Dietary Intake and Mental Health among Saudi Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Participants
2.2. Questionnaire
- (1)
- Sociodemographic characteristics, including age, sex, marital status, family income, educational qualification, employment status, etc.
- (2)
- Supplements used during the quarantine, including dietary supplements containing vitamin D, selenium, zinc, and vitamin C. Time exposure to sun and sleeping times were also included.
- (3)
- Mental wellness of the participants (e.g., if the participants experienced anxiety, depression, and/or insomnia during the lockdown). In this section, the operational definition of these mental health conditions was given before the questions. “Depression” was defined as the condition in which a person experienced low mood and/or loss of interest in most activities for two weeks or longer with symptoms like tiredness, poor concentration, etc. “Anxiety” was defined as the condition in which a person experienced persistent and excessive worry with symptoms ranging from headaches, fast heartbeat, shortness of breath, etc. “Insomnia” was defined as a condition where a notable change in sleep patterns, difficulty in falling or staying asleep was observed. The options were scaled as “constant”, “sometimes”, and “never”.
2.3. Sample Size Calculation
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants
3.2. Prevalence of Mental Health Problems
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | N (%) | Males | Females | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
N | 958 | 450 | 508 | |
Age (years) | 36.7 ±13.8 | 36.6 ± 13.9 | 36.8 ± 13.8 | 0.850 |
Weight (kg) | 73.6 ± 17.2 | 72.8 ± 16.2 | 74.3 ± 18.1 | 0.171 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.6 ± 5.6 | 26.4 ± 5.3 | 26.8 ± 5.9 | 0.287 |
Marital Status | ||||
Single | 400 (41.8) | 173 (38.4) | 227 (44.7) | <0.001 |
Married | 532 (55.5) | 277 (61.6) | 255 (50.2) | |
Divorce | 20 (2.1) | --- | 20 (3.9) | |
Widow | 6 (0.6) | --- | 6 (1.2) | |
Nationality | ||||
Saudi | 779 (81.3) | 375 (83.3) | 404 (79.5) | 0.080 |
Non-Saudi | 179 (18.7) | 75 (16.7) | 104 (20.5) | |
Education | ||||
High School | 78 (8.1) | 29 (6.4) | 49 (9.6) | 0.262 |
Bachelor | 541 (56.5) | 261 (58.0) | 280 (55.1) | |
Master | 173 (18.1) | 78 (17.3) | 95 (18.7) | |
PhD | 166 (17.3) | 82 (18.2) | 84 (16.5) | |
Family Monthly Income | ||||
Low (<5000) | 308 (32.2) | 153 (34.0) | 155 (30.5) | 0.452 |
Average (5000–7000) | 102 (10.6) | 42 (9.3) | 60 (11.8) | |
Moderate (8000–16,000) | 267 (27.9) | 121 (26.9) | 146 (28.7) | |
High (>16,000) | 281 (29.3) | 134 (29.8) | 147 (28.9) | |
Employment Status | ||||
Employed | 551 (57.5) | 247 (54.9) | 304 (59.8) | 0.382 |
Unemployed | 119 (12.4) | 63 (14.0) | 56 (11.0) | |
Student | 254 (26.5) | 123 (27.3) | 131 (25.8) | |
Farmer | 34 (3.5) | 17 (3.8) | 17 (3.3) | |
Age Group | ||||
15–25 year | 267 (27.9) | 129 (28.7) | 138 (27.2) | 0.810 |
26–35 year | 248 (25.9) | 110 (24.4) | 138 (27.2) | |
36–45 year | 194 (20.3) | 93 (20.7) | 101 (19.9) | |
>45 year | 249 (26.0) | 118 (26.2) | 131 (25.8) | |
Isolate myself at the first genuine sign of COVID 19 symptoms | ||||
Yes | 845 (88.2) | 395 (87.8) | 450 (88.6) | 0.777 |
No | 30 (3.1) | 16 (3.6) | 14 (2.8) | |
Don’t Know | 83 (8.7) | 39 (8.7) | 44 (8.7) | |
Always cover mouth when coughing since COVID 19 outbreak | ||||
Yes | 807 (84.2) | 380 (84.4) | 427 (84.1) | 0.984 |
No | 104 (10.9) | 48 (10.7) | 56 (11.0) | |
Don’t Know | 47 (4.9) | 22 (4.9) | 25 (4.9) |
Parameters | Frequency |
---|---|
Suffered from anxiety during the quarantine | 265 (27.7) |
Suffered from depression during the quarantine | 243 (25.4) |
Suffered from insomnia | 188 (19.6) |
The supplement used during the quarantine | |
Multivitamin | 226 (23.6) |
Vitamin D | 193 (20.1) |
Vitamin C | 114 (11.9) |
Zinc | 9 (0.9) |
Selenium | 3 (0.3) |
Parameters | Anxiety | Depression | Insomnia |
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OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | OR (95%CI) | |
Demographics | |||
Nationality | |||
Saudi | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Non-Saudi | 0.98 (0.68–1.41) | 0.82 (0.56–1.20) | 0.75 (0.48–1.16) |
Gender | |||
Male | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Female | 1.03 (0.78–1.37) | 1.0 (0.75–1.34) | 0.93 (0.68–1.28) |
Age (years) | |||
15–25 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
26–35 | 1.70 (1.18–2.46) ** | 0.74 (0.51–1.06) | 1.20 (0.79–1.80) |
36–45 | 1.06 (0.71–1.60) | 0.46 (0.29–0.69) ** | 0.97 (0.62–1.52) |
>45 | 0.41 (0.26–0.64) ** | 0.22 (0.13–0.34) ** | 0.38 (0.23–0.63) ** |
Education | |||
High School | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Bachelor | 1.12 (0.65–1.93) | 1.71 (0.93–3.13) | 0.97 (0.54–1.74) |
Master | 1.58 (0.87–2.87) | 2.07 (1.07–4.02) * | 1.02 (0.53–1.97) |
PhD | 0.72 (0.38–1.35) | 0.93 (0.46–1.88) | 0.79 (0.39–1.56) |
Employment Status | |||
Employed | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unemployed | 1.04 (0.67–1.60) | 0.99 (0.62–1.60) | 1.0 (0.61–1.64) |
Student | 0.89 (0.64–1.25) | 2.05 (1.48–2.84) ** | 0.99 (0.68–1.44) |
Own Business | 0.43 (0.16–1.12) | 0.34 (0.10–1.14) | 0.25 (0.06–1.05) |
Family Monthly Income | |||
Low (<5000) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Average (5000–7000) | 1.58 (0.99–5.54) * | 0.78 (0.48–1.27) | 1.72 (1.03–2.87) * |
Moderate (8000–16,000) | 1.22 (0.85–1.75) | 0.61 (0.42–0.87) ** | 1.12 (0.75–1.68) |
High (>16,000) | 0.71 (0.48–1.04) | 0.39 (0.26–0.58) ** | 0.71 (0.46–1.09) |
Supplement used during the quarantine | |||
Multivitamin | |||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 1.07 (0.77–1.49) | 1.45 (1.04–2.02) * | 1.45 (1.01–2.07) * |
Vitamin D | |||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 1.71 (1.22–2.39) ** | 1.53 (1.08–2.16) * | 1.48 (1.02–2.15) * |
Selenium | |||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 0.01 (0.001–0.03) | 0.01 (0.001–0.03) | 0.02 (0.001–0.03) |
Vitamin C | |||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 1.49 (0.98–2.25) | 1.29 (0.84–1.98) | 1.63 (1.05–2.56) * |
Zinc | |||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 2.11 (0.56–7.91) | 1.48 (0.37–5.95) | 3.32 (0.88–12.5) |
Exposure to the sun during the quarantine | |||
Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 |
No | 2.14 (1.43–3.21) ** | 2.10 (1.38–3.19) | 1.75 (1.11–2.76) |
Sometimes | 1.16 (0.73–1.85) | 1.34 (0.83–2.15) | 1.39 (0.94–2.33) |
Sleeping hours increased during the quarantine | |||
Yes | 1 | 1 | 1 |
No | 0.35 (0.25–0.48) ** | 0.26 (0.19–0.36) ** | 0.49 (0.35–0.69) ** |
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Alfawaz, H.; Yakout, S.M.; Wani, K.; Aljumah, G.A.; Ansari, M.G.A.; Khattak, M.N.K.; Hussain, S.D.; Al-Daghri, N.M. Dietary Intake and Mental Health among Saudi Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 1653. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18041653
Alfawaz H, Yakout SM, Wani K, Aljumah GA, Ansari MGA, Khattak MNK, Hussain SD, Al-Daghri NM. Dietary Intake and Mental Health among Saudi Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(4):1653. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18041653
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlfawaz, Hanan, Sobhy M. Yakout, Kaiser Wani, Ghadah A. Aljumah, Mohammed G. A. Ansari, Malak N. K. Khattak, Syed D. Hussain, and Nasser M. Al-Daghri. 2021. "Dietary Intake and Mental Health among Saudi Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4: 1653. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph18041653