Sleep quality and physical activity as predictors of mental wellbeing variance in older adults during COVID-19 lockdown: ECLB COVID-19 international online survey
Creators: name: Trabelsi, Khaled
name: Ammar, Achraf
name: Masmoudi, Liwa
name: Boukhris, Omar
name: Chtourou, Hamdi
name: Bouaziz, Bassem
name: Brach, Michael
name: Bentlage, Ellen
name: How, Daniella
name: Ahmed, Mona
name: Mueller, Patrick
name: Mueller, Notger
name: Hsouna, Hsen
name: Elghoul, Yousri
name: Romdhani, Mohamed
name: Hammouda, Omar
name: Paineiras-Domingos, Laisa
name: Braakman-Jansen, Annemarie
name: Wrede, Christian
name: Bastoni, Sofia
name: Pernambuco, Carlos
name: Mataruna-Dos-Santos, Leonardo
name: Taheri, Morteza
name: Irandoust, Khadijeh
name: Bragazzi, Nicola
name: Strahler, Jana
name: Washif, Jad
name: Andreeva, Albina
name: Bailey, Stephen
name: Acton, Jarred
name: Mitchell, Emma
name: Bott, Nicholas
name: Gargouri, Faiez
name: Chaari, Lotfi
name: Batatia, Hadj
name: Khoshnami, Samira
name: Samara, Evangelia
name: Zisi, Vasiliki
name: Sankar, Parasanth
name: Ahmed, Waseem
name: Ali, Gamal
name: Abdelkarim, Osama
name: Jarraya, Mohamed
name: Abed, Kais
name: Moalla, Wassim
name: Souissi, Nafaa
name: Aloui, Asma
name: Souissi, Nizar
name: Gemert-Pijnen, Lisette
name: Riemann, Bryan
name: Riemann, Laurel
name: Delhey, Jan
name: Gómez-Raja, Jonathan
name: Epstein, Monique
name: Sanderman, Robbert
name: Schulz, Sebastian
name: Jerg, Achim
name: Al-Horani, Ramzi
name: Mansi, Taysir
name: Dergaa, Ismail
name: Jmail, Mohamed
name: Barbosa, Fernando
name: Ferreira-Santos, Fernando
name: Šimunič, Boštjan
name: Pišot, Rado
name: Pišot, Saša
name: Gaggioli, Andrea
name: Steinacker, Jürgen
name: Zmijewski, Piotr
name: Apfelbacher, Christian
name: Glenn, Jordan
name: Khacharem, Aïmen
name: Clark, Cain
name: Saad, Helmi
name: Chamari, Karim
name: Driss, Tarak
name: Hoekelmann, Anita
name: On Behalf Of The ECLB-COVID19 Consortium, 
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: pandemic
subject: home confinement
subject: lifestyle behaviors
subject: wellbeing
subject: aging
subject: DDC 610 / Medicine &amp; health
subject: COVID-19
subject: Pandemics
subject: Life style
subject: Mental health
subject: Sleep
subject: Exercise
subject: Aged
subject: COVID-19
subject: Pandemie
subject: Lebensstil
subject: Wohlbefinden
subject: Schlaf
subject: Alter

description: ackground. The COVID-19 lockdown could engender disruption to lifestyle behaviors, thus impairing mental wellbeing in the general population. This study investigated whether sociodemographic variables, changes in physical activity, and sleep quality from pre- to during lockdown were predictors of change in mental wellbeing in quarantined older adults. Methods. A 12-week international online survey was launched in 14 languages on 6 April 2020. Forty-one research institutions from Europe, Western-Asia, North-Africa, and the Americas, promoted the survey. The survey was presented in a differential format with questions related to responses “pre” and “during” the lockdown period. Participants responded to the Short Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire, and the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Results. Replies from older adults (aged &gt;55 years, n = 517), mainly from Europe (50.1%), Western-Asia (6.8%), America (30%), and North-Africa (9.3%) were analyzed. The COVID-19 lockdown led to significantly decreased mental wellbeing, sleep quality, and total physical activity energy expenditure levels (all p &lt; 0.001). Regression analysis showed that the change in total PSQI score and total physical activity energy expenditure (F(2, 514) = 66.41 p &lt; 0.001) were significant predictors of the decrease in mental wellbeing from pre- to during lockdown (p &lt; 0.001, R2: 0.20). Conclusion. COVID-19 lockdown deleteriously affected physical activity and sleep patterns. Furthermore, change in the total PSQI score and total physical activity energy expenditure were significant predictors for the decrease in mental wellbeing.