INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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Introduction: The entire globe is undergoing an unprecedented challenge of COVID-19 which has affected the lifestyle behavior of individuals. The present review is an attempt to summarize the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on lifestyle behavior among students. Statement of the problem: A cross sectional study to assess the impact of COVID- 19 pandemic on lifestyle behaviors of students studying in selected colleges at Perinthalmanna. Objectives: To assess the lifestyle behavior of students before and during COVID- 19 pandemic. Compare the lifestyle behavior of students before and during COVID- 19 pandemic. Find the association between lifestyle behaviors of students with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: QuantitativeapproachwasadoptedforthestudyandNonExperimentalDescriptivecrosssectional study design was selected. A sample of 50 students from second year BSc nursing at Al Shifa College of Nursing was used to collect the data. Convenient sampling method was adopted. The tool1SocioDemographicProformausedtocollectsociodemographicdetailsofstudentsandtool 2LifestyleBehaviorAssessmentScaleusedtoevaluatelifestylebehaviorsofstudentsbeforeand duringCOVID-19.Descriptiveand Inferentialstatisticswereusedfordata analysis. Result:The analysis of the lifestyle behaviors of students based on lifestyle behavior assessment scale before COVID-19 revealed that 44% students had excellent lifestyle behavior, 46% students had very good lifestyle behavior and 10% had good lifestyle behavior. The lifestyle behavior of students duringCOVID-19revealedthat14%studentshadverygoodlifestylebehavior,80%studentshad good lifestyle behavior and 6% students had fair lifestyle behavior. The mean lifestyle behavior assessmentscorebeforeCOVID-19was113.98withSDof14.650andthemeanlifestylebehavior assessmentscoreduringCOVID-19was77.44withSD14.007.Thecalculatedpairedtvalue2.866 was greater than table value 2 and concluded that there was a statistically significant difference in
the lifestyle behavior of students before and during COVID-19. The researchers found that there was a significant difference in the dietary pattern of students before and during COVID-19 pandemic and there was no statistically significant difference between lifestyle behaviors of studentsandtheirselecteddemographicvariablessuchasage,gender,religion,areaofresidence, family type, educational level of father, educational level of mother, occupation of father, occupationofmotherandmonthlyincome.Conclusion:Onthebasisofthefindings,researchers concluded that there was a significant difference in the lifestyle behaviors of students before and during COVID-19 pandemic and there was no significant association between lifestyle behavior ofstudentsandtheirselecteddemographicvariablesuchasage,gender,religion,areaofresidence, family type, educational level of father, educational level of mother, occupation of father, occupation of mother and monthly income.
Keywords:
COVID-19pandemic,lifestylebehaviors, students
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"IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS OF STUDENTS", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.e45-e74, December-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2312407.pdf
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