scholarly journals Psychological distress associated with COVID-19 quarantine: Latent profile analysis, outcome prediction and mediation analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 277 ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo S. Fernández ◽  
Lucia Crivelli ◽  
Nahuel Magrath Guimet ◽  
Ricardo F. Allegri ◽  
Maria E. Pedreira
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Outcome Prediction ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Latent Profile

scholarly journals Perceived Stress, Resilience, and Anxiety Among Pregnant Chinese Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Latent Profile Analysis and Mediation Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Luo ◽  
Yaqing Shen ◽  
Jiajia Yuan ◽  
Yifan Zhao ◽  
Zhengkui Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Stress Resilience ◽  
Person Centered Approach ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽  
Stress Patterns ◽  
Latent Profile

Objective: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a major threat to pregnant women's mental health. This study aimed to characterize the patterns of perceived stress in pregnant Chinese women during the COVID-19 pandemic, to examine the profile differences on anxiety and resilience, and to investigate whether the differences in these profiles on anxiety were mediated by resilience.Methods: From February 28, 2020 to April 26, 2020, a sample of 2,116 pregnant Chinese women who participated in online crisis interventions completed an online self-reporting questionnaire assessing their demographic characteristics, perceived stress, resilience, and anxiety.Results: Latent profile analysis (LPA) on two stress dimensions [perceived helplessness (HEL) and perceived self-efficacy (SEL)] indicated four perceived stress profiles: adaptive (33.7% of the sample), resistant (44.6%), insensitive (19.1%), and sensitive (2.6%). The women with both adaptive and insensitive profiles had the lowest levels of anxiety, whereas those with the resistant profile had the lowest levels of resilience. Multicategorical mediation analysis showed that resilience partially mediated the differences in the pregnant women's anxiety between the adaptive/insensitive and resistant profile.Conclusion: This study showed the heterogeneity in the perceived stress patterns of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing the internal mechanisms of pregnant women's anxiety using a person-centered approach, and provided initial evidence guiding the development of differentiated stress interventions to alleviate pregnant women's anxiety during the pandemic.

Coping profiles and health outcomes among individuals with systemic sclerosis: A latent profile analysis approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 231-236
Author(s):  
Shelley E Condon ◽  
Scott C Roesch ◽  
Philip J Clements ◽  
Daniel E Furst ◽  
Michael H Weisman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Systemic Sclerosis ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Health Related ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Latent Profile

Background: Systemic sclerosis has negative implications for quality of life, and coping is a mechanism by which individuals can adapt more successfully to illness. This study (1) identified coping profiles in patients with systemic sclerosis and (2) examined distress and disability correlates of the profiles. Methods: A sample of 93 patients with confirmed diagnoses of systemic sclerosis received clinical examinations and reported on coping, psychological distress, and health-related disability. Latent profile analysis was used to identify coping-based profile groups. The profile groups were then compared on psychological distress and health-related disability, controlling for disease severity. Results: A two-profile solution was supported: Active Copers emphasized problem-focused, social support, counting blessings, and religious approaches to coping with systemic sclerosis. Passive Copers emphasized blaming self and others, avoidance, and wishful thinking approaches to coping. Active Copers reported significantly less psychological distress than Passive Copers, but no significant differences were found for health-related disability. Discussion: The findings identify multidimensional patterns of coping that are differentially related to psychological distress in systemic sclerosis patients. These findings can inform coping-based interventions for patients with systemic sclerosis.

scholarly journals A latent profile analysis of Pacific health values

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 531-544
Author(s):  
Sarah Ann Kapeli
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Pacific Population ◽  
Proxy Indicators ◽  
Pacific Health ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Pacific Community ◽  
Latent Profile

Introduction: Pacific health models that centre Pacific values, can serve as a tool to address Pacific disparities in healthcare. In this study, we broadly draw upon the health concepts of these models to determine how Pacific values are translate across Pacific health and wellbeing. Methods: Using data from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, we identified proxy indicators of common Pacific values. With these proxy indicators we developed a LP Latent Profile Analysis A to uncover subgroups of Pacific peoples based on their orientation towards each proxy indicator and their association with psychological distress. Findings: We identified four subgroups of Pacific peoples: (1) 65% of Pacific peoples identified strongly with Pacific values with low associated psychological distress (2) 18% of Pacific peoples identified moderately with Pacific values with medium associated psychological distress (3) 5% of Pacific peoples identified less with Pacific values with low associated psychological distress (4) 12% of Pacific peoples identified ambivalent with Pacific values with high associated psychological distress. Conclusions: These results suggest that Pacific values and the utility of Pacific health models are an appropriate way of framing health and wellbeing for a vast majority of our Pacific population. However, we also need to recognise the incredible diversity among our Pacific community and be understanding and accommodating of the diverse ways that Pacific peoples can express what they consider valuable.

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