Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 34862, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 34862, Istanbul, Turkey.
Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Oct;27(7):2673-2683. doi: 10.1007/s40519-022-01409-3. Epub 2022 May 21.
Even though it is known that fear and poor sleep quality trigger emotional eating, whether fear and poor sleep quality are associated with emotional eating during the COVID-19 pandemic is not clear. This study aimed to evaluate the association of fear of COVID-19, sleep quality, and some sociodemographic characteristics with emotional eating during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This cross-sectional descriptive study was completed with 495 participants in Turkey. The participants filled out a questionnaire that asked about sociodemographic characteristics, fear of COVID-19, nutritional behaviors, sleep quality, and self-reported weight and height through email or social media.
The fear of COVID-19 score (β: 0.090, p < 0.05) and sleep quality score (β: 0.289, p < 0.001) were associated with the emotional eating score at the rate of 0.8% and 8.3%, respectively. The association of fear of COVID-19 with emotional eating disappeared when combined with various factors. The collective association of all factors, fear of COVID-19 (β: 0.042, p > 0.05), sleep quality (β: 0.246, p < 0.001), BMI (β: 0.275, p < 0.001), age (β: - 0.259, p < 0.001) and gender (β: - 0.169, p < 0.001) were associated with the emotional eating score at the rate of 18.3%.
These findings suggest that fear of COVID-19, sleep quality, BMI, age, and gender were associated with emotional eating during the pandemic. We hope that this study will help in the development of guidelines and strategies through understanding the factors associated with nutritional behavior during the pandemic period.
Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
尽管已知恐惧和睡眠质量差会引发情绪性进食，但在 COVID-19 大流行期间，恐惧和睡眠质量是否与情绪性进食有关尚不清楚。本研究旨在评估 COVID-19 恐惧、睡眠质量和一些社会人口学特征与 COVID-19 大流行期间情绪性进食的关系。
这是一项在土耳其完成的横断面描述性研究，共有 495 名参与者。参与者通过电子邮件或社交媒体填写了一份问卷，问卷询问了社会人口学特征、对 COVID-19 的恐惧、营养行为、睡眠质量以及自我报告的体重和身高。
COVID-19 恐惧得分（β：0.090，p<0.05）和睡眠质量得分（β：0.289，p<0.001）与情绪性进食得分的相关率分别为 0.8%和 8.3%。当与各种因素结合时，COVID-19 恐惧与情绪性进食的关联消失。所有因素的综合关联，包括 COVID-19 恐惧（β：0.042，p>0.05）、睡眠质量（β：0.246，p<0.001）、BMI（β：0.275，p<0.001）、年龄（β：-0.259，p<0.001）和性别（β：-0.169，p<0.001）与情绪性进食得分的相关率为 18.3%。
这些发现表明，COVID-19 恐惧、睡眠质量、BMI、年龄和性别与大流行期间的情绪性进食有关。我们希望通过了解大流行期间营养行为相关的因素，本研究将有助于制定指南和策略。
五级，横断面描述性研究。
