Lifestyle and Health Behavior Changes in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Role for Mental Health Symptoms and Diagnosis and Daily Life Difficulties During Lockdown in Lebanon.
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| Title: | Lifestyle and Health Behavior Changes in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Role for Mental Health Symptoms and Diagnosis and Daily Life Difficulties During Lockdown in Lebanon. |
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| Authors: | Mansour, Sara, Hammoud, Rawan A., Hamoud, Ranam, El Sayed, Samya, Kerbage, Hala, Assi, Batoul, Assi, Ahmad, Elbejjani, Martine |
| Source: | Behavioral Medicine. Jul-Sep2025, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p241-253. 13p. |
| Subjects: | Competency assessment (Law), Psychiatric diagnosis, Cross-sectional method, Social media, Behavior modification, Health status indicators, Satisfaction, Mental illness, Descriptive statistics, Anxiety, Behavior, Stay-at-home orders, Surveys, Health behavior, Epidemics, COVID-19 pandemic, Activities of daily living, Mental depression, Physical activity, Diet |
| Geographic Terms: | Lebanon |
| Abstract: | Several studies report significant changes in lifestyle habits during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet results are largely heterogeneous across populations. We examined changes in lifestyle and health behaviors during the first COVID‐19 lockdown in Lebanon and assessed whether mental and physical health indicators and outbreak- and lockdown-related factors are related to these changes. Data come from a cross-sectional online survey (May–June 2020) which assessed changes in smoking, alcohol, diet, eating behavior, physical activity, sleep hours, sleep satisfaction, social media use, self-rated health, and life satisfaction (n = 494). We examined these changes' association with current depressive and anxiety symptoms, presence of physical and mental disorders, outbreak-related worries, and lockdown-related factors using regression models adjusted for sociodemographic and socioeconomic covariates. Most prevalent changes were increased social media use (63.2%) and decreased life satisfaction (54.9%) and physical activity (53.4%). Higher depressive and anxiety symptoms, higher daily life difficulties, and presence of diagnosed mental disorder were related to worsening of almost all behaviors. Participants with higher outbreak worries had less healthy diet and increased social media use. Higher adherence to lockdown and preventive measures were associated with increased social media use and lower life satisfaction, respectively. Results show a clear clustering of negative lifestyle and health behavioral changes with current mental health symptoms, existing mental health disorder, and daily life challenges during lockdowns. Findings highlight the importance of tracking higher-risk mental health subgroups to mitigate further adverse impact on mental and physical health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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