemic levels. They reported lower rates of smoking during the pandemic than those without NCDs, and a statistically significant ( p < 0.001) relationship was found between weight gain and NCDs. Therefore, the perceived physical and mental health, including changes in body weight and tobacco consumption, of people with NCDs were significantly impacted during the pandemic. In conclusion, this study indicates that the pandemic had a significant impact on perceived physical and mental health, changes in body weight, and tobacco consumption among people with NCDs.

Keywords: non-communicable diseases; healthy lifestyle; COVID-19; physical health; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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