Quality of Life Prior and in the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study with Brazilian Dietitians

doi:10.3390/ijerph18052712

. 2021 Mar 8;18(5):2712.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052712.

Quality of Life Prior and in the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study with Brazilian Dietitians

Raquel Adjafre da Costa Matos¹, Rita de Cassia Coelho de Almeida Akutsu¹, Renata Puppin Zandonadi¹, Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho¹

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PMID: 33800225
PMCID: PMC7967437
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052712

Quality of Life Prior and in the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study with Brazilian Dietitians

Raquel Adjafre da Costa Matos et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 8;18(5):2712.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052712.

Authors

Raquel Adjafre da Costa Matos¹, Rita de Cassia Coelho de Almeida Akutsu¹, Renata Puppin Zandonadi¹, Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, Brazil.

PMID: 33800225
PMCID: PMC7967437
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052712

Abstract

Dietitians as healthcare professionals could decrease their quality of life during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic period; therefore, this study aimed to compare Brazilian dietitians' perceptions of quality of life before and during the pandemic. This nationwide cross-sectional research aimed to evaluate Brazilian dietitians' quality of life before and in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, using a previously validated self-administered instrument WHO-QOL-BREF in Brazilian-Portuguese. The questionnaire was composed of 26 items (four domains) to evaluate life quality (physical, psychological, social relationship, and environment). The questionnaire also presented some sociodemographic variables and three questions about the COVID-19 pandemic. It was applied using GoogleForms^® platform (Google LLC, Mountain View, CA, USA). For the statistical analysis of data, Paired T-test, Chi-squared test, and Analysis of Variance were used. A total of 1290 Brazilian dietitians replied to the instrument. Comparing quality of life (QoL) before SARS-COV-2 (3.83 ± 0.59) and during the pandemic (3.36 ± 0.66), data was statistically different. Comparing prior and in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, all variables and domains presented statistical differences (better before the pandemic period). Among Brazilian dietitians, the psychological health domain was the most affected. The Sars-Cov-2 pandemic negatively impacted the QoL of Brazilian dietitians since health professionals face changes in their lives because of work.

Keywords: SARS-COV-2; dietitian; health; pandemic; quality of life.

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