Quality of life and eating habits of patients with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.5238.3502Keywords:
Quality of Life; Obesity Management; Nursing Assessment; Patient Care Planning; Pandemic; Patient-Centered Care.Abstract
Objective: to verify the quality of life and eating habits of
patients with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method:
cross-sectional study with 68 outpatients, candidates for
bariatric surgery, at university hospital in the Southern Brazil.
Data collection was carried out by telephone, with questions
about the profile of the participants and social distancing;
questionnaires on quality of life and eating habits were also
used. The data analysis, the logistic regression model, Spearman
correlation, Mann-Whitney U and Student t-tests were used for
independent samples. Results: the general quality of life was
57.03 points and the eating habit with the highest score was
cognitive restraint (61.11 points). Most patients (72.1%) were
socially distancing themselves and 27.9% had not changed
their routine. The chance of isolation was 3.16 times greater
for patients who were married. There is a positive correlation
between the domains of the Quality of Life questionnaire and
cognitive restraint from the questionnaire about eating habits.
Conclusion: we found that the participants tended to have a
better quality of life as cognitive restraint increased.
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