Association of lifestyle and flourishing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

Abstract

IntroductionCOVID-19 have changed our lifestyle and little is known how our lifestyle associated with flourishing during COVID-19. This study examined the association between lifestyle, including sleep time, drinking, and smoking, and flourishing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.MethodsWe used the population-based study, Utsunomiya COVID-19 seROprevalence Neighborhood Association (U-CORONA) survey conducted in November 2021 to examine the association between lifestyle such as sleeping time, drinking and smoking, and flourishing (n = 473). Flourishing was assessed with the flourishing index, a 10-item multidimensional scale with five domains. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed adjusted for sex, age, income, and education.ResultsWe found that the flourishing index was significantly lower in the group that slept less than 6 h than in the group that slept 6–8 h (coef = −0.49, SE = 0.17, p < 0.01). We also found that drinking once to several times/week showed higher flourishing than those who almost never drink (coef = 0.57, SE = 0.19, p < 0.01). Smoking was not associated with flourishing.DiscussionSleep duration and drinking habit, but not smoking, may be important for flourishing during the COVID-19 pandemic.