Douglas Megan E, Mamawala Mufaddal, Brown Shakeira, Powers Mark B, Warren Ann Marie
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2024 Jul 23;37(5):755-762. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2024.2358294. eCollection 2024.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on mental health, and individuals with certain preexisting morbidities-such as obesity-may have disproportionately experienced pandemic-related stress. We aimed to examine whether being obese or overweight was associated with worse mood and trauma among those infected with COVID-19.
Data were collected as part of a larger longitudinal survey study ( = 591) examining the psychological impact of COVID-19. Complete baseline data for those who reported testing positive from April 2020 through June 2021 were examined.
Body mass index was correlated with depression ( = 0.13, < .01) and generalized anxiety disorder ( = 0.10, = .02), but not with posttraumatic stress disorder ( = 0.06, = .16). Multivariable analyses revealed that body mass index was no longer a unique predictor, except for those with a body mass index >40 kg/m, suggesting that other sociodemographic factors, not obesity, were driving mood symptoms for those infected with COVID-19.
新冠疫情对心理健康产生了重大影响,患有某些既往病症(如肥胖症)的个体可能在与疫情相关的压力方面经历了不成比例的情况。我们旨在研究肥胖或超重是否与新冠病毒感染者更差的情绪和创伤有关。
作为一项关于新冠疫情心理影响的更大规模纵向调查研究(n = 591)的一部分收集数据。对2020年4月至2021年6月期间报告检测呈阳性者的完整基线数据进行了检查。
体重指数与抑郁症(r = 0.13,p <.01)和广泛性焦虑症(r = 0.10,p =.02)相关,但与创伤后应激障碍无关(r = 0.06,p =.16)。多变量分析显示,体重指数不再是一个独特的预测因素,体重指数>40 kg/m²的人群除外,这表明对于新冠病毒感染者,是其他社会人口学因素而非肥胖在驱动情绪症状。