Open AccessChanges and Compromises in Health Choices during COVID-19 Lockdown in Kathmandu Valley: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Carmina Shrestha,
Sajan Acharya,
Raksha Sharma,
Roja Khanal,
Jasmin Joshi,
Calvin Ghimire,
Prakriti Bhandari,
Aditi Agrawal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.5790
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , cross sectional study , descriptive research , descriptive statistics , health care , covid-19 , consumption (sociology) , government (linguistics) , environmental health , alcohol consumption , social distance , family medicine , disease , social science , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , biochemistry , mathematics , alcohol , chemistry , pathology , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Nepal government enforced a lockdown as a social distancing measure to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown has led to compromises in day to day choices like food, exercise, sleep, self-care routines and utilization of healthcare facilities - directly and indirectly influencing aspects of health. Identification of compromised health choices can assist in better planning of inevitable future crises.