Health Behavior Changes During COVID-19 Pandemic and Subsequent "Stay-at-Home" Orders.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic, and resultant "Stay-at-Home" orders, may have impacted adults' positive health behaviors (sleep, physical activity) and negative health behaviors (alcohol consumption, drug use, and tobacco use). The purpose of this study was to investigate how these health behaviors changed (increased/improved or decreased/worsened) at the early stages of the pandemic, what participant characteristics were associated with health behavior changes, and why these behavioral changes may have occurred. A convenience sample of 1809 adults residing in the United States completed a 15-min self-report questionnaire in April and May 2020. Multinomial logistic regressions and descriptive statistics were used to evaluate how, for whom, and why these health behaviors changed. Participants were p

SUBMITTER: Knell G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7504386 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature