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Indoor Environmental Quality in Dwellings and Lifestyle Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Russian Perspective

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  • Vladimir Reshetnikov

    (N.A. Semashko Department of Public Health and Healthcare, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

  • Oleg Mitrokhin

    (Department of General Hygiene, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

  • Elena Belova

    (Department of General Hygiene, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

  • Victor Mikhailovsky

    (N.A. Semashko Department of Public Health and Healthcare, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

  • Maria Mikerova

    (N.A. Semashko Department of Public Health and Healthcare, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

  • Ali Alsaegh

    (Department of General Hygiene, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

  • Irina Yakushina

    (N.A. Semashko Department of Public Health and Healthcare, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

  • Valery Royuk

    (N.A. Semashko Department of Public Health and Healthcare, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Bld. 2, 2 Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Str., Moscow 119435, Russia)

Abstract

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, and as a response, public health authorities started enforcing preventive measures like self-isolation and social distancing. The enforcement of isolation has consequences that may affect the lifestyle-related behavior of the general population. Quarantine encompasses a range of strategies that can be used to detain, isolate, or conditionally release individuals or populations infected or exposed to contagious diseases and should be tailored to circumstances. Interestingly, medical students may represent an example of how the COVID-19 pandemic can form new habits and change lifestyle behaviors. We conducted a web-based survey to assess changes in lifestyle-related behavior of self-isolated medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then we analyzed the sanitary-hygienic regulations of the Russian Federation to determine the requirements for healthy buildings. Results showed that during the pandemic, the enforcement of isolation affects medical students’ lifestyle-related behavior and accompanies an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and healthy buildings are cutting-edge factors in preventing COVID-19 and NCDs. The Russian sanitary-hygienic regulations support improving this factor with suitable requirements for ventilation, sewage, waste management, and disinfection. Herein, assessing isolation is possible through the hygienic self-isolation index.

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  • Vladimir Reshetnikov & Oleg Mitrokhin & Elena Belova & Victor Mikhailovsky & Maria Mikerova & Ali Alsaegh & Irina Yakushina & Valery Royuk, 2021. "Indoor Environmental Quality in Dwellings and Lifestyle Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Russian Perspective," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-9, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:11:p:5975-:d:567740
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