The role of anxiety in the association between nutrition literacy and health-related quality of life among college students

There is a need for efficient therapies since college students’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is alarming. This study by Liu S. et al. (2024) sought to determine how college students’ anxiety, HRQOL, and nutrition literacy (NL) relate to one another and how anxiety affects the relationship between NL and HRQOL. 2066 students participated in a cross-sectional survey administered using the “Wenjuanxing” platform between September and November of 2023. The authors assessed participants’ HRQOL (SF-12 scale), nutrition literacy (Food and Nutrition Literacy Questionnaire [FNLQ]), and anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder [GAD-7] scale). The findings indicated decreased anxiety and improved HRQOL were linked to greater NL. Anxious students showed far poorer HRQOL. Data analysis indicated that anxiety played a partial role in the relationship between NL and HRQOL. Moreover, interactions between NL and anxiety were found to be significant, showing that higher NL levels were associated with better HRQOL and reduced anxiety. Furthermore, the authors comment on the presence of a synergistic impact between NL and anxiety and that anxiety mediated the link between NL and HRQOL. [NPID: Nutrition literacy, health-related quality of life, anxiety disorders, mediating effect, interacting effect]

Year: 2024

Reference: Liu, S., Meng, Z., Wang, S., Wang, H., Fan, D., Wu, M., Jiang, Z., Chen, Q., Wang, Q., Liu, Z., Liu, J., & Xie, Y. (2024). The role of anxiety in the association between nutrition literacy and health-related quality of life among college students. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 24618. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76361-6

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