Clinical trial NCT04502108: Behavior During and After COVID-19 Crisis
Official title: Online Survey About Physical Activity and Nutrition During and After Coronavirus Pandemic
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Exercise
Nutritional Status
Sleep
Lead sponsor: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-08-06
Enrollment: 1000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All students and employees from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions participating in the study will be invited to answer the online survey. The sample will include students in different academic degrees: bachelor's degree and master's degree and from different study degree courses (midwife, nurse, nutrition and dietetics and physiotherapy) and employees.

Brief summary: A crisis situation leads to changes in life. During December 2019, many people contracted pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On January 7, 2020, the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) was identified as the cause of this disease. Within five months, the virus spread around the globe and forced countries to restrict public life. Due to the high infection rates in Europe, a lockdown followed between March and April 2020 (except in Sweden). As the number of infections decreased, European countries began to gradually relax the lockdown from May 2020.

The lockdown and the later stages of loosening have an impact on lifestyle. Institutions of higher education must also adapt to this situation and have switched to distance learning.

The University of Applied Sciences of Bern (BFH), Department of Health Professions with the Departments (DHP) of Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiotherapy, considers the question of the degree to which nutritional and exercise behavior has changed.

The findings provide recommendations for future crises for students and employees of the BFH-DHP.

In order to achieve this, at the BFH-DHP two anonymous online surveys will be conducted.

Detailed description: There is little evidence of how physical activity and eating behavior changes during a pandemic period and in the period after a pandemic period of students and employees at the BFH-DHP. This observational study will assists to determine the impact of an immediate change within a pandemic on physical activity, nutrition, sleep and alcohol consumption and the consequences after a period of one year.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Students from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions
* Students from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical activity 2020
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
measure: Physical activity 2021
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Nutrition 2020
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
measure: Nutrition 2021
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021
measure: Alcohol 2020
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
measure: Alcohol 2021
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021
measure: Sleep 2020
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
measure: Sleep 2021
timeFrame: During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bern
country: Switzerland
facility: Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions
Study officials:
affiliation: BFH, Department of Health Professions, Faculty of Physiotherapy
name: Heiner Baur, Ph.D
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Taeymans J, Luijckx E, Rogan S, Haas K, Baur H. Physical Activity, Nutritional Habits, and Sleeping Behavior in Students and Employees of a Swiss University During the COVID-19 Lockdown Period: Questionnaire Survey Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2021 Apr 13;7(4):e26330. doi: 10.2196/26330.
citation: Rogan S, Luijckx E, Taeymans J, Haas K, Baur H. Physical Activity, Nutritional Habits, and Sleep Behavior Among Health Profession Students and Employees of a Swiss University During and After COVID-19 Confinement: Protocol for a Longitudinal Observational Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Dec 22;9(12):e25051. doi: 10.2196/25051.