社区中的COVID-19:女性心理健康,财务安全和体力活动的变化
Michael E Zimmerman1, Lauren J Hart2, Perla Medrano3
1School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
AJPM focus
|May 26, 2023
概括
COVID-19大流行对北卡罗来纳州20-40岁的女性产生了负面影响,增加了心理健康问题,财务不安全,并减少了体力活动. 这些挑战对非西班牙裔黑人妇女和社会经济地位较低的妇女来说尤其明显.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行给全球人口带来了前所未有的挑战.
- 了解其对弱势人口群体的具体影响对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 生育年龄的妇女经常面临着独特的社会经济和健康负担.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19流行病对女性心理健康,财务安全和身体活动的多方面的影响.
- 确定与这些与流行病相关的挑战相关的社会人口统计因素.
- 通过定性方法探索生活经验.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,结合了调查 (N=127) 和半结构面试 (n=46) 与20-40岁的女性.
- 调查数据被描述性地分析,并使用后勤回归来分析与社会人口统计因素的关联.
- 使用快速编码技术分析的定性数据,以识别反复出现的主题.
主要成果:
- 参与者报告说,挫败感,孤独感,焦虑,抑郁和睡眠障碍显著增加.
- 44.0%的人报告了与种族,种族,教育和收入相关的财务困难.
- 身体活动在所有强度下降,抑郁症和运动减少之间存在相关性.
结论:
- 在北卡罗来纳州,COVID-19大流行加剧了20-40岁女性的心理健康问题,财务压力和身体不活动.
- 根据种族,种族和社会经济地位观察到特定的差异.
- 调查结果突出了在公共卫生危机期间针对女性复杂需求的定制支持系统的需要.
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