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Curtis AF, Jagannathan S, Musich M, Miller MB, McCrae CS. Mid-to-Late-Life Anxiety and Sleep during Initial Phase of COVID-19: Age- and Sex-Specific Insights to Inform Future Pandemic Healthcare. Brain Sci 2024; 14:346. [PMID: 38671998 PMCID: PMC11047835 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci14040346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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This study examined associations between COVID-19-related anxiety and sleep in middle-aged and older adults and tested whether these varied by age or sex. In June/July 2020, middle-aged/older adults aged 50+ (n = 277, 45% women, Mage = 64.68 ± 7.83) in the United States completed measures of sleep and COVID-19-related anxiety. Multiple regressions examined whether anxiety was independently associated with or interacted with age or sex in its associations with sleep health, controlling for age, education, medical conditions, sleep/pain medication use, and COVID-19 status. Greater COVID-19 anxiety was associated with worse sleep quality and daytime dysfunction. COVID-19-related anxiety interacted with age (not sex) in associations with total sleep time and sleep efficiency. Greater anxiety was associated with shorter total sleep time and lower sleep efficiency in oldest-older adults (~73 years old) and youngest-older adults (~65 years old) but not middle-aged adults (~57 years old). In mid to late life, older adults may be most vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19-related anxiety on sleep health. Social and behavioral (e.g., knowledge on age-related vulnerability to COVID-19 risk/morbidity/mortality, uncertainty, and changes to daily routines) and physiological factors (sleep disruption and age-related autonomic dysfunction) may underlie these associations. Interventions that mitigate negative pandemic-related psychological and sleep outcomes may be particularly relevant for older adults.
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- Ashley F. Curtis
- College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA;
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USA;
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Taunque A, Li G, MacNeil A, Gulati I, Jiang Y, de Groh M, Fuller-Thomson E. Breathless and Blue in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: Incident and Recurrent Depression Among Older Adults with COPD During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2023; 18:1975-1993. [PMID: 37724252 PMCID: PMC10505398 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s417218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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Background and Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic and related public health measures intensified risk factors for depression and concurrently heightened numerous health-related stressors for individuals with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Utilizing a comprehensive longitudinal sample of Canadian older adults, this study examined the incidence and recurrence of depression among older adults with COPD, and identified factors that were associated with depression during the pandemic among this population. Methods Data came from four phases of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) (n=875 with COPD). The primary outcome of interest was a positive screen for depression based on the CES-D-10, during autumn of 2020. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify factors that were associated with depression. Results Approximately 1 in 6 (17%) respondents with COPD and no lifetime history of depression developed depression for the first time during the early stages of the pandemic. Approximately 1 in 2 (52%) participants with COPD and a history of depression experienced a recurrence of depressive symptoms during this period. Loneliness, functional limitations, and family conflict were associated with a higher risk of both incident and recurrent depression. The risk of incident depression only was higher among those who had difficulty accessing healthcare resources. The risk of recurrent depression only was higher among women, those with a post-secondary education, and those with more adverse childhood experiences. Conclusion Screening and interventions aimed at individuals with COPD, both with and without a history of depression, are warranted to potentially mitigate the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Aneisha Taunque
- Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
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- Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Applied Research Division, Center for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Applied Research Division, Center for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Kastner L, Suenkel U, Eschweiler GW, Dankowski T, von Thaler AK, Mychajliw C, Brockmann K, Maetzler W, Berg D, Fallgatter AJ, Heinzel S, Thiel A. Older adults' coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic - a longitudinal mixed-methods study. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1209021. [PMID: 37744579 PMCID: PMC10512280 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1209021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Introduction Older age is a main risk factor for severe COVID-19. In 2020, a broad political debate was initiated as to what extent older adults need special protection and isolation to minimize their risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, isolation might also have indirect negative psychological (e.g., loneliness, stress, fear, anxiety, depression) or physical (e.g., lack of exercise, missing medical visits) consequences depending on individual strategies and personality traits to cope longitudinally with this crisis. Methods To examine the impact of individuals' coping with the pandemic on mental health, a large sample of 880 older adults of the prospective longitudinal cohort TREND study were surveyed six times about their individual coping strategies in the COVID-19 pandemic between May 2020 (05/2020: Mage = 72.1, SDage = 6.4, Range: 58-91 years) and November 2022 in an open response format. The relevant survey question was: "What was helpful for you to get through the last months despite the COVID-19 pandemic? E.g., phone calls, going for a walk, or others." Results and Discussion In total, we obtained 4,561 records containing 20,578 text passages that were coded and assigned to 427 distinct categories on seven levels based on qualitative content analysis using MAXQDA. The results allow new insights into the impact of personal prerequisites (e.g., value beliefs, living conditions), the general evaluation of the pandemic (e.g., positive, irrelevant, stressful) as well as the applied coping strategies (e.g., cognitive, emotional- or problem-focused) to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic by using an adapted Lazarus stress model. Throughout the pandemic emotional-focused as well as problem-focused strategies were the main coping strategies, whereas general beliefs, general living conditions and the evaluation were mentioned less frequently.
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- Lydia Kastner
- Institute for Sport Science, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Tübingen Center for Mental Health (TüCMH), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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- Tübingen Center for Mental Health (TüCMH), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Tübingen Center for Mental Health (TüCMH), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
- Geriatric Center, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Tübingen Center for Mental Health (TüCMH), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
- Geriatric Center, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Tübingen Center for Mental Health (TüCMH), Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tübingen University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Partner Site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
- Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein and Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Sport Science, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Lead Graduate School and Research Network, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Mejia CR, Alvarez-Risco A, Chamorro-Espinoza S, Castillón-Lozano JA, Paucar MC, Padilla-F VJ, Armada J, Vilela-Estrada MA, Serna-Alarcón V, Del-Aguila-Arcentales S, Yáñez JA. Crisis due to war: anxiety, depression and stress in the population of 13 Latin American countries. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1218298. [PMID: 37547209 PMCID: PMC10398955 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1218298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Sustainability may be at risk in a population that has altered health, according to Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3): Health and well-being. The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine could jeopardize SDG 3, specifically the mental health of the population. The present study sought to determine the association between severe anxiety, depression and stress in population of 13 Latin American countries according to fear about the war conflict. It was a cross-sectional, analytical and multicenter study. Anxiety, depression and stress were measured with the DASS-21 test (Cronbach's Alpha: 0.97) and fear due to an armed crisis with a questionnaire already validated in Latin America (Cronbach's Alpha: 0.92), which was also adjusted for sex, age, education level and country of residence. Descriptive and analytical statistics were obtained. Of the 2,626 respondents, the main fear was that weapons of mass destruction would be used. In the multivariate models, strong associations were found between fear of a possible world-scale armed conflict and having severe or very severe levels of anxiety (aPR: 1.97; 95% CI: 1.64-2.36; value of p <0.001), depression (aPR: 1.91; 95% CI: 1.54-2.36; value of p <0.001) or stress (aPR: 2.05; 95% CI: 1.63-2.57; value of p <0.001). Sustainability linked to SDG 3, specifically mental health, is affected by this type of significant events, given the possible global war crisis that could trigger major events, even more so if added to the deterioration already experienced by COVID-19 in the Latin American region, insecurity and constant political uncertainty.
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- Universidad de Aquino Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Asociación Médica de Investigación y Servicios en Salud, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Medicina, Grupo de investigación Infettare, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia
- Asociación de Sociedades Científicas de Estudiantes de Medicina de Colombia (ASCEMCOL), Bogota, Colombia
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- Federación Latinoamericana de Sociedades Científicas de Estudiantes de Medicina, Asunción, Paraguay
- Universidad Autónoma Juan Misael Saracho, Tarija, Bolivia
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- Escuela Profesional de Medicina Humana, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Peru
- Hospital José Cayetano Heredia, EsSalud, Piura, Peru
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- Vicerrectorado de Investigación, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Peru
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Liao ZX, Tan XM, Zhao YY, Sun XC, Yi FL. Association between internal migration experience and depressive symptoms: analysis of PSID data. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:1145. [PMID: 37316848 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-16073-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Depression is on the rise globally. Additionally, the United States has a high level of population mobility. The main aim of this study was to provide a reference for improving the mental health of internal migrants by investigating the relationship between internal migration experience and depressive symptoms. METHODS We analysed data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). We included PSID data from the 2005 to 2019 waves in which all respondents were asked about their internal migration experience and depressive symptoms. This study included 15,023 participants. T tests, chi-square tests, multiple logistic regression methods were performed and fixed effects model. RESULTS In the sample, the prevalence of depressive symptoms was 4.42%. The risk of depression in internal migrants was 1.259 times (OR = 1.259, 95% CI = (1.025-1.547, p < 0.05) that of nonmigrants. Internal migration experience was significantly positively associated with female depressive episodes (OR = 1.312, 95% CI = 1.010-1.704, p < 0.05) and increased risk of becoming depressed at a young age (OR = 1.304, 95% CI = 1.010-1.684, p < 0.05). The association between internal migration experience and depressive symptoms was more significant for participants who might move (OR = 1.459, 95% CI = 1.094-1.947, p < 0.05). In addition, different internal migratory causes are associated with depressive symptoms to varying degrees. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight the need for greater policy attention to mental health inequalities between Internal migrants and those who never move away from their hometown in the United States. Our study provides a foundation for further research.
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- Zi-Xuan Liao
- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, No. 280 Waihuan East Road, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, No. 280 Waihuan East Road, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, No. 280 Waihuan East Road, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, No. 280 Waihuan East Road, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong Province, China
- Engineering and Technology Research Center of Guangdong Universities-Real World Engineering and Technology Research Center of Medical Information, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, No. 280 Waihuan East Road, University Town, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong Province, China.
- Engineering and Technology Research Center of Guangdong Universities-Real World Engineering and Technology Research Center of Medical Information, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
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Bitar Z, Elias MB, Malaeb D, Hallit S, Obeid S. Is cyberbullying perpetration associated with anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation among lebanese adolescents? Results from a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychol 2023; 11:53. [PMID: 36829238 PMCID: PMC9951827 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01091-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND As cyberbullying is a new area of investigation, results worldwide point to the prevalence of cyberbullying perpetration. This study aimed to assess the association between cyberbullying perpetration, anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation among Lebanese adolescents. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted between May and June 2021 and included a sample of adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years old, recruited from private schools chosen in a convenient way from all Lebanese districts. A total of 520 students accepted to participate in our study. To collect data, a questionnaire was shared by google form including: Cyber Bully/Cyber victim questionnaire; Lebanese Anxiety Scale; and Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents. RESULTS The results of the linear regressions, taking anxiety and depression as dependent variables, showed that female gender, having kind of hard and very/extremely hard influence of problems on daily work, sexual cyberbullying in cyberspace, embarrassing and inserting malicious content in cyberspace and older age were significantly associated with more anxiety and depression. Having kind of hard influence of problems on daily work compared to not at all, higher anxiety, higher depression and higher household crowding index (lower socioeconomic status) were significantly associated with higher odds of having suicidal ideation in the last month. CONCLUSION Cyberbullying perpetration and its associated factors reported in this study are significant enough to call for early detection and prevention strategies for Lebanese adolescents. At the school level, effective programs implemented in the school years are needed, aiming to develop social/emotional control, and conflict resolution skills as they might decrease engagement in cyberbullying perpetration among adolescents. Preventive interventions are needed to reduce the engagement of Lebanese adolescents in cyberbullying perpetration.
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- Zeinab Bitar
- grid.460789.40000 0004 4910 6535Faculty of medicine, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- grid.444434.70000 0001 2106 3658School of Arts and Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon
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- grid.411884.00000 0004 1762 9788College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, P.O. Box 4184, Ajman, United Arab Emirates ,grid.444421.30000 0004 0417 6142School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, P.O. Box 446, Jounieh, Lebanon. .,Applied Science Research Center, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan. .,Research Department, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon.
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- Social and Education Sciences Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Jbeil, Lebanon.
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Gallassi AD, Nakano EY, de Miranda KG, dos Santos JE, da Silva Rodrigues D, de Oliveira FM. The Increased Alcohol and Marijuana Use Associated with the Quality of Life and Psychosocial Aspects: a Study During the Covid-19 Pandemic in a Brazilian University Community. Int J Ment Health Addict 2022; 22:1-21. [PMID: 36311914 PMCID: PMC9589603 DOI: 10.1007/s11469-022-00937-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The primary practice adopted to reduce Covid-19 contamination is social distancing (SD). SD had significant consequences on alcohol/drug use, quality of life, and psychosocial aspects. In the university community specifically, SD produces a collective traumatic event with changes in the work routine by the suspension of presence. This study aims to identify and analyze the associations of increased alcohol and marijuana consumption on the quality of life and psychosocial aspects of the university community (students, professors, and technical and administrative staff) at a Brazilian public university during SD due to Covid-19 pandemic. This descriptive and cross-sectional study used an online questionnaire to obtain information from 2790 university community participants. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 22. The analysis included descriptive associations performed using Spearman's correlation coefficient and p < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. The participants' majority was 62% female, 95.4% students, 73% were 17-25 years old, 33.4% had income between 1 and 3 minimum wage, and 48% of the university community "totally adhered to SD." The increased alcohol consumption during SD was associated with a worsening in quality of life (p = 0.001), health satisfaction (p = 0.015), the meaning of life (p = 0.040), ability to concentrate (p = 0.001), satisfaction with yourself (p = 0.029), and frequency of negative feelings (p = 0.001); in contrast, increased alcohol use improved satisfaction with peer support (p = 0.042), as well as increased marijuana use improved satisfaction with sex life (p < 0.001). The increased alcohol use was higher in women (30.5%) than in men (26.7%) and was negatively associated with more quality of life and psychosocial aspects among women than men. Students were the segment that presented the highest frequency of associations with increased alcohol and/or marijuana use in the three domains analyzed. This study innovated by associating increased alcohol and/or marijuana use with worsening quality of life and psychosocial aspects rather than evaluating them apart. Future studies must identify whether this association between increased alcohol use, mainly, and the worsening quality of life and psychosocial aspects during the SD period is maintained or improved with the return to face-to-face activities at the university, with particular attention to women and students. Psychologists and other mental health professionals should be called upon to develop interventions to meet emerging mental health needs.
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- Andrea Donatti Gallassi
- Post-Graduation Program of Sciences and Health Technology (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde), Faculdade de Ceilândia (FCE), Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Centro Metropolitano 1, Conjunto A, Ceilândia Sul, Brasília, DF ZIP 72220-900 Brazil
- Center of Drugs and Associated Vulnerabilities (Centro de Referência Sobre Drogas e Vulnerabilidades Associadas), FCE, UnB, Centro Metropolitano 1, Conjunto A, Ceilândia Sul, Brasília, DF ZIP 72220-900 Brazil
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- Statistical Department (Departamento de Estatística), UnB, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Prédio CIC/EST, DF ZIP 70910-900 Brasília, Brazil
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- Post-Graduation Program of Sciences and Health Technology (Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências e Tecnologias em Saúde), Faculdade de Ceilândia (FCE), Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Centro Metropolitano 1, Conjunto A, Ceilândia Sul, Brasília, DF ZIP 72220-900 Brazil
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- Undergraduate Program in Occupation Therapy (Curso de Graduação em Terapia Ocupacional), FCE, UnB, Centro Metropolitano 1, Conjunto A, Ceilândia Sul, Brasília, DF ZIP 72220-900 Brazil
- Directorate of Health Care of the University Community (Diretoria de Atenção à Saúde da Comunidade Universitária - DASU), UnB, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF ZIP 70910-900 Brazil
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- Undergraduate Program in Occupation Therapy (Curso de Graduação em Terapia Ocupacional), FCE, UnB, Centro Metropolitano 1, Conjunto A, Ceilândia Sul, Brasília, DF ZIP 72220-900 Brazil
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- Undergraduate Program in Occupation Therapy (Curso de Graduação em Terapia Ocupacional), FCE, UnB, Centro Metropolitano 1, Conjunto A, Ceilândia Sul, Brasília, DF ZIP 72220-900 Brazil
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Factors Associated with Not Receiving a Booster Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in Peru. Vaccines (Basel) 2022; 10:vaccines10081183. [PMID: 35893832 PMCID: PMC9330573 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10081183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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To determine the factors associated with not receiving the booster dose for COVID-19 in Peru, a cross-sectional study by secondary analysis of a University of Maryland and Facebook survey database assessing the global impact of COVID-19 was conducted. Data of Peruvian users of this social network over 18 years of age who answered the survey between 13 February 2022 and 14 April 2022 were analyzed. We evaluated the association between sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, and history of COVID-19 with having received a booster dose for COVID-19. Crude (cPR) and adjusted (aPR) prevalence ratios with their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated. A sample of 20,814 adults, 21.5% of whom reported not receiving the booster dose, was analyzed. People under 75 years of age had a higher prevalence of not having received the booster dose. Likewise, having a university education (aPR = 1.03; 95%CI: 1.02–1.05), secondary, or pre-university education (aPR = 1.07; 95%CI: 1.05–1.09), or having a primary level or less (aPR = 1.11; 95%CI: 1.05–1.18), were associated with a higher prevalence of not receiving the booster, compared to individuals with a postgraduate education. Being employed (aPR = 1.01; 95%CI: 1.00–1.02), having had COVID-19 (aPR = 1.03; 95%CI: 1.01–1.04) and living in a town (aPR = 1.05; 95%CI: 1.02–1.07) or in a rural area (aPR = 1.06; 95%CI: 1.03–1.10), compared to living in the city, had a similar association. On the contrary, the female gender was associated with a lower prevalence of not receiving the booster (aPR = 0.97; 95%CI: 0.96–0.99). Sociodemographic characteristics and a history of having had COVID-19 were associated with the probability of not having received the booster dose for COVID-19 in the Peruvian population.
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Wang H, Sun M, Li H, Kang D, Yan L, Gao J. Accounting Transparency, Fear Sentiment and the COVID-19 Epidemic: For Public Health Security and the Construction of an Early Warning System. Front Public Health 2022; 10:908430. [PMID: 35937208 PMCID: PMC9347418 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.908430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A central issue of public health security and the construction of an early warning system is to establish a set of responsibility-oriented incentives and restraint mechanisms. This is closely related to the accounting transparency of the institutional environment and the fear sentiment of the individual's predicament. This study analyses the relationship between accounting transparency, fear sentiment, and COVID-19 through a VAR model analysis. The results show a significant and negative relationship between accounting transparency and daily new COVID-19 patients. In particular, accounting transparency has a negative impact on the increase in the number of people infected with a two-period lag, while the three-period lag in the number of new epidemics has a negative impact on accounting information. Second, accounting transparency has a positive impact on the increase in the search volume on COVID-19 within a three-period lag. After the three-period lag, the number of new epidemics has a positive impact on accounting information. Third, an increase in fear sentiment can be driven by the fear of COVID-19. Fourth, in the public health early warning system, according to the abovementioned time characteristics, the system arranges the emotional counseling, early warning incentives, and institutional constraints to be dealt with in the first 4 days. In addition, in the early warning target-oriented system setting, the parallel system helps to improve the early warning efficiency.
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- Haiyan Wang
- Business School, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Business School, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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- Finance Office, Gansu Provincial Hospital of TCM, Lanzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Han Li
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hexi University, Zhangye, China
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- Business School, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
| | - Jianhao Gao
- Business School, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, China
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