Healthy lifestyle behaviors are major predictors of mental wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic confinement: A study on adult Arabs in higher educational institutions

Hashem A Kilani, Mo’ath F Bataineh, Ali Al-Nawayseh, Khaled Atiyat, Omar Obeid, Maher M Abu-Hilal, Taiysir Mansi, Maher Al-Kilani, Mahfoodha Al-Kitani, Majed El-Saleh, Ruba M Jaber, Ahmad Sweidan, Mawaheb Himsi, Iyad Yousef, Faten Alzeer, Monther Nasrallah, Ayesha S Al Dhaheri, Abdulsalam Al-Za’abi, Osama Allala, Laila Al-Kilani, Asma M Alhasan, Mohamed Ghieda, Yasir Najah, Saad Alsheekhly, Ahmad Alhaifi, Raghda Shukri, Jamal Al Adwani, Mostafa Waly, Laila Kilani, Leen H Kilani, Ahmad S al Shareef and Areej Kilani

PLOS ONE, 2020, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: Background: In the past infectious diseases affected the quality of lifestyle during home confinement. The study conducted examines the influence of home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on lifestyle, mental wellbeing, nutritional status, and sleeping pattern. Method: An online multicategorical questionnaire was distributed to collect demographic information combined with the following tools: Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), WHO-5 wellbeing score, and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). A snowball non-discriminate sampling procedure was conducted to collect data from people attending or working at higher institutions from March 1, 2020 to April 24, 2020. A total of 1723 completed responses (917 males, 37.4 ±13.4 years old and 806 females 32.2 ± 11.5 years old) were collected. Results: The female participants had significantly lower mental health scores than males (53.9% vs. 46.1%). The mental wellbeing scores were higher among participants with medium and high physical activity (PA) levels (p

Date: 2020
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