Behavior During and After COVID-19 Crisis

Sleep Clinical Trial

Official title:

Online Survey About Physical Activity and Nutrition During and After Coronavirus Pandemic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04502108
• Other study ID #: BFH Corona
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: April 1, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: August 2020
• Source: Bern University of Applied Sciences
• Contact: Slavko Rogan, Ph.D
• Phone: +41 31 848 35 56
• Email: slavko.rogan[@]bfh.ch
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A crisis situation leads to changes in life. During December 2019, many people contracted pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On January 7, 2020, the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) was identified as the cause of this disease. Within five months, the virus spread around the globe and forced countries to restrict public life. Due to the high infection rates in Europe, a lockdown followed between March and April 2020 (except in Sweden). As the number of infections decreased, European countries began to gradually relax the lockdown from May 2020.

The lockdown and the later stages of loosening have an impact on lifestyle. Institutions of higher education must also adapt to this situation and have switched to distance learning.

The University of Applied Sciences of Bern (BFH), Department of Health Professions with the Departments (DHP) of Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiotherapy, considers the question of the degree to which nutritional and exercise behavior has changed.

The findings provide recommendations for future crises for students and employees of the BFH-DHP.

In order to achieve this, at the BFH-DHP two anonymous online surveys will be conducted.

Description:

There is little evidence of how physical activity and eating behavior changes during a pandemic period and in the period after a pandemic period of students and employees at the BFH-DHP. This observational study will assists to determine the impact of an immediate change within a pandemic on physical activity, nutrition, sleep and alcohol consumption and the consequences after a period of one year.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2022
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions

• Students from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercise
• Nutritional Status
• Sleep

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Covid19
Impact of the COVID19-pandemic on physical activity, nutritional habits and sleeping behavior during an extraordinary period of confinement and social distancing, during the loosening phase and social distancing and the phase after the pandemic.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions	Bern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Slavko Rogan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity 2020	Mean number of minutes spent physically active (standing, walking, running) per day. A validated German short version of the international physical activity questionnaire (iPAQ-SF) will be used to assess physical activity over the last seven days	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
Primary	Physical activity 2021	Mean number of minutes spent physically active (standing, walking, running) per day. A validated German short version of the international physical activity questionnaire (iPAQ-SF) will be used to assess physical activity over the last seven days	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021
Secondary	Nutrition 2020	Mean number of habitual food and nutrient intake per day	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
Secondary	Nutrition 2021	Mean number of habitual food and nutrient intake per day	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021
Secondary	Alcohol 2020	Liters of pure alcohol per day	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
Secondary	Alcohol 2021	Liters of pure alcohol per day	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021
Secondary	Sleep 2020	Average number of hours of sleep during the night	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period
Secondary	Sleep 2021	Average number of hours of sleep during the night	During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021