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The potential role of nutrition in mitigating the psychological impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers

Author(s) -

Silvia Maffoni,

Αliki Kalmpourtzidou,

Hellas Cena

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

nfs journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59

H-Index - 13

ISSN - 2352-3646

DOI - 10.1016/j.nfs.2020.12.002

Subject(s) - health care , psychological resilience , stress management , anxiety , psychological intervention , pandemic , covid-19 , psychology , distress , mental health , health professionals , health promotion , work (physics) , nursing , resilience (materials science) , promotion (chess) , medicine , public health , psychiatry , clinical psychology , political science , social psychology , disease , law , pathology , engineering , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , physics , politics , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Healthcare professionals are exposed to several stress factors, especially during health emergency situations like Covid-19. Psychological distress in the COVID-19 era adversely affects both healthcare professionals' mental and physical health, decreasing performance and efficiency at work. Nevertheless, no sufficient emphasis has been placed so far on the role of nutrition against stress and anxiety among healthcare professionals. Consequently, worksite health promotion approaches and interventions are highly recommended, but also National Health Systems are praised to develop strategies and policies to satisfy nutritional requirements in health emergencies such as Covid-19 pandemic. In this brief paper, the important role of nutrition during periods of stress is highlighted, providing nutritional advice to enhance resilience in this risk group. In addition, practical lifestyle and diet tips for stress management among healthcare professionals exposed to Covid-19 are reported in this mini review.

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