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Article

Knowledge and Lifestyle Behaviors Related to COVID-19 Pandemic in People over 65 Years Old from Southern Italy

by
Francesca Gallè
1,*,
Elita Anna Sabella
2,
Paolo Roma
3,
Stefano Ferracuti
3,
Giovanna Da Molin
2,
Giusy Diella
4,
Maria Teresa Montagna
4,
Giovanni Battista Orsi
5,
Giorgio Liguori
1 and
Christian Napoli
6
1
Department of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Via Medina n. 40, 80133 Naples, Italy
2
Inter-University Research Centre “Population, Environment and Health”, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Umberto I, 1, 70121 Bari, Italy
3
Department of Human Neurosciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
4
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
5
Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
6
Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035/1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(20), 10872; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010872
Submission received: 22 September 2021 / Revised: 10 October 2021 / Accepted: 11 October 2021 / Published: 16 October 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Health)
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Abstract

Background: Control measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic had a considerable impact on human daily life and lifestyles. Adherence to the recommended measures is influenced by knowledge and attitudes towards the disease. This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the level of knowledge regarding COVID-19, the related control measures, and lifestyle behaviors adopted during the pandemic in a sample of elderly Italian people. Methods: A web-based questionnaire investigating socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of COVID-19, the related preventive measures, and lifestyle changes that occurred during the pandemic, were distributed to ≥65 years old people living in South Italy. Results: A satisfactory level of knowledge about COVID-19 and the related control measures has been found in the enrolled sample. However, a decrease in physical activity, as well as worsening sleeping and dietary habits, were found in roughly 60% of participants. Females were impacted greater by these lifestyle changes. Conclusions: Participants in this study showed a good level of knowledge regarding COVID-19 and its prevention. Nevertheless, they reported an increase in unhealthy habits that may have important health consequences in the long term and should be addressed by public health interventions targeted at older people.
Keywords: COVID-19; knowledge; lifestyle; elderly COVID-19; knowledge; lifestyle; elderly

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Gallè, F.; Sabella, E.A.; Roma, P.; Ferracuti, S.; Da Molin, G.; Diella, G.; Montagna, M.T.; Orsi, G.B.; Liguori, G.; Napoli, C. Knowledge and Lifestyle Behaviors Related to COVID-19 Pandemic in People over 65 Years Old from Southern Italy. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 10872. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010872

AMA Style

Gallè F, Sabella EA, Roma P, Ferracuti S, Da Molin G, Diella G, Montagna MT, Orsi GB, Liguori G, Napoli C. Knowledge and Lifestyle Behaviors Related to COVID-19 Pandemic in People over 65 Years Old from Southern Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(20):10872. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010872

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Gallè, Francesca, Elita Anna Sabella, Paolo Roma, Stefano Ferracuti, Giovanna Da Molin, Giusy Diella, Maria Teresa Montagna, Giovanni Battista Orsi, Giorgio Liguori, and Christian Napoli. 2021. "Knowledge and Lifestyle Behaviors Related to COVID-19 Pandemic in People over 65 Years Old from Southern Italy" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 20: 10872. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010872

APA Style

Gallè, F., Sabella, E. A., Roma, P., Ferracuti, S., Da Molin, G., Diella, G., Montagna, M. T., Orsi, G. B., Liguori, G., & Napoli, C. (2021). Knowledge and Lifestyle Behaviors Related to COVID-19 Pandemic in People over 65 Years Old from Southern Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(20), 10872. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010872

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