Volume 26, Issue 127, September 2022

Behavioural risk factors and attitudes to preventive measures: changes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lyubov Vlasyk¹, Natalia Ryngach², Leonid Vlasyk^3♦, Anastasiya Sukholotyuk⁴, Oleksandra Kotenko⁵, Tetiana Kolodnitska⁶

¹PhD, Associated professor of the Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Organization, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
²Doctor of Public Administration (Mechanisms of Control), leading researcher, M.V. Ptucha Institute of Demography and Social Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
³MD, Prof., Head of the Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
⁴Aspirant of the Department of Internal Medicine, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
⁵Student, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
⁶Assistant of the Department of Internal Medicine, Physical Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

^♦Corresponding author
MD, Prof., Head of the Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Bukovinian State Medical University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

ABSTRACT

Background : Prevalence of behavioural Risk Factors ( RF) of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) has changed during the COVID 19 pandemic. The impact on compliance with preventive measures required additional study. The aim : To analyse changes in people's lifestyle during the COVID 19 pandemic and specify the determinants associated with the attitude to the vaccination program. Mat erials and methods : The study was conducted in 2021 through an online survey of the population. A sample for comparison was formed from the economically active population participated in the 2017/2018 study. Sociological and statistical methods were used. Results: A n increase in sweet consumption was discovered. There was a decrease in physical activity (56%), a higher prevalence of smoking among women (29%). With a positive attitude to the COVID 19 vaccination, 91% of respondents received at least one dose of the vaccine and with a negative or neutral 16%. Conclusions: The identified lifestyle changes give reason to expect an increase in the incidence of NCD. A positive attitude to vaccination could confirm a fairly high level of patient activation.

Keywords: Risk factors, Non-Communicable diseases, COVID-19 vaccination, patient activation

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms375e2400

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i127/ms375e2400

Published: 20 September 2022