Table 5.
Mental and physical health status during the COVID-19 pandemic by levels of food insecurity (n = 97)
| Food insecurity level | Households with children without disabilities (n = 49) n (%) | Households with children with disabilities (n = 48) n (%) | P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Mental | |||
| Food Secure (n = 61) | .993 | ||
| Good/very good | 13 (36.11) | 9 (36.00) | |
| Fair/poor | 23 (63.89) | 16 (64.00) | |
| Food Insecure (n = 36) | .393 | ||
| Good/very good | 6 (40.15) | 14 (60.87) | |
| Fair/poor | 7 (53.85) | 9 (39.13) | |
| Global Physical | |||
| Food Secure (n = 61) | .392b | ||
| Good/very good | 2 (5.56) | 3 (12.00) | |
| Fair/poor | 34 (94.44) | 22 (88.00) | |
| Food Insecure (n = 36) | .686b | ||
| Good/very good | 3 (23.08) | 4 (17.39) | |
| Fair/poor | 10 (76.92) | 19 (82.61) |
Definitions: Food insecurity was defined using the revised and adapted Spanish translation of the USDA Economic Research Service’s US Household Food Security Survey Module (14). Global mental health and global physical health were defined using the revised and adapted Spanish translation of the PROMIS Global Health Scale v1.2 (19).
a
P values were calculated using Pearson’s chi-square test.
b
P values were calculated using Fisher’s exact test.