Unidad de Epidemiología de la Nutrición (EPINUT), Departamento de Salud Pública, Historia de la Ciencia y Ginecología, Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), 03550 Alicante, Spain.
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), 03010 Alicante, Spain.
Nutrients. 2024 Jun 24;16(13):2000. doi: 10.3390/nu16132000.
The COVID-19 lockdown represented an immense impact on human health, which was characterized by lifestyle and dietary changes, social distancing and isolation at home. Some evidence suggests that these consequences mainly affected women and altered relevant ongoing clinical trials. The aim of this study was to evaluate the status and changes in diet, physical activity (PA), sleep and self-reported health status (SRH) as perceived by older adult men and women with metabolic syndrome during the COVID-19 lockdown.
We analyzed data from 4681 Spanish adults with metabolic syndrome. We carried out a telephone survey during May and June 2020 to collect information on demographics, dietary habits, PA, sleep, SRH and anthropometric data.
The mean age of participants was 64.9 years at recruitment, and 52% of participants were men. Most participants (64.1%) perceived a decrease in their PA during confinement. Regarding gender-specific differences, a higher proportion of women than men perceived a decrease in their PA (67.5% vs. 61.1%), Mediterranean diet adherence (20.9% vs. 16.8%), sleep hours (30.3% vs. 19.1%), sleep quality (31.6% vs. 18.2%) and SRH (25.9% vs. 11.9%) (all < 0.001).
The COVID-19 lockdown affected women more negatively, particularly their self-reported diet, PA, sleep and health status.
COVID-19 封锁对人类健康造成了巨大影响,其特点是生活方式和饮食改变、社交距离和在家隔离。一些证据表明,这些后果主要影响了女性,并改变了正在进行的相关临床试验。本研究旨在评估代谢综合征老年男女在 COVID-19 封锁期间对饮食、身体活动(PA)、睡眠和自我报告健康状况(SRH)的状况和变化的看法。
我们分析了来自 4681 名西班牙代谢综合征成年人的数据。我们在 2020 年 5 月和 6 月进行了电话调查,以收集人口统计学、饮食习惯、PA、睡眠、SRH 和人体测量数据。
参与者的平均年龄为招募时的 64.9 岁,其中 52%为男性。大多数参与者(64.1%)认为在隔离期间他们的 PA 减少了。关于性别特异性差异,与男性相比,更多的女性认为她们的 PA 减少了(67.5%对 61.1%)、地中海饮食依从性(20.9%对 16.8%)、睡眠时间(30.3%对 19.1%)、睡眠质量(31.6%对 18.2%)和 SRH(25.9%对 11.9%)(均<0.001)。
COVID-19 封锁对女性的负面影响更大,特别是她们的自我报告饮食、PA、睡眠和健康状况。