The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Reading Behavior.

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Pub Date : 2023-06-05 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.2174/17450179-v19-e230505-2022-42

Mahmoud A Alomari, Omar F Khabour, Karem H Alzoubi, Aseel Aburub

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Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was detrimental to lifestyle and behavior. In this investigation, changes in reading habits during the pandemic were examined.

Methods: The study is cross-sectional and survey-based. 1844 individuals completed an online survey about sociodemographic and reading habits during COVID-19. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between the study variables.

Results: Most of the participants were active readers (71.5%-83.2%). Fewer (13.8-18.0%) reported a decrease in reading, while about half reported a no change, and 1/3^rd reported an increase. Changes in reading habits were related to age, education, job type, and income.

Conclusion: About half of the participants during the pandemic reported a change in reading habits. Interventions to further enhance reading among people during the pandemic might help ameliorate the negative impacts of the pandemic.

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新冠肺炎隔离对阅读行为的影响。

背景：新冠肺炎大流行对生活方式和行为有害。在这项调查中，研究了疫情期间阅读习惯的变化。方法：本研究采用横断面调查法。1844人完成了一项关于新冠肺炎期间社会人口统计和阅读习惯的在线调查。多元逻辑回归用于检验研究变量之间的关系。结果：大多数参与者都是活跃的读者（71.5%-83.2%）。很少有人（13.8-18.0%）报告阅读量下降，而大约一半的人报告没有变化，三分之一的人报告阅读量增加。阅读习惯的变化与年龄、教育程度、工作类型和收入有关。结论：在疫情期间，大约一半的参与者报告说阅读习惯发生了变化。在疫情期间进一步提高人们阅读能力的干预措施可能有助于减轻疫情的负面影响。

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Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health

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期刊介绍： Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health is an open access online journal, which publishes Research articles, Reviews, Letters in all areas of clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health covering the following topics: Clinical and epidemiological research in psychiatry and mental health; diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of mental health conditions; and frequencies and determinants of mental health conditions in the community and the populations at risk; research and economic aspects of psychiatry, with special attention given to manuscripts presenting new results and methods in the area; and clinical epidemiologic investigation of pharmaceutical agents. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health, a peer reviewed journal, aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field. The emphasis will be on publishing quality articles rapidly and freely available worldwide.