Perceived Physical and Mental Health and Healthy Eating Habits During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea.

Journal: Journal of Korean medical science

Volume: 37

Issue: 15

Year of Publication: 2022

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Chronic Disease and Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. Qatar Rehabilitation Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and Statistics, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA. Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital Hassan II of Fez, Fez, Morocco. Amputee Rehabilitation Department, National Institute of Rehabilitation, Mexico City, Mexico. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Tétouan, Morocco. Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL), US Department of Veteran Affairs, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Department of Disaster Health Sciences, Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chengdu, China. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Michigan Medicine Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Multidisciplinary Department of Medicine for Surgery and Orthodontics, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital & Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), New Delhi, India. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. byhong@songeui.ac.kr.

Abstract summary 

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted the lives of people around the world since 2020. This study aims to reveal perceived impact of the coronavirus pandemic on physical and mental health and eating behaviors among people with disabilities and without disabilities in South Korea, as compared to other countries.A secondary analysis of a prospective cross-sectional study which was conducted with a web-based global survey.Among the 3,550 responses from 65 countries, 2,621 responses with nation information were set as full data, 189 for South Korea and 2,432 for other countries. In Korea, there was no significant difference in healthy lifestyle behaviors between people with and without disabilities before the COVID-19 pandemic. Perceived physical and mental health and changes in eating habits during the COVID-19 pandemic showed no significant difference between people with and without disabilities in Korea. There were significant differences in physical health and dietary habits, but no differences in its effect on mental health between people living in Korea and other countries in both people with and without disabilities groups. In other words, more than 60% of people in all groups (disability vs. non-disability, Korea vs. non-Korea) reported worse mental health than before the COVID-19 pandemic.In Korea and other countries, mental health showed a tendency to deteriorate regardless of the presence or absence of disability during the COVID-19 pandemic. In terms of healthy eating habits, Koreans were relatively less affected than people from other countries.

Authors & Co-authors:  Tuakli-Wosornu Yetsa A YA Pandiyan Uma U Stratton Catherine C Hwang Youngdeok Y Hajjioui Abderrazak A Muñoz-Velasco Laura Paulina LP Fourtassi Maryam M Cooper Rory R Balikuddembe Joseph K JK Peterson Mark M Krassioukov Andrei A Palomba Angela A Tripathi Deo Rishi DR Hong Bo Young BY

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Citations :  Pears M, Kola-Palmer S, De Azevedo LB. The impact of sitting time and physical activity on mental health during COVID-19 lockdown. Sport Sci Health. 2022;18:179–191.
Authors :  14
Identifiers
Doi : e118
SSN : 1598-6357
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
COVID-19
Other Terms
COVID-19;Healthy Lifestyles;Lack of Physical Activity;Mental Health;People with Disabilities
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Publication Country
Korea (South)