Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Department of Nutrition, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Nutr J. 2020 Jul 6;19(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12937-020-00584-2.
Many factors such as social and behavioral are related to appropriate weight gain during pregnancy, and there is much of importance to find them. The aim of the study was to explore the association of personality traits, with eating behaviors, food intake, maternal weight gain during pregnancy as well as the neonatal birth weight.
This is a longitudinal and cross-sectional study. Eating behaviors were assessed using the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), and the NEO personality inventory was used to assess personality in pregnant subjects. A validated food frequency questionnaire was used to determine food intake. Three hundred and sixty pregnant subjects from Ahvaz (the capital city of Khuzestan province, Iran) were followed from the 20th week of pregnancy until delivery.
High neuroticism was associated with higher consumption of highly energetic foods (p < 0.05) and less consumption of vegetables (p < 0.01), also was related with lower weight gain during pregnancy and neonatal birth weight (p < 0.05). Openness to experience, extraversion and agreeableness were linked with higher consumption of vegetables (p < 0.05). Conscientiousness predicted lower neonatal weight (odds ratio: 1.20, confidence interval: 1.07-1.34, p < 0.01).
Identification of personality traits would help to change the lifestyle and improve management guidelines.
许多社会和行为因素都与孕期适当增重有关，因此发现这些因素非常重要。本研究旨在探讨人格特质与饮食行为、食物摄入、孕妇孕期体重增加以及新生儿出生体重之间的关系。
这是一项纵向和横断面研究。采用荷兰饮食行为问卷（DEBQ）评估饮食行为，采用 NEO 人格量表评估孕妇的人格。采用经过验证的食物频率问卷来确定食物摄入量。对来自伊朗胡齐斯坦省首府阿瓦兹的 360 名孕妇从妊娠第 20 周开始进行随访，直至分娩。
高神经质与高能量食物的摄入量较高（p<0.05）和蔬菜摄入量较低（p<0.01）有关，还与孕期体重增加和新生儿出生体重较低有关（p<0.05）。开放性、外向性和宜人性与蔬菜摄入量较高有关（p<0.05）。尽责性预测新生儿体重较低（比值比：1.20，置信区间：1.07-1.34，p<0.01）。
识别人格特质有助于改变生活方式并改善管理指南。
