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Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown

The first case of infection by SARS-CoV-2 (i.e., COVID-19) was officially recorded by the Italian National Health Service on 21 February 2020. Respiratory tract manifestations are the most common symptoms, such as gastrointestinal symptoms (GISs) like nausea or sickness, diarrhea, and anorexia, and...

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Autores principales: Abenavoli, Ludovico, Cinaglia, Pietro, Lombardo, Giuditta, Boffoli, Eduardo, Scida, Miriam, Procopio, Anna Caterina, Larussa, Tiziana, Boccuto, Luigi, Zanza, Christian, Longhitano, Yaroslava, Fagoonee, Sharmila, Luzza, Francesco
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33809403
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10061221
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author Abenavoli, Ludovico
Cinaglia, Pietro
Lombardo, Giuditta
Boffoli, Eduardo
Scida, Miriam
Procopio, Anna Caterina
Larussa, Tiziana
Boccuto, Luigi
Zanza, Christian
Longhitano, Yaroslava
Fagoonee, Sharmila
Luzza, Francesco
author_facet Abenavoli, Ludovico
Cinaglia, Pietro
Lombardo, Giuditta
Boffoli, Eduardo
Scida, Miriam
Procopio, Anna Caterina
Larussa, Tiziana
Boccuto, Luigi
Zanza, Christian
Longhitano, Yaroslava
Fagoonee, Sharmila
Luzza, Francesco
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description The first case of infection by SARS-CoV-2 (i.e., COVID-19) was officially recorded by the Italian National Health Service on 21 February 2020. Respiratory tract manifestations are the most common symptoms, such as gastrointestinal symptoms (GISs) like nausea or sickness, diarrhea, and anorexia, and psychological effects may be reported in affected individuals. However, similar symptoms may be observed in healthy people as a consequence of an anxiety state. Methods: We analyzed GISs and anxiety state during the COVID-19 lockdown period; from 9 March 2020 to 4 May 2020. A web-based survey consisting of 131 items was administered to 354 students affiliated with the School of Medicine of the University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro; Italy. A set of statistical analyses was performed to analyze the relationships among the answers to assess a correlation between the topics of interest. Results: The statistical analysis showed that 54.0% of interviewed reported at least one GISs, 36.16% of which reported a positive history for familial GISs (FGISs). The 354 subjects included in our cohort may be stratified as follows: 25.99% GISs and FGISs, 27.97% GISs and no-FGISs, 10.17% no-GISs and FGISs, 35.87% no-GISs and no-FGISs. Results indicated an anxiety state for 48.9% of respondents, of which 64.74% also presented GISs. In addition, considered dietary habits, we detect the increased consumption of hypercaloric food, sweetened drinks, and alcoholic beverages. Conclusions: The increase of GISs during the lockdown period in a population of medical students, may be correlated to both dietary habits and anxiety state due to a concern for one’s health.
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spelling pubmed-80017112021-03-28 Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown Abenavoli, Ludovico Cinaglia, Pietro Lombardo, Giuditta Boffoli, Eduardo Scida, Miriam Procopio, Anna Caterina Larussa, Tiziana Boccuto, Luigi Zanza, Christian Longhitano, Yaroslava Fagoonee, Sharmila Luzza, Francesco J Clin Med Article The first case of infection by SARS-CoV-2 (i.e., COVID-19) was officially recorded by the Italian National Health Service on 21 February 2020. Respiratory tract manifestations are the most common symptoms, such as gastrointestinal symptoms (GISs) like nausea or sickness, diarrhea, and anorexia, and psychological effects may be reported in affected individuals. However, similar symptoms may be observed in healthy people as a consequence of an anxiety state. Methods: We analyzed GISs and anxiety state during the COVID-19 lockdown period; from 9 March 2020 to 4 May 2020. A web-based survey consisting of 131 items was administered to 354 students affiliated with the School of Medicine of the University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro; Italy. A set of statistical analyses was performed to analyze the relationships among the answers to assess a correlation between the topics of interest. Results: The statistical analysis showed that 54.0% of interviewed reported at least one GISs, 36.16% of which reported a positive history for familial GISs (FGISs). The 354 subjects included in our cohort may be stratified as follows: 25.99% GISs and FGISs, 27.97% GISs and no-FGISs, 10.17% no-GISs and FGISs, 35.87% no-GISs and no-FGISs. Results indicated an anxiety state for 48.9% of respondents, of which 64.74% also presented GISs. In addition, considered dietary habits, we detect the increased consumption of hypercaloric food, sweetened drinks, and alcoholic beverages. Conclusions: The increase of GISs during the lockdown period in a population of medical students, may be correlated to both dietary habits and anxiety state due to a concern for one’s health. MDPI 2021-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8001711/ /pubmed/33809403 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10061221 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cinaglia, Pietro
Lombardo, Giuditta
Boffoli, Eduardo
Scida, Miriam
Procopio, Anna Caterina
Larussa, Tiziana
Boccuto, Luigi
Zanza, Christian
Longhitano, Yaroslava
Fagoonee, Sharmila
Luzza, Francesco
Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown
title Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown
title_full Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown
title_fullStr Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown
title_short Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to COVID-19 during Italian Lockdown
title_sort anxiety and gastrointestinal symptoms related to covid-19 during italian lockdown
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8001711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33809403
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10061221
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