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Lifestyle in Undergraduate Students and Demographically Matched Controls during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

Iñaki ZorrillaAlberto Ponce-moraRaquel Brandini De BoniAna González-pintoMaría Paz García-portillaMaría Paz García-portillaMaría José Jaén-morenoFlávio KapczinskiFlávio KapczinskiFernando SarrameaCristina EstebanBenedicto Crespo-facorroBeatriz Atienza-carbonellVieta EduardRafael Tabarés-seisdedosSusana Gomes-da-costaMaría Giner-murilloTeresa Bobes-bascaránTeresa Bobes-bascaránVicente Balanzá-martínezJose Cervera-martínez

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Stress managementlifestyleCross-sectional studyHealth Toxicology and MutagenesiseducationAlcohol abuseEstudiants universitarisAnxietyArticleEstilo de vida03 medical and health sciencesYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineMedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineYoung adultEspanyaCollege studentsStudentsLife StylePandemicsPandemiasbusiness.industryDepressionSARS-CoV-2pandemicPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthRCOVID-19EspanhaMental illnessmedicine.diseaseMental healthSaúde mentalundergraduate studentsSubstance abuseCross-Sectional StudiesSpainAnxietyMedicinemedicine.symptombusinessEstudantes030217 neurology & neurosurgerymental healthDemography

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Few studies have used a multidimensional approach to describe lifestyle changes among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic or have included controls. This study aimed to evaluate lifestyle behaviors and mental health of undergraduate students and compare them with an age and sex-matched control group. A cross-sectional web survey using snowball sampling was conducted several months after the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. A sample of 221 students was recruited. The main outcome was the total SMILE-C score. Students showed a better SMILE-C score than controls (79.8 + 8.1 vs. 77.2 + 8.3

10.3390/ijerph18158133http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158133