Increased COVID-19 Lockdown Burden in Italian Adults with Gastrointestinal Diseases.


Journal

Nutrients
ISSN: 2072-6643
Titre abrégé: Nutrients
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101521595

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 May 2021
Historique:
received: 31 03 2021
revised: 12 05 2021
accepted: 25 05 2021
entrez: 2 6 2021
pubmed: 3 6 2021
medline: 8 6 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes not only severe illness but also detrimental effects associated with the lockdown measures. The present study aimed to evaluate reported lifestyle changes in a cohort of adults in Italy, including physical exercise, food choices, and psychological wellbeing, after two months of lockdown. A web survey on social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) of 32 multiple-choice questions aiming to evaluate the impact of the national COVID-19 lockdown in a sample of Italian adults. We received 1378 complete responses (women 68.3%, mean age 39.5 ± 12.5 years). The percentage of participants reporting regular exercise decreased during lockdown (52 vs. 56.5%). The vast majority of people continued to consume the three traditional meals per day, but the consumption of meat, fish, and eggs significantly decreased. Women reported more frequent anxiety, sadness, fear, and feelings of insecurity than men. The factors predicting the worst outcome during the lockdown were being a woman, low education and income, gastrointestinal diseases. The lockdown has had a limited impact on food choices and physical exercise in Italian adults of our series, since most of them made an effort to improve their lifestyle. However, women with gastrointestinal diseases reported more frequent negative feelings and poor adaptation to the lockdown.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes not only severe illness but also detrimental effects associated with the lockdown measures. The present study aimed to evaluate reported lifestyle changes in a cohort of adults in Italy, including physical exercise, food choices, and psychological wellbeing, after two months of lockdown.
METHODS METHODS
A web survey on social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) of 32 multiple-choice questions aiming to evaluate the impact of the national COVID-19 lockdown in a sample of Italian adults.
RESULTS RESULTS
We received 1378 complete responses (women 68.3%, mean age 39.5 ± 12.5 years). The percentage of participants reporting regular exercise decreased during lockdown (52 vs. 56.5%). The vast majority of people continued to consume the three traditional meals per day, but the consumption of meat, fish, and eggs significantly decreased. Women reported more frequent anxiety, sadness, fear, and feelings of insecurity than men. The factors predicting the worst outcome during the lockdown were being a woman, low education and income, gastrointestinal diseases.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The lockdown has had a limited impact on food choices and physical exercise in Italian adults of our series, since most of them made an effort to improve their lifestyle. However, women with gastrointestinal diseases reported more frequent negative feelings and poor adaptation to the lockdown.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34071803
pii: nu13061820
doi: 10.3390/nu13061820
pmc: PMC8230132
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Monica Ruotolo (M)

Department of Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.

Mario Gagliardi (M)

Department of Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.

Carolina Ciacci (C)

Department of Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.

Fabiana Zingone (F)

Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, 35122 Padua, Italy.

Corina de Santis Ciacci (C)

School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Napoli, Italy.

Antonella Santonicola (A)

Department of Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.

Giovanna D'Arcangelo (G)

Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.

Monica Siniscalchi (M)

Department of Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Scuola Medica Salernitana, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.

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