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Investigation of Ukrainian refugees' eating behavior, food intake, and psychological distress: Study protocol and baseline data

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007770
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7770-3

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Lytvynenko, Olena ; König, Laura M.:
Investigation of Ukrainian refugees' eating behavior, food intake, and psychological distress: Study protocol and baseline data.
In: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. (7 August 2023) .
ISSN 1758-0854
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12477

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Abstract

Abstract Since the start of the war in Ukraine, almost 8 million people left the country; more than 1 million of them relocated to Germany. It is to be expected that the war puts considerable strain on refugees, which will impact the public health system in host countries. This paper presents baseline data and protocol of longitudinal online experimental study of 619 Ukrainian refugees in Germany started in autumn 2022, focusing on participants' self-reports of appetite, food intake, and levels of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms to examine their associations. Results indicate that levels of stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in refugees significantly exceed the indicators of relevant parameters as reported by independent large-scale surveys conducted in Ukraine before the war as well as strong correlations between these deviations (.59 ≤ r ≤ .69, p = .005). Changes in appetite were related to more severe psycho-emotional deviations (.15 ≤ r ≤ .19, p = .003) and somewhat unhealthier food intake (r = −.08, p < .001). The study underlines the need of psychological care for refugees to improve their mental health and counteract potential negative consequences for physical health via changes in food intake, for which suitable interventions need to be developed.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Keywords: anxiety; depression; eating behavior; intuitive eating; refugees; stress
DDC Subjects: 100 Philosophy and psychology > 150 Psychology
600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 610 Medicine and health
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Ehemalige ProfessorInnen > Junior Professor Public Health Nutrition - Juniorprof. Dr. Laura Maria König
Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health
Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Ehemalige ProfessorInnen
Language: English
Originates at UBT: Yes
URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7770-3
Date Deposited: 02 Jul 2024 07:49
Last Modified: 02 Jul 2024 07:53
URI: https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7770

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