A psychological aspect of malnutrition: hitting psychological distress among patients with depression
A psychological aspect of malnutrition: hitting psychological distress among patients with depression

Summary/Abstract: Nutrition plays a vital role in mental health; malnutrition kills the mental health of individuals and psychological distress is a sign of poor mental health. The purpose of current research to explore the association between malnutrition and psychological distress and it was also aimed to determine the gender differences on malnutrition and psychological distress among adults. Randomly 100 diagnosed patients aged between 25-35years were taken from different hospitals of Multan. Malnutrition was assessed by Malnutrition Screening Tool1 and psychological distress was measured by Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.2 Statistical analysis explored that malnutrition has positive relationship with psychological distress and malnutrition has impact on psychological distress. Findings of present research also depict that malnutrition and psychological distress has significant gender differences among adults. Female patients scored high on malnutrition and male patients showed high level of psychological distress. The implication of current research that food intake must be healthy because healthy food is key path to good health and mental health. Seminars and workshops on healthy nutrition plans must be conducted to overcome the side effects of malnutrition in individuals.

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