Comparison of Diet, Sleep, and Stress During the Emergency Coronavirus Disease Curfew in Men and Women with Hemodialysis

Yuka Kawate; Yoshitaka Hashimoto; Emi Ushigome; Shiho Kosaka; Fuyuko Takahashi; Atsuko Sawamura; Yukina Yumen; Masahide Hamaguchi; Masahiro Yamazaki; Michiaki Fukui

doi:10.1053/j.jrn.2023.06.002

Comparison of Diet, Sleep, and Stress During the Emergency Coronavirus Disease Curfew in Men and Women with Hemodialysis

J Ren Nutr. 2023 Sep;33(5):666-675. doi: 10.1053/j.jrn.2023.06.002. Epub 2023 Jun 10.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Nutrition, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Japan; Kyoto working committee on foods for patients with dialysis and kidney diseases, Kyoto, Japan.
² Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
³ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
⁴ Kyoto working committee on foods for patients with dialysis and kidney diseases, Kyoto, Japan.
⁵ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Nutrition, Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
⁶ Kyoto working committee on foods for patients with dialysis and kidney diseases, Kyoto, Japan; Fundamental Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Kyoto working committee on foods for patients with dialysis and kidney diseases, Kyoto, Japan; Kyoto College of Nutritional & Medical Sciences, Kyoto, Japan.
⁸ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; Department of Diabetes Endocrinology & Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
⁹ Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: michiaki@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on diet, stress, and sleep in Japanese patients with hemodialysis.

Methods: Data on nutritional intake, frequency of food intake by cuisine, dietary behavior, and frequency of food use before and during the declaration of the state of emergency due to COVID-19, were collected.

Results: For the 81 participants (47 men), changes were observed in the following diet-related items: nutrition and nutrient content (one item for men, three for women), eating behavior, and frequency of food use (1 item for men, six for women), and the total number of items was two for men and nine for women. Nine out of 12 questions addressed stress and six out of eight questions addressed sleep, with a higher percentage of women adversely affected and no item with a higher percentage of men adversely affected. The mean score for stress was 25.3 ± 5.1 for men and 29.5 ± 5.0 for women, P < .001, and for sleep disturbance was 11.6 ± 3.0 for men and 14.4 ± 4.4 for women, P < .001.

Conclusions: In patients with hemodialysis, the effect of refraining from going out due to the spread of COVID-19 on diet, sleep, and stress was suggested to be more significant in women than in men.

Keywords: COVID-19; Hemodialysis; Lifestyle; Pandemic.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Diet
Eating
Feeding Behavior
Female
Humans
Male
Renal Dialysis
Sleep