COVID-19-related anxiety and lifestyle changesopen access
- Authors
- Han, Song Yi; Jang, Hye Young; Ko, Young
- Issue Date
- Nov-2022
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Keywords
- coronavirus (COVID-19); anxiety; lifestyle; healthy behavior; addictive behavior
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, v.10, pp.1 - 11
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
- Volume
- 10
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 11
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/172877
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpubh.2022.886137
- ISSN
- 2296-2565
- Abstract
- This study aimed to identify factors that affect lifestyle changes and focused on coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related anxiety since the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea. Data from 213,848 individuals from the 2020 Korean Community Health Survey were analyzed using a complex sampling design. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analyses were performed. Participants reported a high level of COVID-19-related anxiety, with a score of 19.28 out of 25. The score of healthy behavioral change index was -0.51, indicating negative changes in physical activity, dietary habits, and sleep patterns. A slight positive change was reported for addictive behavioral change index, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, at 0.27 scores, indicating a decrease in these behaviors. COVID-19-related anxiety was an important factor that negatively affected health behavior. The high-risk groups that were vulnerable to anxiety included older adults and those who have little social support or few social encounters. Thus, identifying high-risk groups with the potential for worsened health behavior and providing interventions to reduce the anxiety caused by COVID-19 are necessary.
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