DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, 48.6 PERCENT EXPERIENCED STRESS AND SADNESS

  • 25/04/2022

Kuwait City: A survey conducted by the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital on approximately 400 outpatients after the end of the total and partial ban in the country imposed during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic revealed that 54 percent of those polled are satisfied with their physical health since the beginning of the Corona pandemic until now. According to the questionnaire, 48.6 percent of them had greater stress and depression during that time period, according to Noura Al-Muhailbi, a researcher in health education in the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit. 


The questionnaire also showed that 24% of the people constantly consumed foods high in sugars and starches during the pandemic, and 17.5% consumed foods high in fats periodically, while only 31.8% were keen to constantly eat foods rich in vitamins and minerals during the pandemic. Al-Muhailbi confirmed in a statement, that the questionnaire indicated that walking was the most practiced type of sport during the pandemic period, noting that 57% of them practiced this sport, while 7.8% of them practiced riding a stationary or mobile bike, 4.5% swimming, and 2.3% practiced ‘Swedish sports’, 7.5% practiced lifting weights or stretching ligaments, and 13.3% practiced training sessions with a specialist in attendance. 

Al-Muhailbi noted that 46.8% of the followers noticed that their weight increased during the pandemic, while 11% of them had one of the chronic diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol, arteriosclerosis, stroke, heart muscle weakness, respiratory diseases or cancer, while 29.3% of them stated that they had a chronic disease before the pandemic, and the disease developed during the Corona crisis.

   

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