Sex and age differences in clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety among people in Australia in the first month of COVID-19 restrictions: a national survey
| Autor: | Jane Fisher, Karin Hammarberg, Maggie Kirkman, Thach Duc Tran |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent Psychological intervention Anxiety Irritability social medicine Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Young adult Psychiatry Pandemics Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged business.industry Depression SARS-CoV-2 Public health Incidence public health Australia COVID-19 General Medicine Middle Aged Mental health Patient Health Questionnaire Mental Health Medicine Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Open BMJ Open, Vol 10, Iss 11 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesTo identify sex and age differences in clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety and the factors associated with these differences among adults in Australia during COVID-19-related restrictions.DesignAnonymous online survey.SettingAustralia.ParticipantsAdults aged over 18 years living in Australia were eligible and 13 829 contributed complete data. Of these, 13 762 identified as female (10 434) or male (3328) and were included in analyses.InterventionsNone.Outcome measuresClinically significant symptoms of depression (≥10 on Patient Health Questionnaire 9) or anxiety (≥10 on Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale 7 (GAD-7)), and experiences of irritability (GAD-7 item 6).ResultsWomen were more likely than men to have clinically significant symptoms of depression (26.3% (95% CI 25.4 to 27.1) vs 20.1% (95% CI 18.7 to 21.5), pConclusionsRates of clinically significant symptoms of depression and anxiety were higher among women than men. Rather than being intrinsically more vulnerable to mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, the higher risk of symptoms of anxiety and depression among women may in part be explained by their disproportionate burden of unpaid caregiving. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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