Egli Victoria, Hunter Lauren, Roy Rajshri, Te Morenga Lisa, De Backer Charlotte, Teunissen Lauranna, Cuykx Isabelle, Decorte Paulien, Gerritsen Sarah
School of Nursing, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Front Nutr. 2022 Jun 14;9:855866. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.855866. eCollection 2022.
COVID-19 lockdown meant disruptions to daily routines for households in Aotearoa New Zealand. The research presented here investigates how mealtimes changed for people living in New Zealand during the first COVID-19 lockdown in mid-2020 and sought to determine if household composition type and psychological distress impacted the frequency of engaging in several mealtime behaviors. The COVID Kai Survey collected data using an anonymous, online survey and asked questions on sociodemographic characteristics including household composition, frequency of engaging in different mealtime behaviors before and during lockdown, and psychological distress, which was measured using the Kessler 6 screening tool. The findings of this study shows an increase in the perceived importance of mealtimes ( = 807, 26.9% before lockdown, = 1,154, 38.5% during lockdown) and an increase in the proportion of the survey respondents who stated that they frequently ate meals at the dinner table ( = 1,343, 44.8% before lockdown, = 1,481, 49.4% during lockdown). There was a decrease, across all household composition types, in the proportion of respondents who ate out frequently at a restaurant or café ( = 878, 29.3% before lockdown, = 5, 0.2% during lockdown, P < 0.001). The use of meal kits, e-dining, and eating meals in front of screens is also presented and discussed. All results are discussed with reference to Aotearoa New Zealand's stringent lockdown restrictions. Respondents who experienced psychological distress during lockdown were 1.47 times more likely to consider mealtimes an important part of their day and respondents living in households with one adult and at least one child who also experienced psychological distress were 5.95 times more likely to eat dinner at the dinner table than those who did not report psychological distress. Findings of this study further the understanding of the wider societal impact of COVID-19 lockdown on everyday life.
新冠疫情封锁意味着新西兰奥塔哥地区家庭的日常生活被打乱。本文所呈现的研究调查了在2020年年中首次新冠疫情封锁期间，新西兰居民的用餐时间发生了怎样的变化，并试图确定家庭构成类型和心理困扰是否会影响几种用餐行为的频率。“新冠饮食调查”通过匿名在线调查收集数据，询问了社会人口学特征方面的问题，包括家庭构成、封锁前和封锁期间参与不同用餐行为的频率，以及使用凯斯勒6项筛查工具测量的心理困扰情况。这项研究的结果显示，用餐时间的重要性认知有所增加（封锁前(n = 807)，占26.9%；封锁期间(n = 1,154)，占38.5%），并且表示经常在餐桌用餐的调查受访者比例有所增加（封锁前(n = 1,343)，占44.8%；封锁期间(n = 1,481)，占49.4%）。在所有家庭构成类型中，经常在餐馆或咖啡馆外出就餐的受访者比例有所下降（封锁前(n = 878)，占29.3%；封锁期间(n = 5)，占0.2%，(P < 0.001)）。还展示并讨论了餐食套餐的使用、电子餐饮以及在屏幕前用餐的情况。所有结果都结合新西兰奥塔哥地区严格的封锁限制进行了讨论。在封锁期间经历心理困扰的受访者认为用餐时间是一天中重要组成部分的可能性是未经历心理困扰受访者的1.47倍，而生活在有一名成年人和至少一名儿童且经历心理困扰的家庭中的受访者在餐桌吃晚餐的可能性是未报告心理困扰受访者的5.95倍。这项研究的结果进一步加深了对新冠疫情封锁对日常生活更广泛社会影响的理解。
