Banca de DEFESA: FERNANDA KEILA VALENTE BATISTA

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STUDENT : FERNANDA KEILA VALENTE BATISTA
DATE: 21/06/2024
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: Link da videochamada: https://meet.google.com/mpg-ofjb-vvc
TITLE:

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the frequency of food insecurity and perceptions of quality of life among older people: Brazuca Natal Post-COVID Study.

KEY WORDS:

Coronavirus. Food insecurity. Quality of life. Older adults. Elderly

PAGES: 83
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Nutrição
SUMMARY:

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) worldwide, defined as a lack of access to adequate food in terms of quantity and quality. Among older people, FI is associated with poorer health outcomes and contributes to a lower perceived quality of life (QOL). In this sense, this study aims to analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of FI and QoL in the older people of the Brazuca Natal Post-COVID study. This is a cross-sectional and cohort study. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was self-reported. FI was verified using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale (EBIA). The WHOQOL-Bref and WHOQOL-Old questionnaires were used to assess QoL. We also analyzed socioeconomic and demographic information. Data was collected using an electronic questionnaire (Epicollect5). Statistical analysis included absolute and percentage frequencies, with 95% confidence intervals, and Poisson regression with robust variance. Wilcoxon's test for continuous variables and McNemar's test for categorical variables were used to checking whether there was a statistical difference in the pre-and post-pandemic periods between the scores on the QoL and AI questionnaires. Values of p < 0.05 were considered significant. The results of the cross-sectional study showed that AI was associated with a worse perception of QoL by the elderly. The WHOQOL-bref questionnaire showed that being in AI increased the likelihood of having a worse perception of QoL in the psychological (PR=1.47; IC%: 1.10-1.66), environmental (PR=1.70; IC%: 1.21-2.41) and overall QoL domains. In the WHOQoL-old questionnaire, AI was also associated with a worse perception of QoL in the domains of sense functioning (PR:1.46: 95%CI 1.06-2.00), autonomy (PR:1.57: 95%CI 1.13-2.18), past, present and future activities (PR:1.75: 95%CI 1.23-2.49), social participation (PR:1.34: 95%CI 1.01-1.79) death, dying (PR:1.90: 95%CI 1.34-2.68) and also in the total score (PR:2.28: 95%CI 1.62-3.20). The post-pandemic findings did not show a significant increase in AI in the population (p=1.000). Concerning the perception of QoL in the post-pandemic, there was a significant reduction in the scores of the domains "functioning of the senses" (p<0.0001), "social participation" (p=0.018), "death and dying" (p<0.0001) and "total score" (p<0.0001) of the WHOQoL-old questionnaire. Our main findings from the cross-sectional study showed that not having a partner, having an elementary school education or not being literate, having lower quartiles of family income per capita, being female and the condition of food insecurity in the household can have a negative perception of QoL among the older people. In terms of post-pandemic findings, it can be concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic had a negative impact on older people's perceptions of QoL. These findings highlight the need for greater attention to this population in public health interventions.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2149611 - CLELIA DE OLIVEIRA LYRA
Externa ao Programa - 2374737 - INGRID WILZA LEAL BEZERRA - nullExterna à Instituição - MARIA CECÍLIA ROCHA
Externa ao Programa - 2307522 - NILA PATRÍCIA FREIRE PEQUENO - null