Table 1.
Change in health-risk behaviours (compared with before the pandemic), and prevalence of mental health outcomes at baseline and follow-up in UK HCPs (N=613)
| Lifestyle | Baseline (%) | Follow-up (%) | |
| Physical activity | |||
| More physically active | 137 (22.3) | 104 (17.0) | |
| Same as before | 200 (32.6) | 154 (25.1) | |
| Less physically active | 265 (43.2) | 341 (55.6) | |
| I don’t know/I’m not sure | 11 (1.8) | 14 (2.3) | |
| Alcohol intake | |||
| Drinking more | 183 (29.9) | 154 (25.1) | |
| Same as before | 217 (35.4) | 210 (34.3) | |
| Drinking less | 112 (18.3) | 156 (25.4) | |
| Already stopped before pandemic | 25 (4.1) | 23 (3.8) | |
| Never drank | 76 (12.4) | 70 (11.4) | |
| Smoking | |||
| Smoking more | 30 (4.9) | 20 (3.3) | |
| Same as before | 22 (3.6) | 25 (4.1) | |
| Smoking less | 10 (1.6) | 13 (2.1) | |
| Already stopped before pandemic | 106 (17.3) | 103 (16.8) | |
| Never smoked | 445 (72.6) | 452 (73.7) | |
| Vaping | |||
| Vaping more | 9 (1.5) | 10 (1.6) | |
| Same as before | 9 (1.5) | 11 (1.8) | |
| Vaping less | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Already stopped before pandemic | 10 (1.6) | 12 (2.0) | |
| Never vaped | 582 (94.9) | 580 (94.6) | |
| Healthy eating | |||
| Able to eat a healthy diet | 237 (38.7) | 232 (37.8) | |
| Try but not always manage to eat a healthy diet | 142 (23.2) | 174 (28.4) | |
| Eating the same as before | 212 (34.6) | 185 (30.2) | |
| Cannot manage | 10 (1.6) | 15 (2.4) | |
| Never able to eat a healthy diet | 12 (2.0) | 7 (1.1) | |
| Mental health outcome | |||
| Major depressive disorder | 157 (25.6) | 170 (27.7) | |
| Generalised anxiety disorder | 117 (19.1) | 125 (20.4) | |
| Low well-being (SWEMWBS) | 77 (12.6) | 89 (14.5) |
HCP, healthcare professional; SWEMWBS, Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Score.