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Al Anouti, F, Thomas, J, Karras, S and El Asswad, N (2022) Outdoor Activity in the Daytime, but Not the Nighttime, Predicts Better Mental Health Status During the COVID-19 Curfew in the United Arab Emirates. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. ISSN 2296-2565
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Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated infection prevention and control measures had a negative impact on the mental health of many people. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), infection control measures implemented after March 24th, 2020, placed necessary restrictions on people's freedom of movement. Aim: This study aimed to assess the association between levels of daytime vs. nighttime outdoor activity and mental health among a sample of UAE residents during the lockdown period. Method: An opportunity sample of 245 participants completed an online survey assessing levels of depression, somatic symptoms, daytime and nighttime activity levels. Results: Multivariate logistic regression revealed that daytime activity, but not nighttime activity, was associated with a lower risk of clinically significant depressive and somatic symptomatology. Conclusion: The association of better mental health with daytime not nighttime outdoor activity could be possibly attributed to vitamin D, but further studies are needed to confirm this speculation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Health Status; Communicable Disease Control; United Arab Emirates; Pandemics; COVID-19; COVID-19; United Arab Emirates; depressive symptoms; somatization; vitamin D; COVID-19; Communicable Disease Control; Cross-Sectional Studies; Health Status; Humans; Pandemics; United Arab Emirates; 1117 Public Health and Health Services |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | Frontiers Media SA |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2022 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 09:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.829362 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17916 |
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