Prevalence of Behaviour Changes and Sedentary Lifestyle Among Children and Adolescents During COVID-19 Pandemic in Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh.
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Background-The pandemic of the coronavirus has resulted in nationwide school closures, lockdown, and social distancing, resulting in sedentary lifestyle of children and adolescents for substantial amount of time. Objectives: To find the prevalence of lifestyle and behaviour changes among children and adolescents during Covid-19 pandemic. Methodology- Observational cross-sectional study conducted among the children (less than 18 years) in urban population of Ghaziabad city through a house-to-house survey, using a pre-designed, semi-structured questionnaire with a sample size of 666 study participants. Statistical analysis- using Logistic regression and odds ratio. Result - In this study 391 (58.7%) individuals were males and 275 (41.3%) females. Most of the study subject 275 (41.3%) belonged to the five-to-ten-year age group. Among the study participants in one-to-ten-year age group odds of not doing physical activity were twice (OR 1.93 [95% CI 1.129 – 3.290]) as much as those in adolescent (ten to eighteen years) age group. Odds of spending less than two hours in front of screen over and above online classes was more than twice 2.421 [95% CI 1.764-3.323]) among children of parents who had lost their jobs during the pandemic. Conclusion: This study identifies causes responsible for an altered lifestyle among children and their parents during the pandemic and determines an approach to prevent and/or reduce the harmful effects of these changes.
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