How Covid 19 Fear Affected Nutritional Support in Healthcare Professionals

Year 2023, Volume: 33 Issue: 1, 106 - 112, 28.02.2023

Pınar Döner Güner , Hilal Aksoy , Emre Dirican

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1075733

Abstract

Objectives: Healthcare professionals are the most affected individuals by the Covid-19 pandemic. Spending this period with a healthy and balanced diet will help them have a strong immune system. The objective of the study is to determine the relationship between Covid-19 fear and using vitamin supplements by healthcare professionals.
Methods: This observational study was conducted through the online Google survey application. Questions including demographic details and vitamin use and the fear of Covid-19 scale (FCV-19s) including seven questions were asked. The data were analyzed using the SPSS 21 package program.
Results: 874 healthcare professionals were included in the study. Vitamin / mineral usage frequency increases with decreasing BMI and increasing age and is higher in women, those with chronic illnesses, married people, those living at home with children or elderly. The most preferred vitamins / minerals of the participants during the pandemic were vitamin D, vitamin C, multivitamin, zinc, magnesium, vitamin B12 and iron, respectively. It was observed that as the number of used vitamins / minerals increased, the average score of the Covid-19 fear scale increased.
Conclusion: COVID-19 fear caused increase in vitamin and mineral usage. Healthcare professionals should be informed about their benefits and harms.

Keywords

vitamins, fear, pandemic

Covid 19 Korkusu Sağlık Profesyonellerinde Besin Takviyesi Kullanımını Nasıl Etkiledi

Abstract

Amaç: Sağlık çalışanları, Covid-19 pandemisinden en çok etkilenen bireylerdir. Bu dönemi sağlıklı ve dengeli bir diyetle geçirmek, güçlü bir bağışıklık sistemine sahip olmalarına yardımcı olacaktır. Çalışmamızın amacı, sağlık profesyonellerinde Covid-19 korkusu ile besin takviyesi kullanımı arasındaki ilişkiyi belirlemektir.
Yöntemler: Bu gözlemsel çalışma, çevrimiçi Google anket uygulaması aracılığıyla gerçekleştirildi. Demografik detaylar ve beslenme durumu ile Covid-19 skalası (FCV-19s) korkusunu içeren 7 şer sorudan oluşan sorular soruldu. Veriler SPSS 21 paket programı kullanılarak analiz edildi.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya 874 sağlık çalışanı dahil edildi. Vitamin/mineral kullanım sıklığı BKİ'nin azalması ve yaşın artmasıyla artmakta ve kadınlarda, kronik hastalığı olanlarda, evlilerde, evde çocuklu veya yaşlılarda yaşayanlarda daha yüksek olduğu tespit edildi. Katılımcıların pandemi süresince en çok tercih ettikleri vitamin/mineraller sırasıyla D vitamini, C vitamini, multivitamin, çinko, magnezyum, B12 vitamini ve demir oldu. Kullanılan vitamin/mineral sayısı arttıkça Covid-19 korku ölçeği ortalama puanının arttığı gözlemlendi.
Sonuç: COVID-19 korkusu vitamin ve mineral kullanımında artışa neden olmuştur. Sağlık çalışanları yararları ve zararları konusunda bilgilendirilmelidir.

Keywords

vitaminler, korku, pandemi

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