粮食短缺和收入下降与农村环境中COVID-19大流行后的抑郁症有关
Dharmendra Gahwai1, Sonal Dayama2, Aakanksha Mishra3
1Directorate of Health Services, Raipur, India.
Frontiers in public health
|April 17, 2025
概括
COVID-19在印度中部农村地区显著影响了心理健康,患难,焦虑和抑郁症普遍存在. 收入损失和家庭死亡等社会经济因素增加了风险,突出了需要获得心理健康支持的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行对全球心理健康产生了深刻而持久的影响.
- 农村人口在获得医疗保健,包括心理健康服务方面经常面临独特的挑战.
- 了解COVID-19后印度农村地区的特定心理健康负担对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19与印度中部农村地区心理健康结果之间的关联.
- 评估受影响家庭中焦虑,抑郁和创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的患病率.
- 识别导致精神困扰的社会经济因素.
主要方法:
- 在查蒂斯加尔德德尔格区的18个村庄进行了横截面调查.
- 评估使用了包括GAD-7,PHQ-9和IES-R在内的验证仪器.
- 从431名参与者中收集了数据,其中至少有一个家庭成员受到COVID-19的影响.
主要成果:
- 分别在26.2%,14.8%和11.8%的参与者中观察到痛苦,焦虑和抑郁症的症状.
- 由于COVID-19而导致的家庭成员死亡和自费支出与更高的心理痛苦有显著的联系.
- 收入减少与抑郁症有关 (OR=2.066),教育,吸烟和支出与PTSD症状有关.
结论:
- 收入稳定和粮食安全等社会经济因素对大流行后一年的心理健康结果至关重要.
- 针对性心理健康资源和财务支持对于经历粮食和财务不安全的人来说至关重要.
- 干预措施应解决COVID-19对弱势农村人口的长期心理健康后果.
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