ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Specifics of the daily time budget of Vladivostok higher school students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Gritsina OP, Yatsenko AK, Trankovskaya LV, Tarasenko GA, Istomin SD
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Pacific State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Olga P. Gritsina
Ostryakova Ave. 2, Vladivostok, 690002; ur.liam@o0102g

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Author contribution: Research concept and design — Gritsina OP, Trankovskaya LV. Collection and processing of material — Gritsina OP, Yatsenko AK, Istomin SD. Statistical processing — Gritsina OP. Text writing — Gritsina OP, Yatsenko AK, Tarasenko GA. Editing — Gritsina OP, Yatsenko AK, Trankovskaya LV.

Compliance with ethical standards: Extract from the minutes of the meeting of the Interdisciplinary Ethics Committee № 9 dated May 29, 2020.

Received: 2021-03-17 Accepted: 2021-03-22 Published online: 2021-04-16
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In 2020, the spread of the new coronavirus infection made the education system change significantly, the changes emergency by nature. This could not but affect lifestyle and health of students. This report presents the results of an investigation aimed at studying (hygienic assessment) the peculiarities of the daily time budget of Vladivostok students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Six hundred and thirty four students (years 1 through 4, aged 18 through 24) filled the questionnaires and thus reported on their educational activity, sleep, physical activity, nutrition. It was found that smartphone was the favorite e-learning tool among the respondents, with 5.84±0.93% of them having it is the only means of communication. Distance learners, compared with those studying in-person, significantly more often exceeded hygienic recommendations prescribing time limitations for continuous work with a computer/laptop (39.39±2.21% versus 28.47±3.76% χ2=5.69, p=0.018). Also, the former have significantly more often exceeded the 7-8 hour night sleep time (15.92±1.65% versus 6.94±2.12%, χ2=7.49, p=0.007). It was established that among students studying online there were significantly fewer people eating once (9.8±1.34% versus 24.31±3.57%, χ2=20.59, p<0.001) and shortly before sleep (52.24±2.26% versus 64.58±3.99%, χ2=6.85, p=0.009). Distance learners significantly more often went for a walk than those who attended full-time classes (56.73±2.24% versus 29.86±3.81%, χ2=8.32, p=0.004). Thus, distance learning allowed continuing the educational process itself, however, it changed the usual regimes and forced redistribution of the time costs.

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