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BMC MEDICINE
卷 20, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02343-y
关键词
Health behaviours; Exercise; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Sleeping; Employment; Furlough
资金
- National Core Studies - UKRI
- NIHR
- Health and Safety Executive
- Medical Research Council [MC_PC_20030, MC_UU_00022/2, MR/V002147/1]
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/K005146/1]
- Health Foundation [2076161]
- Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Resource Centre 2015-20 grant [ES/M001660/1]
- UKRI [ES/V012789/1]
- UK Economic and Social Research [ES/V003941/1]
- Wellcome [217065/Z/19/Z]
- Faculty Research Director's discretionary fund, University of Bristol
- Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates [CZD/16/6]
- Scottish Funding Council [HR03006]
- Medical Research Council UK
- Wellcome Trust (Wellcome Trust Strategic Award STratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally (STRADL) [104036/Z/14/Z]
- Wellcome Trust [216767/Z/19/Z]
- NRS Senior Clinical Fellowship [SCAF/15/02]
- Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office [SPHSU17]
- ESRC [ES/T009101/1]
- National Institute on Aging in the USA
- ESRC [ES/T009101/1, ES/V012789/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/K005146/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [216767/Z/19/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
The study found that individuals who were furloughed during the early stages of the pandemic exhibited similar health behaviors to those who remained employed. There was little evidence to suggest that furlough had adverse effects on population health behaviors, although some differences were observed in terms of gender, age, and education levels.
Background In March 2020, the UK implemented the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough) to minimise job losses. Our aim was to investigate associations between furlough and diet, physical activity, and sleep during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We analysed data on 25,092 participants aged 16-66 years from eight UK longitudinal studies. Changes in employment, including being furloughed, were based on employment status before and during the first lockdown. Health behaviours included fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, and sleep. Study-specific estimates obtained using modified Poisson regression, adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics and pre-pandemic health and health behaviours, were statistically pooled using random effects meta-analysis. Associations were also stratified by sex, age, and education. Results Across studies, between 8 and 25% of participants were furloughed. Compared to those who remained working, furloughed workers were slightly less likely to be physically inactive (RR = 0.85; [95% CI 0.75-0.97]; I-2 = 59%) and did not differ overall with respect to low fruit and vegetable consumption or atypical sleep, although findings for sleep were heterogenous (I-2 = 85%). In stratified analyses, furlough was associated with lower fruit and vegetable consumption among males (RR = 1.11; [1.01-1.22]; I-2 = 0%) but not females (RR = 0.84; [0.68-1.04]; I-2 = 65%). Considering changes in quantity, furloughed workers were more likely than those who remained working to report increases in fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise, and hours of sleep. Conclusions Those furloughed exhibited similar health behaviours to those who remained in employment during the initial stages of the pandemic. There was little evidence to suggest that adoption of such social protection policies in the post-pandemic recovery period and during future economic crises had adverse effects on population health behaviours.
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