Association between meal frequency with others and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Previous studies evaluated the association between eating alone and mental health mainly in older people and adolescents. This study aimed to evaluate the association between dinner frequency with others and psychological distress during the COVID-19 outbreak among the Japanese working population.

Methods

Data were acquired from a prospective online cohort study (the Employee Cohort Study in the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan) conducted in February 2021 as a cross-sectional design. Dinner frequency with others was categorized into five groups: "almost daily," "4-5 times per week," "2-3 times per week," "once per week," and "less than once per week," setting them as a predictor variable. Modified Poisson regression was performed to calculate the prevalence ratio of psychologi

SUBMITTER: Tsuji R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11114345 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature