Lifestyle behaviours during the COVID‐19 – time to connect

Flávio Kapczinski, Vicent Balanzá‐Martínez, Beatriz Atienza-Carbonell, Raquel B. De Boni
2020-04-23
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COVID-19eHealth and mobile health interventionshealthy lifestyle behavioursnon-pharmacological interventions (NPIs)social isolation
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University of Valencia. Department of Medicine. Teaching Unit of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine. Valencia, Spain / Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM). Madrid, Spain.
Key Findings
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Lifestyle guidelines (nutrition, home exercise, sleep, social support) should be integrated into public health responses to COVID-19, especially to protect vulnerable groups and prevent downstream psychiatric and cardiometabolic crises.
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Mandatory COVID-19 non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) like home isolation can modify lifestyle behaviours, often increasing unhealthy nutrition, sedentary behaviour, screen time, and decreasing outdoor time.
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Rapid, large-scale remote data collection (eHealth, mobile health, online surveys, georeferencing, big data) is feasible and necessary to inform real-time public health policies and interventions.
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There is a lack of observational data on how the general public and psychiatric patients manage self-care (nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep) during compulsory confinement, constituting a research gap.
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Unhealthy lifestyle changes during isolation may have medium- and long-term negative mental and physical health consequences, including increased risk of common mental disorders, substance use, cognitive decline, and cardiometabolic effects.
Research Object

Lifestyle behaviours during COVID-19 compulsory self-isolation

Research Subject

Changes in lifestyle behaviours (dietary habits, physical activity, indoor/screen time, sleep and related self-care) and their potential mental and physical health consequences under non-pharmacological interventions/physical-distancing measures

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2020-04-23
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Flávio Kapczinski
Vicent Balanzá‐Martínez
Beatriz Atienza-Carbonell
Raquel B. De Boni
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