Open AccessImpact of COVID-19 Pandemic Led Lockdown on the Lifestyle of Adolescents and Young Adults
Author(s) -
Shubhajeet Roy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of youth and adolescent health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2349-2880
DOI - 10.24321/2349.2880.202008
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , medicine , young adult , physical activity , gerontology , mental health , circadian rhythm , sleep (system call) , psychology , demography , physical therapy , psychiatry , disease , virology , sociology , outbreak , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led lockdown-an unprecedented event wherein people globally have been hit hard. This lockdown has caused a deep impact on lifestyle-related parameters like sleep pattern, diet pattern, stress level, physical activity level and circadian rhythms. Objective: This study was designed to study effect of COVID-19 pandemic on lifestyle of young adults and adolescents. Method: Online survey was conducted in 1065 respondents in the age group of 13 to 25 years. Result: Questionnaire-based survey showed mean sleep duration changing from 6.85 hours to 8.17 hours, average screen time increased to 5.12 hours from 3.5 hours, 51.9% subjects experienced higher stress levels, 76.4% subjects experienced more food intake and 38.6% subjects had decreased levels of physical activity as per self-monitoring. Conclusion: These changes might have long lasting effects on their physical, mental and social health and need counteractive measures to help young people lead a healthy lifestyle during the epidemic and beyond.