![]() ![]() Between February 2020 and 1st of June 2021 1.651.780 positive cases and 17,632 deaths has been registered in The Netherlands. From a public health perspective, these strategies are very important to consider. Although underreported, preventative strategies such as a healthy lifestyle seem important alternative avenues to fight (the spread of) COVID-19. Lockdown is among one of the options suggested by WHO to reduce spread of the virus. In the absence of effective drugs or vaccines, social distancing, surgical masks, washing hands and other preventive measures are presented as the only ways to fight the (spread of the) virus. The rapid spread of COVID-19 to nearly all parts of the world has posed enormous health, economic, environmental and social challenges worldwide. Further studies are warranted to see whether this behavioural change is maintained over time, and how different lifestyle factors can affect the susceptibility for and the course of COVID-19. These findings suggest that the coronavirus crisis resulted in a healthier lifestyle in one part and, to a lesser extent, in an unhealthier lifestyle in another part of the Dutch population. ![]() 1.11–2.57) were found predicting the change into an unhealthier direction. 1.64–3.86) and ‘stress in relation to the balance work and home’ (OR: 1.69, 95% C.I. 1.38–3.02) and ‘stress in relation to financial situation’ (OR: 1.89, 95% C.I. ![]() Multivariable logistic regression analyses revealed that changing into a healthier lifestyle was positively associated with the variables ‘Worried/Anxious getting COVID-19’ (OR: 1.56, 95% C.I. Fewer respondents (12.3%) changed into an unhealthier lifestyle. Changes to a healthier lifestyle were observed in 19.3% of the population, mainly due to a change in diet habits, physical activity and relaxation, of whom 56.2% reported to be motivated to maintain this behaviour change in a post-COVID-19 era. Resultsġ004 respondents were included in the study, aged between 18 and 88 years (50.7% females). ![]() The survey included a modified version of the I-CAM-Q and 26 questions on lifestyle related measures, anxiety, and need for support to maintain lifestyle changes. Differences in COVID-19-related lifestyle changes between Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) users and non-CAM users were determined. Life-style related changes were studied among a random representative sample of the adult population in the Netherlands using an online survey conducted from 22 to. The overarching aim of this study is to determine life-style related changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic among a representative sample of the adult population in the Netherlands. This life changing event may have caused changes in lifestyle behaviour, an important factor in the onset and course of diseases. During the Covid-19 pandemic the Dutch government implemented its so-called ‘intelligent lockdown’ in which people were urged to leave their homes as little as possible and work from home. ![]()
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