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ERIC Number: EJ1438405
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Health Behavior and Anxiety Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Students, Faculty, and Staff at a US University
Etienne Thiria; Christine Pellegrini; Bezawit E. Kase; Katherine DeVivo; Susan E. Steck
Journal of American College Health, v72 n7 p2180-2187 2024
Objective: To investigate change in health behaviors and anxiety one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: University students (n = 525) and faculty/staff (n = 136) surveyed in February-April 2021. Methods: Cross-sectional survey on health behaviors and anxiety before and during the pandemic. Comparison by time and between groups using paired t-tests and chi-square tests. Results: Diet quality of students did not differ comparing before to during the pandemic while diet quality improved among faculty/staff (p = 0.001). Physical activity decreased among students (p < 0.0001). Sedentary time and prevalence of symptomatic anxiety increased among both students and faculty/staff (all p < 0.05). Unhealthy changes in lifestyle and anxiety were more pronounced among those who reported a less healthy diet or weight gain during the pandemic. Conclusions: Negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, sedentary time, and anxiety have persisted approximately one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in a university population.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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