Factors Related to Changes of Daily Life during COVID-19

Abstract

Objectives: This study analyzed and identified factors related to the changes of the daily life, such as the health behavior, the number of meetings, and the use of public transportation during the COVID-19. Methods: A total of 133,707 people out of 229,269 adults aged 19 years or older in Community Health Survey 2020 were analyzed in terms of the daily life changes, including the demographic characteristics, health status, health behavior, mental health, and chronic disease. The multi-variable linear regression analysis was conducted with the considerable variables extracted from the stepwise selection. Results: It was found that age, sex, household type, job, household income, education level, subjective health status, breakfast, stress level, depression, hypertension, and diabetes are related to the changes of the daily life during the COVID-19. In particular, the age of 30s and 40s, women, second generation, white-collar worker, high income, well educated, worse subjective health status, skipping breakfast, high stress and depression factors were closely related to the negative changes of daily life during the COVID-19. Conclusions: The negative changes of daily life during the COVID-19 were more likely to occur in the group of the age of 30s and 40s, women, with high socioeconomic status, with worse health status, with worse health behaviors and with worse mental health.