Diet and Nutrition of Healthcare Workers in COVID-19 Epidemic—Hubei, China, 2019

Zhang, Jian; Lai, Shanrong; Lyu, Quanjun; Zhang, Pianhong; Yang, Dagang; Kong, Juan; Qi, Yue; Yuan, Wei; Zeng, Shan; Song, Pengkun; Yang, Tuo; Li, Li; Wang, Jinglei; Liu, Yujing; Ge, Tanxi; Zhang, Qi; Feng, Ganyu; Liu, Ailing; Ding, Gangqiang

doi:10.46234/ccdcw2020.121

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“…Furthermore, we found that healthcare workers becoming unhealthier in diet patterns experienced higher levels of depression, which was consistent with previous research on the impact of diet on mental health (Marx et al, 2021). Therefore, ensuring a healthy diet for healthcare workers, especially during public health emergencies when normal diet patterns were disrupted (Zhang et al, 2020a), was critical to improve their mental health.…”

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Healthy lifestyle changes and mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

2022

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This study investigated lifestyle changes in physical activity, sleep, and diet among healthcare workers and their impact on their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Healthcare workers (N = 589) completed an online survey about demographic and personal characteristics, working experiences, COVID-19-related stressors, lifestyle changes, and mental health (anxiety and depression) about three months after the lift of the lockdown policy in China. Lifestyle Changes (including changes in physical activity, sleep, and diet), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and Depression (PHQ-9) were used to measure main outcomes. Of the participants, 39.7% (N = 234) had less physical activity, 36.0% (N = 212) slept less, and 41.8% (N = 246) ate healthier than before pandemic. Lower educational level, working within original hospitals, less physical activity and less sleep time was associated with increased anxiety. Working within original hospitals, less physical activity and an unhealthier diet was associated with increased depression. In summary, healthcare workers who became less healthy in lifestyles experienced a higher level of anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies to promote healthy living and improve mental health among healthcare workers should be developed and implemented both during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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Healthy lifestyle changes and mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

2022

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“…Studies pointed out working stressors influencing these professionals' eating habits and nutritional status, as shift work is associated with a lower protein and higher energy, carbohydrates and lipids intake; skipping meals is associated with long working hours; and a higher frequency of eating in snack bars [25][26][27]. Therefore, excess weight was not just a result of personal choices [23,[28][29][30], particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic in which the physical and mental exhaustion that was exacerbated in this period caused an imbalance in energy intake and an excessive use of oil and salt in meals [31] and forced health professionals to eat at non-habitual times [32]. Additionally, carbonated and sweetened beverages, which are very common in the Western dietary pattern, contribute to an increase in caloric intake and a consequent increase in the values of body composition parameters and in the prevalence of chronic diseases [12,33].…”

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Dietary Patterns, Occupational Stressors and Body Composition of Hospital Workers: A Longitudinal Study Comparing before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lira

Akutsu

Coelho

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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This longitudinal study aimed to evaluate the association between dietary patterns and the body composition of hospital workers subjected to occupational stressors before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on sociodemographic, occupational, lifestyle, anthropometric, food consumption and occupational stress were collected before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 218 workers from a private hospital in Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil were included in the study. After evaluating the normality of the data, parametric or non-parametric tests were used to characterize the sample. Dietary pattern was defined with Exploratory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the desired association. During the pandemic, work per shift increased by 8.2% (p = 0.004) and working hours > 40 h/week increased by 9.2% (p = 0.006). Despite the higher prevalence of low occupational stress (85.8% vs. 72.1%), high stress increased by 13.7% from 2019 to 2020 (p < 0.001) and 30.3% reported a positive mediating effect on the variables of body composition, body mass index (b = 0.478; p < 0.001), waist circumference (b = 0.395; p = 0.001), fat-free mass (b = 0.440; p = 0.001) and fat mass (b = −0.104; p = 0.292). Therefore, a dietary pattern containing high-calorie foods was associated with changes in the body composition of hospital workers, including occupational stressors as mediators of this relationship.

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“…1 Adequate nutrition has a potential to mitigate the psychological impact of COVID-19 for healthcare workers. 2 Meanwhile, restrictions on daily life and demanding work under the pandemic may reduce diet quality of healthcare workers, as suggested by a Chinese study, 3 raising a concern of the adverse effect of poor diet on mental health.…”

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Association between eating balanced meals and depressive symptoms in Japanese hospital workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Miki

Yamamoto

Fukunaga

et al. 2022

Neuropsychopharm Rep

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Diet and Nutrition of Healthcare Workers in COVID-19 Epidemic—Hubei, China, 2019

Cited by 10 publications

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Healthy lifestyle changes and mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Healthy lifestyle changes and mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in China

Dietary Patterns, Occupational Stressors and Body Composition of Hospital Workers: A Longitudinal Study Comparing before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Association between eating balanced meals and depressive symptoms in Japanese hospital workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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