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The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years

OBJECTIVES: Examine differences in multidimensional well-being from before (January 2020) to three timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020, January 2021, January 2022). STUDY DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional design. METHODS: Nationally representative cross-sectional cohorts of US adults c...

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Autores principales: Cowden, R.G., Nakamura, J.S., de la Rosa Fernández Pacheco, P.A., Chen, Y., Fulks, J., Plake, J.F., VanderWeele, T.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10010931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36924673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.006
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author Cowden, R.G.
Nakamura, J.S.
de la Rosa Fernández Pacheco, P.A.
Chen, Y.
Fulks, J.
Plake, J.F.
VanderWeele, T.J.
author_facet Cowden, R.G.
Nakamura, J.S.
de la Rosa Fernández Pacheco, P.A.
Chen, Y.
Fulks, J.
Plake, J.F.
VanderWeele, T.J.
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description OBJECTIVES: Examine differences in multidimensional well-being from before (January 2020) to three timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020, January 2021, January 2022). STUDY DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional design. METHODS: Nationally representative cross-sectional cohorts of US adults completed the Secure Flourish Index before (January 2020 cohort: N = 1010) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020 cohort: N = 3020; January 2021 cohort: N = 3366; January 2022 cohort: N = 2598). We estimated differences in indicators, domains, and composite well-being between the January 2020 cohort and each of the subsequent cohorts. We also explored whether changes in well-being between January 2020 and January 2022 varied based on age, gender, and race/ethnicity. RESULTS: Initial declines in well-being observed by June 2020 were largely followed by a return to prepandemic levels in January 2022, with some exceptions. Notably, general declines in mental health have persisted through to January 2022. On the other hand, there was evidence of general improvements in character & virtue that exceeded prepandemic levels in January 2022. Young adults and racial/ethnic minorities reported lower financial & material stability in January 2022 compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: Although there are promising signs that the well-being of US adults has mostly recovered to prepandemic levels, a coordinated response is urgently needed to support population mental health and the financial security of vulnerable groups. As society continues the journey toward postpandemic recovery, continued tracking of multidimensional well-being will be important for making informed decisions about public health priorities.
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spelling pubmed-100109312023-03-14 The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years Cowden, R.G. Nakamura, J.S. de la Rosa Fernández Pacheco, P.A. Chen, Y. Fulks, J. Plake, J.F. VanderWeele, T.J. Public Health Original Research OBJECTIVES: Examine differences in multidimensional well-being from before (January 2020) to three timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020, January 2021, January 2022). STUDY DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional design. METHODS: Nationally representative cross-sectional cohorts of US adults completed the Secure Flourish Index before (January 2020 cohort: N = 1010) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020 cohort: N = 3020; January 2021 cohort: N = 3366; January 2022 cohort: N = 2598). We estimated differences in indicators, domains, and composite well-being between the January 2020 cohort and each of the subsequent cohorts. We also explored whether changes in well-being between January 2020 and January 2022 varied based on age, gender, and race/ethnicity. RESULTS: Initial declines in well-being observed by June 2020 were largely followed by a return to prepandemic levels in January 2022, with some exceptions. Notably, general declines in mental health have persisted through to January 2022. On the other hand, there was evidence of general improvements in character & virtue that exceeded prepandemic levels in January 2022. Young adults and racial/ethnic minorities reported lower financial & material stability in January 2022 compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: Although there are promising signs that the well-being of US adults has mostly recovered to prepandemic levels, a coordinated response is urgently needed to support population mental health and the financial security of vulnerable groups. As society continues the journey toward postpandemic recovery, continued tracking of multidimensional well-being will be important for making informed decisions about public health priorities. The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2023-04 2023-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10010931/ /pubmed/36924673 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.006 Text en © 2023 The Royal Society for Public Health. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Cowden, R.G.
Nakamura, J.S.
de la Rosa Fernández Pacheco, P.A.
Chen, Y.
Fulks, J.
Plake, J.F.
VanderWeele, T.J.
The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years
title The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years
title_full The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years
title_fullStr The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years
title_full_unstemmed The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years
title_short The road to postpandemic recovery in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years
title_sort road to postpandemic recovery in the usa: a repeated cross-sectional survey of multidimensional well-being over two years
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10010931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36924673
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.02.006
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