Changes in Food Insecurity and Changes in Patient-Reported Outcomes: a Nationally Representative Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cross-sectional studies have found that health-related quality of life and mental health are worse among food-insecure compared with food-secure individuals. However, how these outcomes change as food insecurity changes is unclear.

Objective

To evaluate how common patient-reported health-related quality of life and mental health scales change in response to changes in food security.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using data representative of the civilian, adult, non-institutionalized population of the USA.

Participants

Food insecure adults who completed the 2016-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Main measures

Mental health, as measured by the mental component score of the Veterans Rand 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) (primary outcome), a

SUBMITTER: Berkowitz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature