Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting
Introduction: Health officials were forced to impose a lockdown because of the COVID-19 epidemic as a method of epidemiological containment. Objectives: This study was designed to medical student's sleep quality and dietary habits during the pandemic in erode district of Tamil Nadu. Methods: Th...
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| author | Vajiravelu Suganthi Arumugam Chandrabose Munisamy Suthandhira Puluvapatti Venkidusamy Saraswathi Sasikala Gunasekaran Panneerselvam Periasamy |
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| description | Introduction: Health officials were forced to impose a lockdown because of the COVID-19 epidemic as a method of epidemiological containment. Objectives: This study was designed to medical student's sleep quality and dietary habits during the pandemic in erode district of Tamil Nadu. Methods: Through the voluntary completion of an online questionnaire, a cross-sectional study was carried out using a random representative sample of 263 MBBS medical students from Erode Medical College in Tamil Nadu (mean age 19.63 + 1.86 years, men 33.46%). To evaluate sleep quality and associated food habit components, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and eating habits questionnaire were employed. Results: Participants in the study had a mean PSQI score of 5.17 ± 3.6 students who are underweight and weigh <50 kg perform better on sleep tests. 43.3% of individuals reported having poor sleep quality (males: 44.32%; females: 42.86%). The mean eating habits of men and women did not differ in a way that was statistically significant (P = 0.27). High body weight and body mass index (BMI) among students are risk factors for eating disorders. While 54% of students engaged in daily light exercise, 46% of students engaged in no physical activity. Lockdown caused psychological discomfort for 66.16% of the individuals. Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that a COVID-19 lockout has a negative impact on young undergraduate medical adults' physical activity and sleep quality. The most frequent exposures that were associated with an increased risk of sleep issues and eating disorders were bodyweight, BMI, monthly family income, and poor physical activity with excessive eating during the COVID-19 lockdown. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cddd45135215422fa74590a3db35bfdc2025-01-02T12:56:00ZengSAGE PublishingApollo Medicine0976-00162213-36822023-01-0120571310.4103/am.am_158_22Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care settingVajiravelu SuganthiArumugam ChandraboseMunisamy SuthandhiraPuluvapatti Venkidusamy SaraswathiSasikala GunasekaranPanneerselvam PeriasamyIntroduction: Health officials were forced to impose a lockdown because of the COVID-19 epidemic as a method of epidemiological containment. Objectives: This study was designed to medical student's sleep quality and dietary habits during the pandemic in erode district of Tamil Nadu. Methods: Through the voluntary completion of an online questionnaire, a cross-sectional study was carried out using a random representative sample of 263 MBBS medical students from Erode Medical College in Tamil Nadu (mean age 19.63 + 1.86 years, men 33.46%). To evaluate sleep quality and associated food habit components, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and eating habits questionnaire were employed. Results: Participants in the study had a mean PSQI score of 5.17 ± 3.6 students who are underweight and weigh <50 kg perform better on sleep tests. 43.3% of individuals reported having poor sleep quality (males: 44.32%; females: 42.86%). The mean eating habits of men and women did not differ in a way that was statistically significant (P = 0.27). High body weight and body mass index (BMI) among students are risk factors for eating disorders. While 54% of students engaged in daily light exercise, 46% of students engaged in no physical activity. Lockdown caused psychological discomfort for 66.16% of the individuals. Conclusions: The findings of this study indicate that a COVID-19 lockout has a negative impact on young undergraduate medical adults' physical activity and sleep quality. The most frequent exposures that were associated with an increased risk of sleep issues and eating disorders were bodyweight, BMI, monthly family income, and poor physical activity with excessive eating during the COVID-19 lockdown.http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2023;volume=20;issue=5;spage=7;epage=13;aulast=Suganthibody mass indexcovid-19dietary habitslockdownsleep quality |
| spellingShingle | Vajiravelu Suganthi Arumugam Chandrabose Munisamy Suthandhira Puluvapatti Venkidusamy Saraswathi Sasikala Gunasekaran Panneerselvam Periasamy Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting Apollo Medicine body mass index covid-19 dietary habits lockdown sleep quality |
| title | Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting |
| title_full | Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting |
| title_fullStr | Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting |
| title_short | Sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting |
| title_sort | sleep quality and dietary habits during second wave of covid 19 pandemic lockdown among the medical students of a tertiary care setting |
| topic | body mass index covid-19 dietary habits lockdown sleep quality |
| url | http://www.apollomedicine.org/article.asp?issn=0976-0016;year=2023;volume=20;issue=5;spage=7;epage=13;aulast=Suganthi |
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