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Adherence to COVID-19 prevention control and healthy eating habits among infected and uninfected residents of Saudi Arabia

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Food Microbiology
Human Microbial Interactions
Medical Microbiology
Virology

Abstract

COVID-19 became a major global threat that turned pandemic. The aim of this work was to assess the health nutrition awareness represented in prevention control and healthy eating habits among infected and uninfected residents of Saudi Arabia. We conducted an electronic questionnaire on social media between July and September 2020, was completed by a total of 976 Saudi Arabian residents from 8 provinces, and after validation, only 446 respondents have been included in the study (aged between 20 and 68 years, 59.64% female, 79% university-educated. The highest infection rate showed in Mecca (81.82%) due to its religious importance. The majority of infected respondents stated that they received healthcare at home (82.92%). Chronic diseases; asthma, cardiovascular, diabetes and Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) showed to be high-risk groups for COVID-19 infection that represented (20.15, 15.67, 22.39 and 13.43%, respectively) of infected populations. Most of the infected participants poorly adhered with recommended safety measures; hand wash, sanitizers, face mask and physical distancing (79%, 77%, 62% and 61%). Good intake of antioxidants from food (39.77 and 53.19% respectively). Nutrition awareness showed to be related to education level, as 75% of PhD holders adhered to healthy eating behaviour and used immune boost foods (myrrh, pumpkin and turmeric). Obtained results could represent good guidance to governmental plans for pandemic management based on predicted population behaviour for a brighter future of health and wellbeing.

DOI

10.21608/mb.2021.103863.1045

Keywords

COVID-19, Diet quality, Survey, Eating behaviour, Nutrition awareness, Prevention control

Authors

First Name

Suzan

Last Name

Abushal

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College Turabah University, Taif University, Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Email

suzan.a.abushal@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-4984-9406

Volume

6

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

29387

Issue Date

2021-12-01

Receive Date

2021-11-01

Publish Date

2021-12-22

Page Start

1

Page End

10

Print ISSN

2357-0326

Online ISSN

2357-0334

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/article_210215.html

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=210215

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Original Article

Type Code

502

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Microbial Biosystems

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https://mb.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Adherence to COVID-19 prevention control and healthy eating habits among infected and uninfected residents of Saudi Arabia

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Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023