Table 4.
The brief results of HFIAS questionnaire to assess food insecurity status before and during COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran province of Iran.
| Level | Question | Before COVID-19 outbreak |
During COVID-19 outbreak |
P-value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Mean | Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Mean | |||
| Anxiety and uncertainty | Q1) Worry about food | 52.7 | 26.3 | 14.3 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 61.6 | 19.8 | 10.6 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 0.046 |
| Insufficient quality | Q2) Unable to eat preferred foods | 40.7 | 27.7 | 21.9 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 51.0 | 25.6 | 15.0 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.001 |
| Q3) Eat a limited variety of foods | 41.7 | 27.0 | 22.9 | 8.2 | 0.9 | 52.0 | 24.3 | 14.7 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 0.001 | |
| Q4) Eat foods that you did not want to eat | 51.3 | 28.4 | 14.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 58.9 | 21.9 | 11.6 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.036 | |
| Insufficient food intake | Q5) Eat a smaller meal | 55.8 | 23.6 | 14.0 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 60.2 | 21.9 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.049 |
| Q6) Eat fewer meals in a day | 69.1 | 18.8 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 0.4 | 74.3 | 14.7 | 6.8 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.030 | |
| Q7) No food to eat of any kind in the household | 81.8 | 10.2 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 85.2 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.035 | |
| Q8) Go to sleep at night hungry | 86.9 | 8.5 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 87.6 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.049 | |
| Q9) Go a whole day and night without eating | 92.8 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 88.0 | 6.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.001 | |