Benites-Zapata Vicente A, Urrunaga-Pastor Diego, Solorzano-Vargas Mayra L, Herrera-Añazco Percy, Uyen-Cateriano Angela, Bendezu-Quispe Guido, Toro-Huamanchumo Carlos J, Hernandez Adrian V
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Unidad para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud, Lima, Peru.
Red Internacional en Salud Colectiva y Salud Intercultural, México, Mexico.
Heliyon. 2021 Oct;7(10):e08091. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08091. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
We assessed the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) and its associated factors in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) early during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We performed secondary data analysis of a survey conducted by Facebook and the University of Maryland. We included adults surveyed from April to May 2020. FI was measured by concerns about having enough to eat during the following week. Sociodemographic, mental health, and COVID-19-related variables were collected. We performed generalized Poisson regressions models considering the complex sampling design. We estimated crude and adjusted prevalence ratios with their 95% confidence intervals.
We included 1,324,272 adults; 50.5% were female, 42.9% were under 35 years old, 78.9% lived in a city, and 18.6% had COVID-19 symptoms. The prevalence of food insecurity in LAC was 75.7% (n = 1,016,841), with Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti with 90.8%, 86.7%, and 85.5%, respectively, showing the highest prevalence. Gender, area of residence, presence of COVID-19 symptoms, and fear of getting seriously ill or that a family member gets seriously ill from COVID-19 were associated with a higher prevalence of food insecurity. In contrast, increasing age was associated with a lower prevalence.
The prevalence of food insecurity during the first stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in LAC was high and was associated with sociodemographic and COVID-19-related variables.
我们评估了在新冠疫情早期拉丁美洲和加勒比地区（LAC）粮食不安全（FI）的患病率及其相关因素。
我们对脸书和马里兰大学开展的一项调查进行了二次数据分析。纳入了2020年4月至5月接受调查的成年人。粮食不安全通过对下一周是否有足够食物的担忧来衡量。收集了社会人口统计学、心理健康和与新冠相关的变量。我们考虑复杂抽样设计进行了广义泊松回归模型分析。我们估计了粗患病率和调整患病率及其95%置信区间。
我们纳入了1324272名成年人；50.5%为女性，42.9%年龄在35岁以下，78.9%居住在城市，18.6%有新冠症状。拉丁美洲和加勒比地区粮食不安全的患病率为75.7%（n = 1016841），其中委内瑞拉、尼加拉瓜和海地的患病率最高，分别为90.8%、86.7%和85.5%。性别、居住地区、新冠症状的存在以及对自己或家庭成员因新冠重病的恐惧与粮食不安全的较高患病率相关。相比之下，年龄增长与较低患病率相关。
在新冠疫情第一阶段，拉丁美洲和加勒比地区粮食不安全的患病率很高，且与社会人口统计学和与新冠相关的变量有关。
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