Subjective Perception of Emotional Management, Anxiety and Intake Patterns Related to Isolation by COVID-19

The period of social isolation considers an anxiety trigger and generates alterations in the way people eat. The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between subjective perception of emotion management and anxiety with dysfunctional intake patterns in the period of social isolation by COVID-19 in Colombian participants. The research is exploratory of analytical cross-sectional type. A total of 450 Colombians over 18 years old (sex: 82 % female and 18 %male) answered a virtual questionnaire on the subjective perception of the management of emotions and anxiety,also, the questionnaire of three feeding factors was applied to identify dysfunctional intake patterns. 3 times higher risk of presenting anxiety was reported in people who manifested a specific management of their emotions. Likewise, subjects whose perception was inadequate handling of emotions and anxiety presented higher levels of dysfunctional intake patterns such as disinhibition (p < 0.0001) and emotional intake (p < 0.0001). Finally, it was concluded that the subjective perception of the management of emotions and anxiety has an association with disinhibition and emotional intake in Colombians in social isolation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Spanish) El periodo de aislamiento social se considera un detonante de ansiedad, y genera alteraciones en la forma de alimentarse. El objetivo de esta investigacion fue determinar la relacion entre la percepcion subjetiva del manejo de las emociones y la ansiedad con los patrones disfuncionales de la ingesta en el periodo de aislamiento social por COVID-19, en participantes colombianos. La investigacion es exploratoria de tipo transversal analitico. Un total de 450 colombianos mayores de 18 anos (sexo: 82 % femenino y 18 % masculino) respondieron un cuestionario virtual sobre la percepcion subjetiva del manejo de las emociones y la ansiedad;tambien, se aplico el cuestionario de tres factores de alimentacion para identificar patrones disfuncionales de la ingesta. Se reporto un riesgo 3 veces mayor de presentar ansiedad en las personas que manifestaron un manejo inadecuado de sus emociones. Asimismo, aquellos cuya percepcion fue un inadecuado manejo de emociones y ansiedad presentaron mayor nivel de patrones disfuncionales de ingesta como la desinhibicion (p < 0.0001) e ingesta emocional (p < 0.0001). Se concluyo que la percepcion subjetiva del manejo inadecuado de las emociones y de ansiedad, incrementan la ingesta emocional y la desinhibicion, en colombianos en aislamiento social. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)