Assessment of lifestyle changes during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia. Kifle, Z. D., Woldeyohanins, A. E., Asmare, B., Atanaw, B., Mesafint, T., & Adugna, M. PLOS ONE, 17(3):e0264617, March, 2022.
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Background Coronavirus disease 2019 has had a global effect on people’s lifestyles. Many people have developed irregular eating patterns and become physically inactive, which leads to an aggravation of lifestyle-related diseases and unhealthier lifestyles; these, subsequently raise the severity of coronavirus disease 2019. This study aimed to assess lifestyle changes during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Gondar town, North West, Ethiopia. Method Community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among households at Gondar town from June to August 2021. The study participants were selected by a systematic random sampling technique from proportionally allocated kebeles. Data were collected using face-to-face interview techniques and were entered and analyzed by using a statistical package for the social sciences version 24; P -values \textless 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Result Overall, 348 study participants were included in the study. Among those respondents, 52.3% (182) were female study participants and the mean age of the respondents was 30.95±14.4. In this study, there was a significant decrement in non-homemade food from 20.4% to 13.4% at ( P = \textless0.001). Concerning water intake, 11.5% (40) of respondents consumed ≥8 cups/day before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and the percentage increased to 14.7% (51) during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (p = 0.01). Of the participants, 46% participants were reported never engaging in any physical activity before the coronavirus pandemic, and the percentage decreased to 29.9% during the pandemic ( P = 0.002). The respondents also exhibited increment tension in large from 4.9% to 22.7% before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, respectively. Furthermore, about 6.3% of the study participants slept badly before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemics and the effects of sleeping badly and restlessly increased to 25.9% during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic ( P = \textless0.001). Conclusion The current study demonstrates that there is a noticeable alteration in food consumption, food choices, regular mealtime, sleeping habits, mental exhaustion, and practice of physical activity.
@article{kifle_assessment_2022,
	title = {Assessment of lifestyle changes during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in {Gondar} town, {Northwest} {Ethiopia}},
	volume = {17},
	issn = {1932-6203},
	url = {https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264617},
	doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0264617},
	abstract = {Background
              Coronavirus disease 2019 has had a global effect on people’s lifestyles. Many people have developed irregular eating patterns and become physically inactive, which leads to an aggravation of lifestyle-related diseases and unhealthier lifestyles; these, subsequently raise the severity of coronavirus disease 2019. This study aimed to assess lifestyle changes during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Gondar town, North West, Ethiopia.
            
            
              Method
              
                Community-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among households at Gondar town from June to August 2021. The study participants were selected by a systematic random sampling technique from proportionally allocated kebeles. Data were collected using face-to-face interview techniques and were entered and analyzed by using a statistical package for the social sciences version 24;
                P
                -values {\textless} 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.
              
            
            
              Result
              
                Overall, 348 study participants were included in the study. Among those respondents, 52.3\% (182) were female study participants and the mean age of the respondents was 30.95±14.4. In this study, there was a significant decrement in non-homemade food from 20.4\% to 13.4\% at (
                P
                = {\textless}0.001). Concerning water intake, 11.5\% (40) of respondents consumed ≥8 cups/day before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and the percentage increased to 14.7\% (51) during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (p = 0.01). Of the participants, 46\% participants were reported never engaging in any physical activity before the coronavirus pandemic, and the percentage decreased to 29.9\% during the pandemic (
                P
                = 0.002). The respondents also exhibited increment tension in large from 4.9\% to 22.7\% before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, respectively. Furthermore, about 6.3\% of the study participants slept badly before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemics and the effects of sleeping badly and restlessly increased to 25.9\% during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (
                P
                = {\textless}0.001).
              
            
            
              Conclusion
              The current study demonstrates that there is a noticeable alteration in food consumption, food choices, regular mealtime, sleeping habits, mental exhaustion, and practice of physical activity.},
	language = {en},
	number = {3},
	urldate = {2022-03-21},
	journal = {PLOS ONE},
	author = {Kifle, Zemene Demelash and Woldeyohanins, Alem Endeshaw and Asmare, Biniyam and Atanaw, Birhanu and Mesafint, Tigist and Adugna, Meaza},
	editor = {Bayih, Wubet Alebachew},
	month = mar,
	year = {2022},
	pmcid = {PMC8932614},
	pmid = {35303005},
	keywords = {COVID-19},
	pages = {e0264617},
}

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