Lifestyle of university students during confinement by COVID-19, Amazonas, Peru

COVID-19 has caused people worldwide to adopt different measures to avoid infection; In Peru, one of its main measures to prevent coronavirus infections was lockdown. The research aimed to describe the lifestyles of civil engineering students during lockdown by COVID-19. For this purpose, the study was quantitative, not experimental, with a correlational design, having a population of 329 students and a sample of 166, the SMILE-C online questionnaire prepared by Balanza, et al. (2020). Among the results, 83.1% had a healthier style and 16.9% unhealthy; 82.5% are male; lifestyle is related to sex (p = 0.090). It is concluded that the lifestyles during lockdown by COVID-19 have led many of the university students to a favorable change for their health and personal well-being. However, we must not set aside some aspects that are still in process and at risk in order to be able to face this great challenge profitably.