• J Gen Intern Med · Jun 2021

    Association between Food Insecurity and Health-Related Quality of Life: a Nationally Representative Survey.

    • Janel Hanmer, Darren A DeWalt, and Seth A Berkowitz.
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
    • J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jun 1; 36 (6): 163816471638-1647.

    BackgroundFood insecurity, limited or uncertain access to enough food for an active, healthy life, affected over 37 million Americans in 2018. Food insecurity is likely to be associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but this association has not been measured with validated instruments in nationally representative samples. Given growing interest understanding food insecurity's role in health outcomes, it would be useful to learn what HRQoL measures best capture the experience of those with food insecurity.ObjectiveTo determine the association between food insecurity and several validated HRQoL instruments in US adults.DesignCross-sectional.ParticipantsUS adults (age ≥ 18), weighted to be nationally representative.Main MeasuresFood insecurity was assessed with three items derived from the USDA Household Food Security Survey Module. HRQoL was assessed using PROMIS-Preference (PROPr), which contains 7 PROMIS domains, self-rated health (SRH), Euroqol-5D-5L (EQ-5D), Health Utilities Index (HUI), and Short Form-6D (SF-6D).Key ResultsIn December 2017, 4142 individuals completed at least part of the survey (31% response rate), of whom 4060 (98.0%) reported food security information. Of survey respondents, 51.7% were women, 12.5% self-identified as black, 15.8% were Hispanic, and 11.0% did not have a high school diploma. 14.1% of respondents reported food insecurity. In adjusted analyses, food insecurity was associated with worse HRQoL across all instruments and PROMIS domains (p < .0001 for all). The magnitude of the difference between food-insecure and food-secure participants was largest with the SF-6D, EQ-5D, and PROPr; among individual PROMIS domain scores, the largest difference was for ability to participate in social roles.ConclusionsFood insecurity is strongly associated with worse HRQoL, with differences between food-secure and food-insecure individuals best measured using the SF-6D, EQ-5D, and PROPr. Future work should develop a specific instrument to measure changes in HRQoL in food insecurity interventions.

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