ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2022
Changes in Food Insecurity and Changes in Patient-Reported Outcomes: a Nationally Representative Cohort Study.
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Feasibility of Medically Tailored Meals for Pediatric Populations at Risk for Disparities in Serious Illness Outcomes Due to Inequities in Social Drivers of Health (MTM-Kids)
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22 citing papers in PubMed.
- Association between household food insecurity and quality of life: a longitudinal study in Northeast Brazil, 2014-2019.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Feasibility of an ADAPTive intervention to improve food security and Maternal-Child Health (ADAPT-MCH): Protocol for a pilot sequential multiple assignment randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Client and Pantry Factors Influencing Transportation-Related Barriers Among Users of Food Pantries: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.Pediatric transplantation · 2025Article
- Examining Trends in Medicare Advantage Plan Disenrollment Associated With Expanded Supplemental Benefit Adoption.Health services research · 2025Article
- State Minimum Wage and Food Insecurity Among US Households With Children.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Food Insecurity and Dementia Risk in U.S. Older Adults: Evidence From the 2013-2021 Panel Study of Income Dynamics.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
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- Food insecurity in high-risk rural communities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Understanding food insecurity risk in the United States: A longitudinal analysis.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Feasibility of Using Text Messaging to Identify and Assist Patients With Hypertension With Health-Related Social Needs: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR cardio · 2024Article
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications.JAMA network open · 2024Observational
- Longitudinal Associations of Food Security with Health and Dietary Factors among Food FARMacy Participants during COVID-19 in New York City.Nutrients · 2024Observational
- Poverty-Food Insecurity Nexus in the Post-Construction Context of a Large Hydropower Dam in the Brazilian Amazon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The Design and Impact of a Clinic-Based Community Program on Food Insecurity, Healthy Eating Behaviors, and Mood.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Diet and Food and Nutrition Insecurity and Cardiometabolic Disease.Circulation research · 2023Review
- Association of a primary care-based mobile food pantry with child body mass index: A propensity score matched cohort study.Pediatric obesity · 2023Article
- Importance of Nutrition Security to CVD Prevention Efforts in the USA.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundCross-sectional studies have found that health-related quality of life and mental health are worse among food-insecure compared with food-secure individuals. However, how these outcomes change as food insecurity changes is unclear.
objectiveTo evaluate how common patient-reported health-related quality of life and mental health scales change in response to changes in food security.
designRetrospective cohort study using data representative of the civilian, adult, non-institutionalized population of the USA.
participantsFood insecure adults who completed the 2016-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. MAIN MEASURES: Mental health, as measured by the mental component score of the Veterans Rand 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12) (primary outcome), along physical health (physical component score of the VR-12), self-rated health status, psychological distress (Kessler 6), depressive symptoms (PHQ2), and the SF-6D measure of health utility. We fit linear regression models adjusted for baseline outcome level, age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, health insurance, and family size followed by predictive margins to estimate the change in outcome associated with a 1-point improvement in food security. KEY
resultsA total of 1,390 food-insecure adults were included. A 1-point improvement in food security was associated with a 0.38 (95%CI 0.62 to 0.14)-point improvement in mental health, a 0.15 (95%CI 0.02 to 0.27)-point improvement in psychological distress, a 0.05 (95%CI 0.01 to 0.09)-point improvement in depressive symptoms, and a 0.003 (95%CI 0.000 to 0.007)-point improvement in health utility. Point estimates for physical health and self-rated health were in the direction of improvement, but were not statistically significant.
conclusionsImprovement in food insecurity was associated with improvement in several patient-reported outcomes. Further work should investigate whether similar changes are seen in food insecurity interventions, and the most useful scales for assessing changes in health-related quality of life and mental health in food insecurity interventions.
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