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The COVID-19 pandemic and mental health in Kazakhstan

The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on mental health. We examined factors associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. We surveyed 991 adults in Kazakhstan in July 2021 using multistage stratified sampling. Depression and anxiety were measu...

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Autores principales: Mergenova, Gaukhar, Rosenthal, Susan L., Myrkassymova, Akbope, Bukharbayeva, Assel, Iskakova, Balnur, Izekenova, Aigulsum, Izekenova, Assel, Alekesheva, Lyailya, Yerdenova, Maral, Karibayev, Kuanysh, Zhussupov, Baurzhan, Alimbekova, Gulzhan, Davis, Alissa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37854418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.46
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author Mergenova, Gaukhar
Rosenthal, Susan L.
Myrkassymova, Akbope
Bukharbayeva, Assel
Iskakova, Balnur
Izekenova, Aigulsum
Izekenova, Assel
Alekesheva, Lyailya
Yerdenova, Maral
Karibayev, Kuanysh
Zhussupov, Baurzhan
Alimbekova, Gulzhan
Davis, Alissa
author_facet Mergenova, Gaukhar
Rosenthal, Susan L.
Myrkassymova, Akbope
Bukharbayeva, Assel
Iskakova, Balnur
Izekenova, Aigulsum
Izekenova, Assel
Alekesheva, Lyailya
Yerdenova, Maral
Karibayev, Kuanysh
Zhussupov, Baurzhan
Alimbekova, Gulzhan
Davis, Alissa
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description The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on mental health. We examined factors associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. We surveyed 991 adults in Kazakhstan in July 2021 using multistage stratified sampling. Depression and anxiety were measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-4. We conducted logistic regression to assess associations between depression and anxiety and sociobehavioral factors. Overall, 12.01% reported depressive symptoms and 8.38% anxiety. Higher likelihood of depression was associated with being female (AOR: 1.64; 95% CI [1.05, 2.55]), having experience with COVID-19 in the social environment (AOR: 1.85; 95% CI [1.1–3.14]), experiencing food insecurity (AOR: 1.80; 95% CI [1.11–2.89]), increased family conflict (AOR: 2.43; 95% CI [1.32–4.48]) and impaired healthcare access (AOR: 2.41; 95% CI [1.32–4.41]). Higher likelihood of anxiety was associated with being female (AOR: 3.43; 95% CI [1.91–6.15]), increased family conflict (AOR: 2.22; 95% CI [1.11–4.44]) and impaired healthcare access (AOR: 2.63; 95% CI [1.36–5.12]). Multiple factors were associated with mental health in Kazakhstan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research is needed to determine the extent to which these factors and their associated mental health outcomes may persist.
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spelling pubmed-105796622023-10-18 The COVID-19 pandemic and mental health in Kazakhstan Mergenova, Gaukhar Rosenthal, Susan L. Myrkassymova, Akbope Bukharbayeva, Assel Iskakova, Balnur Izekenova, Aigulsum Izekenova, Assel Alekesheva, Lyailya Yerdenova, Maral Karibayev, Kuanysh Zhussupov, Baurzhan Alimbekova, Gulzhan Davis, Alissa Glob Ment Health (Camb) Research Article The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on mental health. We examined factors associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan. We surveyed 991 adults in Kazakhstan in July 2021 using multistage stratified sampling. Depression and anxiety were measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-4. We conducted logistic regression to assess associations between depression and anxiety and sociobehavioral factors. Overall, 12.01% reported depressive symptoms and 8.38% anxiety. Higher likelihood of depression was associated with being female (AOR: 1.64; 95% CI [1.05, 2.55]), having experience with COVID-19 in the social environment (AOR: 1.85; 95% CI [1.1–3.14]), experiencing food insecurity (AOR: 1.80; 95% CI [1.11–2.89]), increased family conflict (AOR: 2.43; 95% CI [1.32–4.48]) and impaired healthcare access (AOR: 2.41; 95% CI [1.32–4.41]). Higher likelihood of anxiety was associated with being female (AOR: 3.43; 95% CI [1.91–6.15]), increased family conflict (AOR: 2.22; 95% CI [1.11–4.44]) and impaired healthcare access (AOR: 2.63; 95% CI [1.36–5.12]). Multiple factors were associated with mental health in Kazakhstan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research is needed to determine the extent to which these factors and their associated mental health outcomes may persist. Cambridge University Press 2023-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10579662/ /pubmed/37854418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.46 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Rosenthal, Susan L.
Myrkassymova, Akbope
Bukharbayeva, Assel
Iskakova, Balnur
Izekenova, Aigulsum
Izekenova, Assel
Alekesheva, Lyailya
Yerdenova, Maral
Karibayev, Kuanysh
Zhussupov, Baurzhan
Alimbekova, Gulzhan
Davis, Alissa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579662/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37854418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2023.46
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