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The Impact of Nutrition on Mental Health during COVID-19

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Epidemiology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 June 2023) | Viewed by 4270

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Dr. Sarah Damanti

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Unit of General Medicine and Advanced Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
Interests: frailty; respiratory dysfunction; sarcopenia; geriatrics
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Dear Colleagues,

COVID-19 has been associated with a wide range of mental problems, including both psychiatric and neurologic conditions. SARS-CoV-2 can directly cause neuronal damage after reaching the central nervous system (CNS) via olfactory nerves or haematogenous spread. Moreover, the intense inflammatory response to the virus can result in a cytokine storm in the CNS which impairs brain function. Hypoxia, low cardiac output syndrome, and hypercoagulable status during acute illnesses could further impair neuronic function. Lastly, metabolic alterations, which are important during COVID-19, could further influence mental health. The prevalence of malnutrition was high, both in hospitalized and out COVID-19 patients. It is known that malnutrition correlates with a higher development of dementia and mortality. Indeed, nutritional care and support should represent an integral part of cognitive impairment management.

We will welcome articles exploring the association between nutritional intervention/nutritional deficit and mental health during COVID-19.

Dr. Sarah Damanti
Guest Editor

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Exploring the Association between Delirium and Malnutrition in COVID-19 Survivors: A Geriatric Perspective
by Sarah Damanti, Marta Cilla, Giordano Vitali, Valeria Tiraferri, Chiara Pomaranzi, Giulia De Rubertis, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Giuseppe Di Lucca, Raffaella Scotti, Emanuela Messina, Raffaele Dell’Acqua, Monica Guffanti, Paola Cinque, Antonella Castagna, Patrizia Rovere-Querini and Moreno Tresoldi
Nutrients 2023, 15(22), 4727; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15224727 - 9 Nov 2023
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Older individuals face an elevated risk of developing geriatric syndromes when confronted with acute stressors like COVID-19. We assessed the connection between in-hospital delirium, malnutrition, and frailty in a cohort of COVID-19 survivors. Patients aged ≥65, hospitalized in a tertiary hospital in Milan [...] Read more.
Older individuals face an elevated risk of developing geriatric syndromes when confronted with acute stressors like COVID-19. We assessed the connection between in-hospital delirium, malnutrition, and frailty in a cohort of COVID-19 survivors. Patients aged ≥65, hospitalized in a tertiary hospital in Milan for SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, were enrolled and screened for in-hospital delirium with the 4 ‘A’s Test (4AT) performed twice daily (morning and evening) during hospital stay. Malnutrition was assessed with the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) at hospital admission and with the mini-nutritional assessment short-form (MNA-SF) one month after hospital discharge. Frailty was computed with the frailty index one month after hospital discharge. Fifty patients (median age 78.5, 56% male) were enrolled. At hospital admission, 10% were malnourished. The 13 patients (26%) who developed delirium were frailer (7 vs. 4), experienced a higher in-hospital mortality (5 vs. 3), and were more malnourished one month after discharge (3 of the 4 patients with delirium vs. 6 of the 28 patients without delirium who presented at follow up). The 4AT scores correlated with the MNA-SF scores (r = −0.55, p = 0.006) and frailty (r = 0.35, p = 0.001). Frailty also correlated with MUST (r = 0.3, p = 0.04), MNA-SF (r = −0.42, p = 0.02), and hospitalization length (r = 0.44, p = 0.001). Delirium, malnutrition, and frailty are correlated in COVID-19 survivors. Screening for these geriatric syndromes should be incorporated in routine clinical practice. Full article
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Precarious Young Adults’ Mental Health during the Pandemic: The Major Impact of Food Insecurity Independently of COVID-19 Diagnosis
by Aziz Essadek, Gérard Shadili, Pablo Bergami Goulart Barbosa, Adèle Assous, Frédéric Widart, Ségolène Payan, Thomas Rabeyron, Emmanuelle Corruble, Bruno Falissard and Florence Gressier
Nutrients 2023, 15(14), 3260; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15143260 - 24 Jul 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on mental health across populations, especially young and precarious people. Furthermore, COVID-19 diagnosis itself has been associated with psychiatric symptoms. However, only a few studies have assessed the mental health of precarious youth, and examined a [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on mental health across populations, especially young and precarious people. Furthermore, COVID-19 diagnosis itself has been associated with psychiatric symptoms. However, only a few studies have assessed the mental health of precarious youth, and examined a possible association with food insecurity, while including COVID-19 diagnosis in their analyses. We aimed to determine the prevalence of poor mental health in precarious youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to investigate its possible association with food insecurity, independently of COVID-19 diagnosis. In a cross-sectional study conducted in the context of an employment program for precarious youth (18–25 years) living in Paris, France, 823 individuals were assessed for depression, anxiety, subjective distress and food insecurity during the second lockdown of 2020. A directed acyclic graph (DAG)-based approach was used to identify confounders for inclusion in a multivariate regression model. Of the 823 precarious youth, 45.93% reported significant symptoms of depression, 36.69% anxiety, 39% distress and 25.39% suicidal ideation. In the multivariate analysis based on DAG, food insecurity (less than one meal per day) was associated with depression (OR = 2.30; CI%: 1.19–4.51), anxiety (OR = 2.51; CI%: 1.29–4.88), distress (OR = 2.36; CI%: 1.23–4.57) and suicidal ideation (OR = 4.81; CI%: 2.46–9.44), independently of age, gender, education, COVID-19 contact and COVID-19 diagnosis. This study highlights the importance of food insecurity on mental health among young precarious people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reducing food insecurity is essential to help reduce psychological distress. Full article
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Food Insecurity and Mental Health among Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees Living in Peru: Secondary Data Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Survey
by Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Fabriccio J. Visconti-Lopez, Alexandra C. Rojas-Cueva, Leandro Nicolás Grendas and Diego Azañedo
Nutrients 2023, 15(14), 3102; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15143102 - 11 Jul 2023
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The objective of this study was to analyze the association between food insecurity and mental health in Venezuelan migrants and refugees residing in Peru using data from the Survey Directed at the Venezuelan Population Residing in the Country (ENPOVE) conducted in 2022. The [...] Read more.
The objective of this study was to analyze the association between food insecurity and mental health in Venezuelan migrants and refugees residing in Peru using data from the Survey Directed at the Venezuelan Population Residing in the Country (ENPOVE) conducted in 2022. The analysis included 7739 Venezuelan adults. The presence of mental health problems was self-reported, and household food insecurity was measured using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale. The study found that 4 out of 10 participants lived in households with moderate to severe food insecurity, and around 10% reported experiencing some mental health problem in the last month. The study identified a positive association between living in households with moderate to severe food insecurity and having some mental health problem compared to living in households without food insecurity. The findings suggest that food insecurity is a common problem among the Venezuelan migrant population residing in Peru, and measures are required to address this problem and mitigate its consequences on mental health and other health problems. The study highlights the need for international organizations to provide assistance and support to these populations and ensure adequate and sustainable follow-up of food insecurity at the national level. It is also necessary to implement early detection tests for mental health problems in the migrant population, especially in individuals exposed to food insecurity. This study provides relevant evidence for addressing public health in the Venezuelan migrant population residing in Peru. Full article
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