The association of social factors and COVID-19–related resource loss with depression and anxiety among Arabs in Israel.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shira Pagorek-Eshel ◽  
Haneen Elias ◽  
Raghda Alnabilsy ◽  
Shulamit Grinapol
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Resource Loss

scholarly journals Mental health and preventive behaviour of pregnant women in China during the early phase of the COVID-19 period

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Wang ◽  
Phoenix K. H. Mo ◽  
Bo Song ◽  
Jiang-Li Di ◽  
Feng-Rong Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Regression Analyses

Abstract Background The COVID-19 has caused significant toll over the globe. Pregnant women are at risk of infection. The present study examined the frequency of washing hands with soap and wearing face mask when going out, prevalence of depression and anxiety, and identified their associated factors among pregnant women during the early phase of COVID-19 outbreak in China. Methods A cross-sectional online survey was conducted between 24 February and 3 March 2020. A total of 15 428 pregnant women who were using maternal health care services in China completed a questionnaire which assessed their socio-demographic and pregnancy-related characteristics, contextual, cognitive and social factors related to COVID-19, frequency of washing hands and wearing face masks, and depression and anxiety. Logistics regression analyses were performed to identify the associated factors of preventive behaviours and mental health. Results The prevalence of probable anxiety and depression was 28.2% and 43.6% respectively. 19.8% reported always wearing face mask when going out, and 19.1% reported washing hands with soap for more than 10 times per day. Results from logistic regression analyses showed that older age was associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety (OR = 0.42–0.67) and higher frequency of washing hands (OR = 1.57–3.40). Higher level of education level was associated with probable depression (OR = 1.31–1.45) and higher frequency of wearing face mask (OR = 1.50–1.57). After adjusting for significant socio-demographic and pregnancy-related factors, place of residence being locked down (aOR = 1.10–1.11), being quarantined (aOR = 1.42–1.57), personally knowing someone being infected with COVID-19 (aOR = 1.80–1.92), perception that COVID-19 would pose long term physical harm to human (aOR = 1.25–1.28) were associated with higher levels of depression and anxiety, while the perception that the disease will be under control in the coming month was associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety (aOR = 0.59–0.63) and lower tendency of always wearing face mask (aOR = 0.85). Social support was associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety (aOR = 0.86–0,87) and higher frequency of washing hands (aOR = 1.06). Conclusions The mental health and preventive behaviours of pregnant women during COVID-19 outbreak was associated with a range of socio-demographic, pregnancy-related, contextual, cognitive and social factors. Interventions to mitigate their mental health problems and to promote preventive behaviours are highly warranted.

A Two-Wave Study On The Associations Of Burnout With Depression And Anxiety: The Mediating And Moderating Role Of Perceived Family Support

2021 ◽  
pp. 003329412110512
Author(s):  
Panagiota Koutsimani ◽  
Anthony Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
General Survey ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Reciprocal Associations ◽  
Direction Opposite

Studies have shown strong associations between burnout and depression and burnout and anxiety but their exact interrelationships still remain unclear. Few studies have examined the psychosocial mechanisms that might underlie these two relationships. Non-work social factors such as perceived family support can affect mental health. The present study investigated the distinctiveness and the reciprocal associations between burnout and depression, and burnout and anxiety by collecting data twice over an 8 month interval. Perceived family support was examined as a mediating and a moderating factor underlying the two relationships. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, the Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale, and the Julkunen Family Support Scale were administered to employees of the general working population ( N = 52). First, our results revealed moderate associations between burnout and depression, and burnout and anxiety, supporting the distinctiveness of burnout from the two psychological phenomena. Second, the exhaustion and cynicism burnout dimensions showed reciprocal associations with depression. Moreover, anxiety was found to be a consequence of cynicism while it presented reciprocal associations with the exhaustion dimension of burnout. Perceived family support did not mediate the burnout-depression and burnout-anxiety relationships. However, it moderated the depression-exhaustion relationship in a direction opposite from our hypothesis.

Psychological and Social Factors Contributing to Post-traumatic Growth After Spinal Cord Injury

2021 ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Mohammed AlNamlah
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Life Stressors ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Post Traumatic

Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in significant changes in a person's life; it has a tremendous psychological impact not only at the individual level but also on their caregiver. There is still little known about the positive psychological changes following SCI. The aim of this study was to determine the psychological and social factors affecting post-traumatic psychological growth after SCI. Methodology: This multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted on 66 patients with traumatic SCI between November 2020 and May 2021 using PWB-PTCQ, HADS, and social support scale. Data were analyzed using the SPSS program. Result: This study included 66 patients from multilabel territorial centers. The Mean ± SD of the patients’ age was 32.1 ± 14.5 years, and 34 (51.5%) of them were aged <32 years. Male patients were more dominant compared to their female counterparts; 48 (72.7%) versus 18 (27.3%), respectively. The most common type of injury was ASIA-A 24 (36.4%), and the most common nature of stress was financial 33 (53.2%). Conclusion: Anxiety and depression were less common among our patients with SCI, whereas there were high life stressors, and financial stress was the dominant type of stress among patients. The most affected dimension of PTG was a sense of mastery, whereas relationships and personal growth were the least affected among patients with SCI. Achieving PTG was significantly affected by depression, education level, and life stressors. There was a regression relation between PTG with depression and anxiety, thus PTG can predict depression and anxiety in patients with SCI.

scholarly journals A biopsychosocial network model of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review

Rheumatology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (Supplement_5) ◽  
pp. v10-v21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinie Geenen ◽  
Emma Dures
Keyword(s):  
Network Model ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Tailored Interventions ◽  
Mental Well Being

Abstract Fatigue in RA is prevalent, intrusive and disabling. We propose a network model of fatigue encompassing multiple and mutually interacting biological, psychological and social factors. Guided by this model, we reviewed the literature to offer a comprehensive overview of factors that have been associated with fatigue in RA. Six categories of variables were found: physical functioning, psychological functioning, medical status, comorbidities and symptoms, biographical variables and miscellaneous variables. We then systematically reviewed associations between fatigue and factors commonly addressed by rheumatology health professionals. Correlations of fatigue with physical disability, poor mental well-being, pain, sleep disturbance and depression and anxiety were ∼0.50. Mostly these correlations remained significant in multivariate analyses, suggesting partly independent influences on fatigue and differences between individuals. These findings indicate the importance of research into individual-specific networks of biopsychosocial factors that maintain fatigue and tailored interventions that target the influencing factors most relevant to that person.

scholarly journals Not urbanization level but socioeconomic, physical and social neighbourhood characteristics are associated with presence and severity of depressive and anxiety disorders

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Generaal ◽  
Erik J. Timmermans ◽  
Jasper E. C. Dekkers ◽  
Johannes H. Smit ◽  
Brenda W. J. H. Penninx
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Physical Factors ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Neighbourhood Characteristics ◽  
Social Security Beneficiaries

AbstractBackgroundWhich neighbourhood factors most consistently impact on depression and anxiety remains unclear. This study examines whether objectively obtained socioeconomic, physical and social aspects of the neighbourhood in which persons live are associated with the presence and severity of depressive and anxiety disorders.MethodsCross-sectional data are from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety including participants (n = 2980) with and without depressive and anxiety disorders in the past year (based on DSM-based psychiatric interviews). We also determined symptom severity of depression (Inventory of Depression Symptomatology), anxiety (Beck Anxiety Inventory) and fear (Fear Questionnaire). Neighbourhood characteristics comprised socioeconomic factors (socioeconomic status, home value, number of social security beneficiaries and percentage of immigrants), physical factors (air pollution, traffic noise and availability of green space and water) and social factors (social cohesion and safety). Multilevel regression analyses were performed with the municipality as the second level while adjusting for individual sociodemographic variables and household income.ResultsNot urbanization grade, but rather neighbourhood socioecononomic factors (low socioeconomic status, more social security beneficiaries and more immigrants), physical factors (high levels of traffic noise) and social factors (lower social cohesion and less safety) were associated with the presence of depressive and anxiety disorders. Most of these neighbourhood characteristics were also associated with increased depressive and anxiety symptoms severity.ConclusionThese findings suggest that it is not population density in the neighbourhood, but rather the quality of socioeconomic, physical and social neighbourhood characteristics that is associated with the presence and severity of affective disorders.

scholarly journals The Stree Arogya Shodh: investigating gynaecological morbidities and women's mental health in India

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 86-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikram Patel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Lower Abdominal Pain ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Neurotic Disorders ◽  
Clinical Syndromes ◽  
Health Significance ◽  
The Common

Gynaecological complaints have long been associated with poor mental health, in particular depression and anxiety, in higher-income countries. Lower abdominal pain (both menstrual and non-menstrual) and pelvic pain are considered the hallmark gynaecological symptoms associated with somatoform, stress-related and neurotic disorders (the ‘common mental disorders', CMDs). Cultural and social factors heavily influence the expression of somatic symptoms and metaphors for emotional distress, but little is known about gynaecological psychosomatic clinical syndromes in non-Western cultures, despite the enormous global health significance of gynaecological symptoms. This paper considers the specific example of the syndrome of abnormal vaginal discharge (AVD) in India.

Domestic Integration and Suicide in the Provinces of Canada

Crisis ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoon A. Leenaars ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Over Time

Canada's rate of suicide varies from province to province. The classical theory of suicide, which attempts to explain the social suicide rate, stems from Durkheim, who argued that low levels of social integration and regulation are associated with high rates of suicide. The present study explored whether social factors (divorce, marriage, and birth rates) do in fact predict suicide rates over time for each province (period studied: 1950-1990). The results showed a positive association between divorce rates and suicide rates, and a negative association between birth rates and suicide rates. Marriage rates showed no consistent association, an anomaly as compared to research from other nations.

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