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  • The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health, gut microbiota composition and serum cortisol levels
    Šik Novak, Karin, 1993- ...
    The aim of this study was to assess changes in mental health, gut microbiota composition, and stress marker serum cortisol due to COVID-19 lockdown in asymptomatic individuals. Healthy adults ... participated in anthropometric measurements, blood and stool sample collection pre-lockdown and post-lockdown (n = 38, 63.2% females), lifestyle and psychological questionnaires were included in pre-lockdown measurement and lockdown survey (n = 46, 67.4% females). Subjects reported significantly higher body dissatisfaction (p = 0.007) and anxiety (p = 0.002), and significantly lower positive affect (p = 0.001) during lockdown compared with pre-lockdown. According to perceived stress, 51.6% of females and 20% of males experienced moderate to high stress. This was reflected in serum cortisol levels that significantly increased only in females (p = 0.006) post-lockdown and correlated with perceived stress (p = 0.037) and anxiety (p = 0.031). In addition to psychological measures, changes in gut microbiota composition were observed. Gut microbial alpha diversity significantly decreased (p = 0.033), whereas relative abundance of Proteobacteria significantly increased (p = 0.043) post-lockdown. Depression during lockdown was moderately positively correlated with changes in Bacteroidetes abundance (p = 0.015) and negatively with changes in Firmicutes abundance (p = 0.008). Alistipes abundance post-lockdown was moderately positively correlated with anxiety (p = 0.004) and negative affect (p = 0.005) during lockdown. Despite a small sample size and not being able to perform objective measurements during lockdown, the results confirm the effect of lockdown on mental health and gut microbiota composition that could have a great impact on our health (ClinicalTrials identifier: NCT04347213).
    Vir: Stress. - ISSN 1025-3890 (Vol. 25, iss. 1, 2022, str. 246-257)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2022
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 112095235

    Povezava(-e):

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10253890.2022.2082280
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10253890.2022.2082280
    DOI

vir: Stress. - ISSN 1025-3890 (Vol. 25, iss. 1, 2022, str. 246-257)
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