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Sleep Quality and Physical Activity as Predictors of Mental Wellbeing Variance in Older Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown: ECLB COVID-19 International Online Survey.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 lockdown could engender disruption to lifestyle behaviors, thus impairing mental wellbeing in the general population. This study investigated whether sociodemographic variables, changes in physical activity, and sleep quality from pre- to during lockdown were predictors of change in mental wellbeing in quarantined older adults. A 12-week international online survey was launched in 14 languages on 6 April 2020. Forty-one research institutions from Europe, Western-Asia, North-Africa, and the Americas, promoted the survey. The survey was presented in a differential format with questions related to responses "pre" and "during" the lockdown period. Participants responded to the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire, and the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Replies from older adults (aged >55 years, n = 517), mainly from Europe (50.1%), Western-Asia (6.8%), America (30%), and North-Africa (9.3%) were analyzed. The COVID-19 lockdown led to significantly decreased mental wellbeing, sleep quality, and total physical activity energy expenditure levels (all p < 0.001). Regression analysis showed that the change in total PSQI score and total physical activity energy expenditure (F(2, 514) = 66.41 p < 0.001) were significant predictors of the decrease in mental wellbeing from pre- to during lockdown (p < 0.001, R2: 0.20). COVID-19 lockdown deleteriously affected physical activity and sleep patterns. Furthermore, change in the total PSQI score and total physical activity energy expenditure were significant predictors for the decrease in mental wellbeing.

SUBMITTER: Trabelsi K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8073845 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sleep Quality and Physical Activity as Predictors of Mental Wellbeing Variance in Older Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown: ECLB COVID-19 International Online Survey.

Trabelsi Khaled K Ammar Achraf A Masmoudi Liwa L Boukhris Omar O Chtourou Hamdi H Bouaziz Bassem B Brach Michael M Bentlage Ellen E How Daniella D Ahmed Mona M Mueller Patrick P Mueller Notger N Hsouna Hsen H Elghoul Yousri Y Romdhani Mohamed M Hammouda Omar O Paineiras-Domingos Laisa Liane LL Braakman-Jansen Annemarie A Wrede Christian C Bastoni Sofia S Pernambuco Carlos Soares CS Mataruna-Dos-Santos Leonardo Jose LJ Taheri Morteza M Irandoust Khadijeh K Bragazzi Nicola L NL Strahler Jana J Washif Jad Adrian JA Andreeva Albina A Bailey Stephen J SJ Acton Jarred J Mitchell Emma E Bott Nicholas T NT Gargouri Faiez F Chaari Lotfi L Batatia Hadj H Khoshnami Samira C SC Samara Evangelia E Zisi Vasiliki V Sankar Parasanth P Ahmed Waseem N WN Ali Gamal Mohamed GM Abdelkarim Osama O Jarraya Mohamed M Abed Kais El KE Moalla Wassim W Souissi Nafaa N Aloui Asma A Souissi Nizar N Gemert-Pijnen Lisette Van LV Riemann Bryan L BL Riemann Laurel L Delhey Jan J Gómez-Raja Jonathan J Epstein Monique M Sanderman Robbert R Schulz Sebastian S Jerg Achim A Al-Horani Ramzi R Mansi Taysir T Dergaa Ismail I Jmail Mohamed M Barbosa Fernando F Ferreira-Santos Fernando F Šimunič Boštjan B Pišot Rado R Pišot Saša S Gaggioli Andrea A Steinacker Jürgen J Steinacker Jürgen J Zmijewski Piotr P Apfelbacher Christian C Glenn Jordan M JM Khacharem Aïmen A Clark Cain C T CCT Saad Helmi Ben HB Chamari Karim K Driss Tarak T Hoekelmann Anita A On Behalf Of The Eclb-Covid Consortium

International journal of environmental research and public health 20210419 8

<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 lockdown could engender disruption to lifestyle behaviors, thus impairing mental wellbeing in the general population. This study investigated whether sociodemographic variables, changes in physical activity, and sleep quality from pre- to during lockdown were predictors of change in mental wellbeing in quarantined older adults.<h4>Methods</h4>A 12-week international online survey was launched in 14 languages on 6 April 2020. Forty-one research institutions from Eu ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundOlder individuals are at increased risk of a severe and lethal course of COVID-19. They have typically been advised to practice particularly restrictive social distancing ('cocooning'), which has sparked much debate on the consequences for their mental wellbeing. We aimed to provide evidence by conducting a representative survey among the German old population during COVID-19 lockdown.MethodsA computer-assisted standardized telephone interview was conducted in a randomly selected and representative sample of the German old age population (n = 1005; age ≥ 65 years) during the first lockdown in April 2020. Assessments included sociodemographic factors, aspects of the personal life situation during lockdown, attitudes towards COVID-19, and standardized screening measures on depression, anxiety, somatization, overall psychological distress (Brief Symptom Inventory/BSI-18) and loneliness (UCLA 3-item loneliness scale). Sampling-weighted descriptive statistics and multiple multivariable regression analyses were conducted.ResultsParticipants were M = 75.5 (SD = 7.1) years old; 56.3% were women. At data collection, COVID-19 lockdown had been in force for M = 28.0 (SD = 4.8) days. Overall, older individuals were worried about COVID-19, but supportive of the lockdown. Mean BSI-18 scores were 1.4 for depression, 1.6 for anxiety and 2.2 for somatization as well as 5.1 for global psychological distress. These figures did not indicate worse mental wellbeing, given normative values established by studies before the pandemic (2.0, 1.6, 2.4, 6.0, respectively). The prevalence of loneliness was 13.1%, which also fell within a range of estimates reported by studies before the pandemic. There were only few significant associations of aspects of the personal life situation during lockdown and attitudes towards COVID-19 with mental wellbeing. Resilience explained a large amount of variance.ConclusionsIn the short-term, the mental wellbeing of the German old age population was largely unaltered during COVID-19 lockdown, suggesting resilience against the challenging pandemic situation. Our results refute common ageist stereotypes of "the weak and vulnerable older adults" that were present during the pandemic. Long-term observations are needed to provide robust evidence.

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Sleep Quality and Physical Activity as Predictors of Mental Wellbeing Variance in Older Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown: ECLB COVID-19 International Online Survey.

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Sleep Quality and Physical Activity as Predictors of Mental Wellbeing Variance in Older Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown: ECLB COVID-19 International Online Survey.

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