Food insecurity and coping strategies and their association with anxiety and depression: a nationally representative South African survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate food insecurity and related coping strategies among South African households and their associations with anxiety and depression.

Design

Cross-sectional study. Food insecurity and coping strategies were assessed using a modified Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project and the Coping Strategies Index questionnaires. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used to assess anxiety and depression risk. Ordered logistic regressions were used to test associations of food insecurity and related coping strategies with anxiety and depression.

Setting

South Africa during COVID-19, October 2021.

Participants

Nationally representative sample of 3402 adults, weighted to 39,640,674 South African households.<

SUBMITTER: Dlamini SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10131152 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature