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Title: | Lifestyle in Undergraduate Students and Demographically Matched Controls during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain |
Author: | Giner Murillo, María Atienza Carbonell, Beatriz Cervera Martínez, Jose Bobes-Bascaran, T. Crespo Facorro, Benedicto Boni, Raquel B. de Esteban, Cristina García-Portilla González, María Paz, 1962- Gomes da Costa, Susana González-Pinto, Ana Jaén Moreno, María José Kapczinski, Flávio Ponce Mora, Alberto Sarramea, Fernando Tabarés-Seisdedos, Rafael Vieta i Pascual, Eduard, 1963- Zorrilla, Iñaki Balanzá-Martínez, Vicent |
Keywords: | Estudiants universitaris COVID-19 Espanya College students COVID-19 Spain |
Issue Date: | 31-Jul-2021 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | Few studies have used a multidimensional approach to describe lifestyle changes among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic or have included controls. This study aimed to evaluate lifestyle behaviors and mental health of undergraduate students and compare them with an age and sex-matched control group. A cross-sectional web survey using snowball sampling was conducted several months after the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. A sample of 221 students was recruited. The main outcome was the total SMILE-C score. Students showed a better SMILE-C score than controls (79.8 + 8.1 vs. 77.2 + 8.3; p < 0.001), although these differences disappeared after controlling for covariates. While groups did not differ in the screenings of depression and alcohol abuse, students reported lower rates of anxiety (28.5% vs. 37.1%; p = 0.042). A lower number of cohabitants, poorer self-perceived health and positive screening for depression and anxiety, or for depression only were independently associated (p < 0.05) with unhealthier lifestyles in both groups. History of mental illness and financial difficulties were predictors of unhealthier lifestyles for students, whereas totally/moderate changes in substance abuse and stress management (p < 0.05) were predictors for the members of the control group. Several months after the pandemic, undergraduate students and other young adults had similar lifestyles. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158133 |
It is part of: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, vol. 18, num. 15, p. 8133 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/184156 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158133 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Neurociències (UBNeuro)) Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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