@article{ref1,
title="Nine months into the CoViD-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study showing mental health and movement behaviours are impaired in UK students",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2021",
author="Savage, Matthew J. and Hennis, Philip J. and Magistro, Daniele and Donaldson, James and Healy, Laura C. and James, Ruth M.",
volume="18",
number="6",
pages="-",
abstract="Initial studies indicated that student mental health was impaired during the early stages of the pandemic and that maintaining/improving physical activity gave some protection from mental illness. However, as the pandemic persists, these data may not reflect current circumstances and may have been confounded by exam stress. <br><br>METHODS: This study used an online survey to assess the changes in, and associations between, mental health and movement behaviours in 255 UK university students from before the COVID-19 pandemic (October 2019) to 9 months following the UK's first confirmed case (October 2020). Changes in and associations between mental wellbeing, perceived stress, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour were assessed using a mixed model ANOVA; a multiple linear regression model determined the predictive value of variables associated with Δ mental wellbeing. <br><br>RESULTS: Mental wellbeing and physical activity decreased (45.2 to 42.3 (p < 0.001); 223 to 173 min/week (p < 0.001)), whereas perceived stress and time spent sedentary increased (19.8 to 22.8 (p < 0.001); 66.0 to 71.2 h/week (p = 0.036)). Δ perceived stress, Δ sedentary behaviour and university year accounted for 64.7%, 12.9%, and 10.1% of the variance in Δ mental wellbeing (p < 0.001; p = 0.006; p = 0.035). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic is having a sustained negative impact on student mental health and movement behaviour.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph18062930",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062930"
}