Zahra Khorasanchi - Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Student Research Committee, faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Background and Objective: Follow up patients after recovery from COVID-۱۹ and identify the adverse effects of the disease in other organs is necessary. Psychiatric symptoms can persist after patients recover from the infection. We aimed to examining the adherence to the DASH diet in related to depression, anxiety and stress in individuals who have recovered from COVID-۱۹.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study ۱۲۰ individuals who had recovered from COVID-۱۹, who were >۳۰ years old were recruited. A valid and reliable food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) including ۶۸ items was used to evaluate dietary intake Depression, anxiety and stress of participants was evaluated using DASS questionnaire.Results: More intake of dietary fiber, magnesium, potassium, and component of DASH-diet style, including: fruit, vegetables, nuts, legume, seed and low fat dairy was observed in subjects with high adherence to DASH- dietary style (third tertile (T۳)). In multivariate multinomial logistic regression analysis, a high adherence to DASH- dietary style was associated with lower depression (OR= ۰.۸۶۳; ۹۵% CI: ۰.۷۴۱-۱.۰۰۶, p< ۰.۰۵), anxiety (OR= ۰.۸۶۷; ۹۵% CI: ۰.۷۵۹-۱.۰۱۱, p<۰.۰۵) and these associations remained significant after adjustments. Regarding stress score, a high adherence to DASH- dietary style was associated with lower stress after adjustment in the models used.Conclusion: Adherence to DASH- style diet may be associated with reduced depression, anxiety and stress in patients who have recovered from COVID-۱۹.

DASH diet, COVID-۱۹, Depression, anxiety, stress