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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Glob Health
. 2023 Aug 11;13:06031.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.06031. Global impacts of COVID-19 on lifestyles and health and preparation preferences: An international survey of 30 countries
Jiaying Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Daniel Yee Tak Fong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kris Yuet Wan Lok[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Janet Yuen Ha Wong[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mandy Man Ho[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Edmond Pui Hang Choi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vinciya Pandian[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Patricia M Davidson[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Wenjie Duan[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Marie Tarrant[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Jung Jae Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chia-Chin Lin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Oluwadamilare Akingbade[SUP] 7 8 [/SUP], Khalid M Alabdulwahhab[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Mohammad Shakil Ahmad[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Mohamed Alboraie[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Meshari A Alzahrani[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Anil S Bilimale[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Sawitree Boonpatcharanon[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Samuel Byiringiro[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Muhammad Kamil Che Hasan[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Luisa Clausi Schettini[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Walter Corzo[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Josephine M De Leon[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Anjanette S De Leon[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Hiba Deek[SUP] 19 [/SUP], Fabio Efficace[SUP] 20 [/SUP], Mayssah A El Nayal[SUP] 21 [/SUP], Fathiya El-Raey[SUP] 22 [/SUP], Eduardo Ensaldo-Carrasco[SUP] 23 [/SUP], Pilar Escotorin[SUP] 24 [/SUP], Oluwadamilola Agnes Fadodun[SUP] 25 [/SUP], Israel Opeyemi Fawole[SUP] 26 [/SUP], Yong-Shian Shawn Goh[SUP] 27 [/SUP], Devi Irawan[SUP] 28 [/SUP], Naimah Ebrahim Khan[SUP] 29 [/SUP], Binu Koirala[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ashish Krishna[SUP] 30 [/SUP], Cannas Kwok[SUP] 31 [/SUP], Tung Thanh Le[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Daniela Giambruno Leal[SUP] 33 [/SUP], Miguel Ángel Lezana-Fernández[SUP] 34 [/SUP], Emery Manirambona[SUP] 35 [/SUP], Leandro Cruz Mantoani[SUP] 36 [/SUP], Fernando Meneses-González[SUP] 34 [/SUP], Iman Elmahdi Mohamed[SUP] 37 [/SUP], Madeleine Mukeshimana[SUP] 38 [/SUP], Chinh Thi Minh Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Khanh Thi Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Son Truong Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Mohd Said Nurumal[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Aimable Nzabonimana[SUP] 39 [/SUP], Nagla Abdelrahim Mohamed Ahmed Omer[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Oluwabunmi Ogungbe[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Angela Chiu Yin Poon[SUP] 41 [/SUP], Areli Reséndiz-Rodriguez[SUP] 42 [/SUP], Busayasachee Puang-Ngern[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Ceryl G Sagun[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Riyaz Ahmed Shaik[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Nikhil Gauri Shankar[SUP] 43 [/SUP], Kathrin Sommer[SUP] 20 [/SUP], Edgardo Toro[SUP] 33 [/SUP], Hanh Thi Hong Tran[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Elvira L Urgel[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Emmanuel Uwiringiyimana[SUP] 35 [/SUP], Tita Vanichbuncha[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Naglaa Youssef[SUP] 44 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Background: The health area being greatest impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and residents' perspective to better prepare for future pandemic remain unknown. We aimed to assess and make cross-country and cross-region comparisons of the global impacts of COVID-19 and preparation preferences of pandemic.
Methods: We recruited adults in 30 countries covering all World Health Organization (WHO) regions from July 2020 to August 2021. 5 Likert-point scales were used to measure their perceived change in 32 aspects due to COVID-19 (-2 = substantially reduced to 2 = substantially increased) and perceived importance of 13 preparations (1 = not important to 5 = extremely important). Samples were stratified by age and gender in the corresponding countries. Multidimensional preference analysis displays disparities between 30 countries, WHO regions, economic development levels, and COVID-19 severity levels.
Results: 16 512 adults participated, with 10 351 females. Among 32 aspects of impact, the most affected were having a meal at home (mean (m) = 0.84, standard error (SE) = 0.01), cooking at home (m = 0.78, SE = 0.01), social activities (m = -0.68, SE = 0.01), duration of screen time (m = 0.67, SE = 0.01), and duration of sitting (m = 0.59, SE = 0.01). Alcohol (m = -0.36, SE = 0.01) and tobacco (m = -0.38, SE = 0.01) consumption declined moderately. Among 13 preparations, respondents rated medicine delivery (m = 3.50, SE = 0.01), getting prescribed medicine in a hospital visit / follow-up in a community pharmacy (m = 3.37, SE = 0.01), and online shopping (m = 3.33, SE = 0.02) as the most important. The multidimensional preference analysis showed the European Region, Region of the Americas, Western Pacific Region and countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity were more adversely impacted on sitting and screen time duration and social activities, whereas other regions and countries experienced more cooking and eating at home. Countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity reported higher perceived mental burden and emotional distress. Except for low- and lower-middle-income countries, medicine delivery was always prioritised.
Conclusions: Global increasing sitting and screen time and limiting social activities deserve as much attention as mental health. Besides, the pandemic has ushered in a notable enhancement in lifestyle of home cooking and eating, while simultaneously reducing the consumption of tobacco and alcohol. A health care system and technological infrastructure that facilitate medicine delivery, medicine prescription, and online shopping are priorities for coping with future pandemics.
. 2023 Aug 11;13:06031.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.06031. Global impacts of COVID-19 on lifestyles and health and preparation preferences: An international survey of 30 countries
Jiaying Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Daniel Yee Tak Fong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kris Yuet Wan Lok[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Janet Yuen Ha Wong[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mandy Man Ho[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Edmond Pui Hang Choi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vinciya Pandian[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Patricia M Davidson[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Wenjie Duan[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Marie Tarrant[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Jung Jae Lee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chia-Chin Lin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Oluwadamilare Akingbade[SUP] 7 8 [/SUP], Khalid M Alabdulwahhab[SUP] 9 [/SUP], Mohammad Shakil Ahmad[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Mohamed Alboraie[SUP] 11 [/SUP], Meshari A Alzahrani[SUP] 12 [/SUP], Anil S Bilimale[SUP] 13 [/SUP], Sawitree Boonpatcharanon[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Samuel Byiringiro[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Muhammad Kamil Che Hasan[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Luisa Clausi Schettini[SUP] 16 [/SUP], Walter Corzo[SUP] 17 [/SUP], Josephine M De Leon[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Anjanette S De Leon[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Hiba Deek[SUP] 19 [/SUP], Fabio Efficace[SUP] 20 [/SUP], Mayssah A El Nayal[SUP] 21 [/SUP], Fathiya El-Raey[SUP] 22 [/SUP], Eduardo Ensaldo-Carrasco[SUP] 23 [/SUP], Pilar Escotorin[SUP] 24 [/SUP], Oluwadamilola Agnes Fadodun[SUP] 25 [/SUP], Israel Opeyemi Fawole[SUP] 26 [/SUP], Yong-Shian Shawn Goh[SUP] 27 [/SUP], Devi Irawan[SUP] 28 [/SUP], Naimah Ebrahim Khan[SUP] 29 [/SUP], Binu Koirala[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ashish Krishna[SUP] 30 [/SUP], Cannas Kwok[SUP] 31 [/SUP], Tung Thanh Le[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Daniela Giambruno Leal[SUP] 33 [/SUP], Miguel Ángel Lezana-Fernández[SUP] 34 [/SUP], Emery Manirambona[SUP] 35 [/SUP], Leandro Cruz Mantoani[SUP] 36 [/SUP], Fernando Meneses-González[SUP] 34 [/SUP], Iman Elmahdi Mohamed[SUP] 37 [/SUP], Madeleine Mukeshimana[SUP] 38 [/SUP], Chinh Thi Minh Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Khanh Thi Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Son Truong Nguyen[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Mohd Said Nurumal[SUP] 15 [/SUP], Aimable Nzabonimana[SUP] 39 [/SUP], Nagla Abdelrahim Mohamed Ahmed Omer[SUP] 40 [/SUP], Oluwabunmi Ogungbe[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Angela Chiu Yin Poon[SUP] 41 [/SUP], Areli Reséndiz-Rodriguez[SUP] 42 [/SUP], Busayasachee Puang-Ngern[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Ceryl G Sagun[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Riyaz Ahmed Shaik[SUP] 10 [/SUP], Nikhil Gauri Shankar[SUP] 43 [/SUP], Kathrin Sommer[SUP] 20 [/SUP], Edgardo Toro[SUP] 33 [/SUP], Hanh Thi Hong Tran[SUP] 32 [/SUP], Elvira L Urgel[SUP] 18 [/SUP], Emmanuel Uwiringiyimana[SUP] 35 [/SUP], Tita Vanichbuncha[SUP] 14 [/SUP], Naglaa Youssef[SUP] 44 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37565394
- PMCID: PMC10416140
- DOI: 10.7189/jogh.13.06031
Background: The health area being greatest impacted by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and residents' perspective to better prepare for future pandemic remain unknown. We aimed to assess and make cross-country and cross-region comparisons of the global impacts of COVID-19 and preparation preferences of pandemic.
Methods: We recruited adults in 30 countries covering all World Health Organization (WHO) regions from July 2020 to August 2021. 5 Likert-point scales were used to measure their perceived change in 32 aspects due to COVID-19 (-2 = substantially reduced to 2 = substantially increased) and perceived importance of 13 preparations (1 = not important to 5 = extremely important). Samples were stratified by age and gender in the corresponding countries. Multidimensional preference analysis displays disparities between 30 countries, WHO regions, economic development levels, and COVID-19 severity levels.
Results: 16 512 adults participated, with 10 351 females. Among 32 aspects of impact, the most affected were having a meal at home (mean (m) = 0.84, standard error (SE) = 0.01), cooking at home (m = 0.78, SE = 0.01), social activities (m = -0.68, SE = 0.01), duration of screen time (m = 0.67, SE = 0.01), and duration of sitting (m = 0.59, SE = 0.01). Alcohol (m = -0.36, SE = 0.01) and tobacco (m = -0.38, SE = 0.01) consumption declined moderately. Among 13 preparations, respondents rated medicine delivery (m = 3.50, SE = 0.01), getting prescribed medicine in a hospital visit / follow-up in a community pharmacy (m = 3.37, SE = 0.01), and online shopping (m = 3.33, SE = 0.02) as the most important. The multidimensional preference analysis showed the European Region, Region of the Americas, Western Pacific Region and countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity were more adversely impacted on sitting and screen time duration and social activities, whereas other regions and countries experienced more cooking and eating at home. Countries with a high-income level or medium to high COVID-19 severity reported higher perceived mental burden and emotional distress. Except for low- and lower-middle-income countries, medicine delivery was always prioritised.
Conclusions: Global increasing sitting and screen time and limiting social activities deserve as much attention as mental health. Besides, the pandemic has ushered in a notable enhancement in lifestyle of home cooking and eating, while simultaneously reducing the consumption of tobacco and alcohol. A health care system and technological infrastructure that facilitate medicine delivery, medicine prescription, and online shopping are priorities for coping with future pandemics.