Metabolic Syndrome and Mental Health in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Introduction. At the end of 2019, China was hit by adisease with pandemic potential. It was anew coronavirus, also called COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the situation apandemic. Those most at risk were people with metabolic syndrome, men- tally ill and the elderly. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components have become amonitored issue in the context of mental illnesses. The COVID-19 pandemic, metabolic syn- drome, and mental health have become interrelated. The num- ber of mental illnesses has grown exponentially around the world, having affected several age groups. Methodology. Asearch and selection of articles from the on- line scientific database WOS through bibliometric analysis, using the keywords "COVID-19", "metabolic syndrome","mental illnesses" in the period from 2020 to 2021 to present the relationships between metabolic syndrome and mental ill- nesses during the COVID - 19 pandemic. Conclusion. In the area of publications, the issue of depression during the COVID - 19 pandemic was the most watched topic. Ahigher incidence of metabolic syndrome or its components has been reported in patients suffering from mental illnesses.