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Factors Associated with Financial Security, Food Security and Quality of Daily Lives of Residents in Nigeria during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria)

  • Olanrewaju Ibigbami

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Mental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria)

  • Maha El Tantawi

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21527, Egypt)

  • Brandon Brown

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Social Medicine, Population and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA 92501, USA)

  • Nourhan M. Aly

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21527, Egypt)

  • Oliver Ezechi

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Clinical Sciences, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos 101212, Nigeria)

  • Giuliana Florencia Abeldaño

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Institute for Research on Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Sierra Sur, Oaxaca 70805, Mexico)

  • Eshrat Ara

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Government College for Women, Moulana Azad Road, Srinagar Kashmir, J&K 190001, India)

  • Martin Amogre Ayanore

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, University of Health and Allied Sciences, PMB 31 Ho, Ghana)

  • Passent Ellakany

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Substitutive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia)

  • Balgis Gaffar

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia)

  • Nuraldeen Maher Al-Khanati

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Syrian Private University, Damascus 36822, Syria)

  • Ifeoma Idigbe

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Clinical Sciences, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos 101212, Nigeria)

  • Anthonia Omotola Ishabiyi

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Centre for Rural Health, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa)

  • Mohammed Jafer

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
    Department of Health Promotion, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands)

  • Abeedha Tu-Allah Khan

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan)

  • Zumama Khalid

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan)

  • Folake Barakat Lawal

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Periodontology and Community Dentistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200212, Nigeria)

  • Joanne Lusher

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, London E142BE, UK)

  • Ntombifuthi P. Nzimande

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Economic and Human Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Szeged, H-6722 Szeged, Hungary)

  • Bamidele Emmanuel Osamika

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Environment, Management and Social Sciences, Lead City University, Ibadan 200255, Nigeria)

  • Mir Faeq Ali Quadri

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Division of Dental Public Health, Department of Preventive Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia)

  • Mark Roque

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Maternity & Childhood Nursing, College of Nursing, Taibah University, Madinah 42223, Saudi Arabia)

  • Ala’a B. Al-Tammemi

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Family and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Doctoral School of Health Sciences, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary)

  • Muhammad Abrar Yousaf

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Institute of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan)

  • Jorma I. Virtanen

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland)

  • Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Post Graduate School, University of Sierra Sur, Oaxaca 70800, Mexico)

  • Joseph Chukwudi Okeibunor

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Research Development and Innovations, Assistant Regional Director Cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville BP 06, Congo)

  • Annie Lu Nguyen

    (Mental Health and Wellness Study Group, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220282, Nigeria
    Department of Family Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 91803, USA)

Abstract

An online survey was conducted to identify factors associated with financial insecurity, food insecurity and poor quality of daily lives of adults in Nigeria during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The associations between the outcome (experience of financial loss, changes in food intake and impact of the pandemic on daily lives) and the explanatory (age, sex, education level, anxiety, depression, HIV status) variables were determined using logistic regression analysis. Of the 4439 respondents, 2487 (56.0%) were financially insecure, 907 (20.4%) decreased food intake and 4029 (90.8%) had their daily life negatively impacted. Males (AOR:0.84), people who felt depressed (AOR:0.62) and people living with HIV -PLHIV- (AOR:0.70) had significantly lower odds of financial insecurity. Older respondents (AOR:1.01) had significantly higher odds of financial insecurity. Those depressed (AOR:0.62) and PLHIV (AOR:0.55) had significantly lower odds of reporting decreased food intake. Respondents who felt anxious (AOR:0.07), depressed (AOR: 0.48) and who were PLHIV (AOR:0.68) had significantly lower odds of reporting a negative impact of the pandemic on their daily lives. We concluded the study findings may reflect a complex relationship between financial insecurity, food insecurity, poor quality of life, mental health, and socioeconomic status of adults living in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan & Olanrewaju Ibigbami & Maha El Tantawi & Brandon Brown & Nourhan M. Aly & Oliver Ezechi & Giuliana Florencia Abeldaño & Eshrat Ara & Martin Amogre Ayanore & Passent Ellaka, 2021. "Factors Associated with Financial Security, Food Security and Quality of Daily Lives of Residents in Nigeria during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-13, July.
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