Changes in health behaviours during early COVID-19 and socio-demographic disparities: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted daily life in Canada. This study assesses changes in health behaviours during the early stages of the pandemic and examines socio-demographic disparities associated with these changes.

Methods

We analyze data on adults age 25 and older (N = 4383) from the public-use Canadian Perspectives Survey Series 1: Impacts of COVID-19 (CPSS-COVID). Multinomial regression models assess the association between demographic and socio-economic characteristics with increases or decreases in six health behaviours: alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use, junk food consumption, and TV and internet screen time.

Results

While findings varied across the six behaviours, overall, there was an increase in negative health behaviours: 14% of

SUBMITTER: Zajacova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654344 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature