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J Glob Health
. 2023 Aug 11;13:06031.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.06031. Global impacts of COVID-19 on lifestyles and health and preparation preferences: An international survey of 30 countries
Jiaying Li 1 , Daniel Yee Tak Fong 1 , Kris Yuet Wan Lok 1 , Janet Yuen Ha Wong 2 , Mandy Man Ho 1 , Edmond Pui Hang Choi 1 , Vinciya Pandian 3 , Patricia M Davidson 4 , Wenjie Duan 5 , Marie Tarrant 6 , Jung Jae Lee 1 , Chia-Chin Lin 1 , Oluwadamilare Akingbade 7 8 , Khalid M Alabdulwahhab 9 , Mohammad Shakil Ahmad 10 , Mohamed Alboraie 11 , Meshari A Alzahrani 12 , Anil S Bilimale 13 , Sawitree Boonpatcharanon 14 , Samuel Byiringiro 3 , Muhammad Kamil Che Hasan 15 , Luisa Clausi Schettini 16 , Walter Corzo 17 , Josephine M De Leon 18 , Anjanette S De Leon 18 , Hiba Deek 19 , Fabio Efficace 20 , Mayssah A El Nayal 21 , Fathiya El-Raey 22 , Eduardo Ensaldo-Carrasco 23 , Pilar Escotorin 24 , Oluwadamilola Agnes Fadodun 25 , Israel Opeyemi Fawole 26 , Yong-Shian Shawn Goh 27 , Devi Irawan 28 , Naimah Ebrahim Khan 29 , Binu Koirala 3 , Ashish Krishna 30 , Cannas Kwok 31 , Tung Thanh Le 32 , Daniela Giambruno Leal 33 , Miguel Ángel Lezana-Fernández 34 , Emery Manirambona 35 , Leandro Cruz Mantoani 36 , Fernando Meneses-González 34 , Iman Elmahdi Mohamed 37 , Madeleine Mukeshimana 38 , Chinh Thi Minh Nguyen 32 , Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen 32 , Khanh Thi Nguyen 32 , Son Truong Nguyen 32 , Mohd Said Nurumal 15 , Aimable Nzabonimana 39 , Nagla Abdelrahim Mohamed Ahmed Omer 40 , Oluwabunmi Ogungbe 3 , Angela Chiu Yin Poon 41 , Areli Reséndiz-Rodriguez 42 , Busayasachee Puang-Ngern 14 , Ceryl G Sagun 18 , Riyaz Ahmed Shaik 10 , Nikhil Gauri Shankar 43 , Kathrin Sommer 20 , Edgardo Toro 33 , Hanh Thi Hong Tran 32 , Elvira L Urgel 18 , Emmanuel Uwiringiyimana 35 , Tita Vanichbuncha 14 , Naglaa Youssef 44
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Background: The health area being greatest impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and residents' perspective to better prepare for future pandemic remain unknown. We aimed to assess and make cross-country and cross-region comparisons of the global impacts of COVID-19 and preparation preferences of pandemic.
Methods: We recruited adults in 30 countries covering all World Health Organization (WHO) regions from July 2020 to August 2021. 5 Likert-point scales were used to measure their perceived change in 32 aspects due to COVID-19 (-2 = substantially reduced to 2 = substantially increased) and perceived importance of 13 preparations (1 = not important to 5 = extremely important). Samples were stratified by age and gender in the corresponding countries. Multidimensional preference analysis displays disparities between 30 countries, WHO regions, economic development levels, and COVID-19 severity levels.
Results: 16 512 adults participated, with 10 351 females. Among 32 aspects of impact, the most affected were having a meal at home (mean (m) = 0.84, standard error (SE) = 0.01), cooking at home (m = 0.78, SE = 0.01), social activities (m = -0.68, SE = 0.01), duration of screen time (m = 0.67, SE = 0.01), and duration of sitting (m = 0.59, SE = 0.01). Alcohol (m = -0.36, SE = 0.01) and tobacco (m = -0.38, SE = 0.01) consumption declined moderately. Among 13 preparations, respondents rated medicine delivery (m = 3.50, SE = 0.01), getting prescribed medicine in a hospital visit / follow-up in a community pharmacy (m = 3.37, SE = 0.01), and online shopping (m = 3.33, SE = 0.02) as the most important. The multidimensional preference analysis showed the European Region, Region of the Americas, Western Pacific Region and countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity were more adversely impacted on sitting and screen time duration and social activities, whereas other regions and countries experienced more cooking and eating at home. Countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity reported higher perceived mental burden and emotional distress. Except for low- and lower-middle-income countries, medicine delivery was always prioritised.
Conclusions: Global increasing sitting and screen time and limiting social activities deserve as much attention as mental health. Besides, the pandemic has ushered in a notable enhancement in lifestyle of home cooking and eating, while simultaneously reducing the consumption of tobacco and alcohol. A health care system and technological infrastructure that facilitate medicine delivery, medicine prescription, and online shopping are priorities for coping with future pandemics.
. 2023 Aug 11;13:06031.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.06031. Global impacts of COVID-19 on lifestyles and health and preparation preferences: An international survey of 30 countries
Jiaying Li 1 , Daniel Yee Tak Fong 1 , Kris Yuet Wan Lok 1 , Janet Yuen Ha Wong 2 , Mandy Man Ho 1 , Edmond Pui Hang Choi 1 , Vinciya Pandian 3 , Patricia M Davidson 4 , Wenjie Duan 5 , Marie Tarrant 6 , Jung Jae Lee 1 , Chia-Chin Lin 1 , Oluwadamilare Akingbade 7 8 , Khalid M Alabdulwahhab 9 , Mohammad Shakil Ahmad 10 , Mohamed Alboraie 11 , Meshari A Alzahrani 12 , Anil S Bilimale 13 , Sawitree Boonpatcharanon 14 , Samuel Byiringiro 3 , Muhammad Kamil Che Hasan 15 , Luisa Clausi Schettini 16 , Walter Corzo 17 , Josephine M De Leon 18 , Anjanette S De Leon 18 , Hiba Deek 19 , Fabio Efficace 20 , Mayssah A El Nayal 21 , Fathiya El-Raey 22 , Eduardo Ensaldo-Carrasco 23 , Pilar Escotorin 24 , Oluwadamilola Agnes Fadodun 25 , Israel Opeyemi Fawole 26 , Yong-Shian Shawn Goh 27 , Devi Irawan 28 , Naimah Ebrahim Khan 29 , Binu Koirala 3 , Ashish Krishna 30 , Cannas Kwok 31 , Tung Thanh Le 32 , Daniela Giambruno Leal 33 , Miguel Ángel Lezana-Fernández 34 , Emery Manirambona 35 , Leandro Cruz Mantoani 36 , Fernando Meneses-González 34 , Iman Elmahdi Mohamed 37 , Madeleine Mukeshimana 38 , Chinh Thi Minh Nguyen 32 , Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen 32 , Khanh Thi Nguyen 32 , Son Truong Nguyen 32 , Mohd Said Nurumal 15 , Aimable Nzabonimana 39 , Nagla Abdelrahim Mohamed Ahmed Omer 40 , Oluwabunmi Ogungbe 3 , Angela Chiu Yin Poon 41 , Areli Reséndiz-Rodriguez 42 , Busayasachee Puang-Ngern 14 , Ceryl G Sagun 18 , Riyaz Ahmed Shaik 10 , Nikhil Gauri Shankar 43 , Kathrin Sommer 20 , Edgardo Toro 33 , Hanh Thi Hong Tran 32 , Elvira L Urgel 18 , Emmanuel Uwiringiyimana 35 , Tita Vanichbuncha 14 , Naglaa Youssef 44
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- PMID: 37565394
- PMCID: PMC10416140
- DOI: 10.7189/jogh.13.06031
Background: The health area being greatest impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and residents' perspective to better prepare for future pandemic remain unknown. We aimed to assess and make cross-country and cross-region comparisons of the global impacts of COVID-19 and preparation preferences of pandemic.
Methods: We recruited adults in 30 countries covering all World Health Organization (WHO) regions from July 2020 to August 2021. 5 Likert-point scales were used to measure their perceived change in 32 aspects due to COVID-19 (-2 = substantially reduced to 2 = substantially increased) and perceived importance of 13 preparations (1 = not important to 5 = extremely important). Samples were stratified by age and gender in the corresponding countries. Multidimensional preference analysis displays disparities between 30 countries, WHO regions, economic development levels, and COVID-19 severity levels.
Results: 16 512 adults participated, with 10 351 females. Among 32 aspects of impact, the most affected were having a meal at home (mean (m) = 0.84, standard error (SE) = 0.01), cooking at home (m = 0.78, SE = 0.01), social activities (m = -0.68, SE = 0.01), duration of screen time (m = 0.67, SE = 0.01), and duration of sitting (m = 0.59, SE = 0.01). Alcohol (m = -0.36, SE = 0.01) and tobacco (m = -0.38, SE = 0.01) consumption declined moderately. Among 13 preparations, respondents rated medicine delivery (m = 3.50, SE = 0.01), getting prescribed medicine in a hospital visit / follow-up in a community pharmacy (m = 3.37, SE = 0.01), and online shopping (m = 3.33, SE = 0.02) as the most important. The multidimensional preference analysis showed the European Region, Region of the Americas, Western Pacific Region and countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity were more adversely impacted on sitting and screen time duration and social activities, whereas other regions and countries experienced more cooking and eating at home. Countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity reported higher perceived mental burden and emotional distress. Except for low- and lower-middle-income countries, medicine delivery was always prioritised.
Conclusions: Global increasing sitting and screen time and limiting social activities deserve as much attention as mental health. Besides, the pandemic has ushered in a notable enhancement in lifestyle of home cooking and eating, while simultaneously reducing the consumption of tobacco and alcohol. A health care system and technological infrastructure that facilitate medicine delivery, medicine prescription, and online shopping are priorities for coping with future pandemics.