@Article{Ammar2021,
journal="Biology of Sport",
issn="0860-021X",
volume="38",
number="1",
year="2021",
title="Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from the ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study",
abstract="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).",
author="Ammar, Achraf
and Trabelsi, Khaled
and Brach, Michael
and Chtourou, Hamdi
and Boukhris, Omar
and Masmoudi, Liwa
and Bouaziz, Bassem
and Bentlage, Ellen
and How, Daniella
and Ahmed, Mona
and Mueller, Patrick
and Mueller, Notger
and Hammouda, Omar
and Paineiras-Domingos, Laisa
and Braakman-jansen, Annemarie
and Wrede, Christian
and Bastoni, Sophia
and Pernambuco, Carlos
and Mataruna, Leonardo
and Taheri, Morteza
and Irandoust, Khadijeh
and Khacharem, Aïmen
and Bragazzi, Nicola
and Strahler, Jana
and Adrian, Jad
and Andreeva, Albina
and Glenn, Jordan
and Bott, Nicholas
and Gargouri, Faiez
and Chaari, Lotfi
and Batatia, Hadj
and khoshnami, Samira
and Samara, Evangelia
and Zisi, Vasiliki
and Sankar, Parasanth
and Ahmed, Waseem
and Ali, Gamal
and Abdelkarim, Osama
and Jarraya, Mohamed
and Abed, Kais
and Moalla, Wassim
and Romdhani, Mohamed
and Aloui, Asma
and Souissi, Nizar
and GemertPijnen, Lisette
and Riemann, Bryan
and Riemann, Laurel
and Delhey, Jan
and Gómez-Raja, Jonathan
and Epstein, Monique
and Sanderman, Robbert
and Schulz, Sebastian
and Jerg, Achim
and Al-Horani, Ramzi
and Mansi, Taysir
and Jmail, Mohamed
and Barbosa, Fernando
and Ferreira-Santos, Fernando
and Šimunič, Boštjan
and Pišot, Rado
and Pišot, Saša
and Gaggioli, Andrea
and Zmijewski, Piotr
and Bailey, Stephen
and Steinacker, Jürgen
and Chamari, Karim
and Driss, Tarak
and Hoekelmann, Anita",
pages="9--21",
doi="10.5114/biolsport.2020.96857",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2020.96857"
}