Biology of Sport

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1/2021 vol. 38
Educational article

Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from the ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study

Achraf Ammar 1, 2
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Khaled Trabelsi 3, 4
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Michael Brach 5
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Hamdi Chtourou 3, 6
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Omar Boukhris 3, 6
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Liwa Masmoudi 3
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Bassem Bouaziz 7
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Ellen Bentlage 5
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Daniella How 5
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Mona Ahmed 5
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Patrick Mueller 8, 9
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Notger Mueller 8, 9
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Omar Hammouda 2, 3
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Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos 10, 11
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Annemarie Braakman-jansen 12
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Christian Wrede 12
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Sophia Bastoni 12, 13
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Carlos Soares Pernambuco 14
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Leonardo Mataruna 15
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Morteza Taheri 16
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Khadijeh Irandoust 16
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Aïmen Khacharem 17
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Nicola L Bragazzi 18, 19
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Jana Strahler 20
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Jad Adrian 21
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Albina Andreeva 22
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Jordan M Glenn 23
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Nicholas T Bott 24
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Faiez Gargouri 7
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Lotfi Chaari 25
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Hadj Batatia 25
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Samira C khoshnami 26
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Evangelia Samara 27
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Vasiliki Zisi 28
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Parasanth Sankar 29
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Waseem N Ahmed 30
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Gamal Mohamed Ali 31
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Osama Abdelkarim 31, 32
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Mohamed Jarraya 3
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Kais El Abed 3
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Wassim Moalla 3
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Mohamed Romdhani 6
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Asma Aloui 6
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Nizar Souissi 6
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Lisette Van GemertPijnen 12
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Bryan L Riemann 33
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Laurel Riemann 34
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Jan Delhey 35
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Jonathan Gómez-Raja 36
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Monique Epstein 37
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Robbert Sanderman 38
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Sebastian Schulz 39
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Achim Jerg 39
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Ramzi Al-Horani 40
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Taysir Mansi 41
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Mohamed Jmail 42
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Fernando Barbosa 43
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Fernando Ferreira-Santos 44
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Boštjan Šimunič 45
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Rado Pišot 45
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Saša Pišot 45
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Andrea Gaggioli 46
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Piotr Zmijewski 47
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Stephen J Bailey 48
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Jürgen Steinacker 39
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Karim Chamari 49
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Tarak Driss 50
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Anita Hoekelmann 1
  1. Institute of Sport Science, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
  2. Research Laboratory, Molecular Bases of Human Pathology, LR12ES17, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
  3. High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
  4. Research Laboratory: Education, Motricity, Sport and Health, EM2S, LR19JS01, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
  5. Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
  6. Physical Activity, Sport, and Health, UR18JS01, National Observatory of Sport, Tunis, Tunisia
  7. Higher Institute of Computer Science and Multimedia of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia
  8. Research Group Neuroprotection, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Magdeburg, Germany
  9. Medical Faculty, Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
  10. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  11. Faculdade Bezerra de Araújo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  12. Department of Psychology, Health & Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherland
  13. Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy
  14. Laboratório de Fisiologia do Exercício, Estácio de Sá University, Brasil
  15. Canadian University of Dubai, Faculty of Management, Department of Sport Management, United Arab Emirates, UAE
  16. Faculty of Social Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
  17. UVHC, DeVisu, Valenciennes ; LIRTES-EA 7313. Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne, France
  18. Department of Health Sciences, Postgraduate School of Public Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
  19. Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
  20. Department of Psychology and Sport Science, University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany
  21. Sports Performance Division, National Sports Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  22. Department of Sports Biomechanics, Moscow Center of Advanced Sport Technologies, 129272 Moscow, Russia
  23. Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA
  24. Clinical Excellence Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
  25. Computer science department, University of Toulouse, IRIT-INP-ENSEEIHT, Toulouse, France
  26. UFR STAPS, UPL, Paris Nanterre University, Nanterre, France
  27. Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece
  28. Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Thessaly, Greece
  29. Consultant in internal medicine and diabetes, MGM muthoot hospitals pathanamthitta, Kerala, India 689645
  30. Consultant family physician, CRAFT hospital and research centre, Kodungallur, Kerala, India.
  31. Faculty of Physical Education, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
  32. Institute for Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Karlsruher, Germany
  33. Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
  34. PharmD, BCBS; PharmIAD, Inc,Savannah, GA, USA
  35. Institute of Social Science, Otto-von-Guericke University, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
  36. FundeSalud, Dept. of Health and Social Services, Government of Extremadura, Merida, Spain
  37. The E-Senior Association, Paris, France
  38. Department of Health Psychology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
  39. Sports- and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ulm University Hospital, Leimgrubenweg, Germany
  40. Department of Exercise Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
  41. Faculty of Physical Education, The University of Jordan, Jordan
  42. Digital Research Centre of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
  43. Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
  44. ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Av. das Forças Armadas, Lisboa, Portugal
  45. Institute for Kinesiology Research, Science and Research Centre Koper, Garibaldijeva 1, Koper, Slovenia
  46. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart I UNICATT, Milano, Italy
  47. Institute of Sport – National Research Institute, 01-982 Warsaw, Poland
  48. School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough E11 3TU, UK
  49. ASPETAR, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar and Laboratory ‘’Sport Performance Optimization’’, (CNMSS); ISSEP Ksar-Said, Manouba University, Tunisia
  50. Interdisciplinary Laboratory in Neurosciences, Physiology and Psychology: Physical Activity, Health and Learning (LINP2-2APS), UFR STAPS, UPL, Paris Nanterre University, 92000 Nanterre, France
Biol Sport. 2021;38(1):9–21.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2020.96857
Online publish date: 2020/08/06
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Although recognised as effective measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, social distancing and self-isolation have been suggested to generate a burden throughout the population. To provide scientific data to help identify risk factors for the psychosocial strain during the COVID-19 outbreak, an international cross-disciplinary online survey was circulated in April 2020. This report outlines the mental, emotional and behavioural consequences of COVID-19 home confinement. The ECLB-COVID19 electronic survey was designed by a steering group of multidisciplinary scientists, following a structured review of the literature. The survey was uploaded and shared on the Google online survey platform and was promoted by thirty-five research organizations from Europe, North Africa, Western Asia and the Americas. Questions were presented in a differential format with questions related to responses “before” and “during” the confinement period. 1047 replies (54% women) from Western Asia (36%), North Africa (40%), Europe (21%) and other continents (3%) were analysed. The COVID-19 home confinement evoked a negative effect on mental wellbeing and emotional status (P < 0.001; 0.43 ≤ d ≤ 0.65) with a greater proportion of individuals experiencing psychosocial and emotional disorders (+10% to +16.5%). These psychosocial tolls were associated with unhealthy lifestyle behaviours with a greater proportion of individuals experiencing (i) physical (+15.2%) and social (+71.2%) inactivity, (ii) poor sleep quality (+12.8%), (iii) unhealthy diet behaviours (+10%), and (iv) unemployment (6%). Conversely, participants demonstrated a greater use (+15%) of technology during the confinement period. These findings elucidate the risk of psychosocial strain during the COVID-19 home confinement period and provide a clear remit for the urgent implementation of technology-based intervention to foster an Active and Healthy Confinement Lifestyle AHCL).

Keywords

Public health, Pandemic, Mental wellbeing, Depression, Satisfaction, Behaviours

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