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Effect of gender and clinical-financial vulnerability on mental distress due to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on people’s mental health. This study examines whether gender influences the mental distress in people from at-risk populations (clinically high risk and financially vulnerable). A cross-sectional survey was administered between the 23rd and 28th of A...

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Autores principales: Simha, Aditya, Prasad, Ramakrishna, Ahmed, Sana, Rao, Naren P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7794077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33420600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-020-01097-x
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on people’s mental health. This study examines whether gender influences the mental distress in people from at-risk populations (clinically high risk and financially vulnerable). A cross-sectional survey was administered between the 23rd and 28th of April 2020 to 15,691 individuals from 32,596 households in the UK. Our findings confirmed that individuals who are clinically high risk or financially vulnerable or a combination of both experience significantly higher levels of mental distress. Additionally, we also found that females experienced higher levels of mental distress than males across various categories.
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spelling pubmed-77940772021-01-11 Effect of gender and clinical-financial vulnerability on mental distress due to COVID-19 Simha, Aditya Prasad, Ramakrishna Ahmed, Sana Rao, Naren P. Arch Womens Ment Health Short Communication The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on people’s mental health. This study examines whether gender influences the mental distress in people from at-risk populations (clinically high risk and financially vulnerable). A cross-sectional survey was administered between the 23rd and 28th of April 2020 to 15,691 individuals from 32,596 households in the UK. Our findings confirmed that individuals who are clinically high risk or financially vulnerable or a combination of both experience significantly higher levels of mental distress. Additionally, we also found that females experienced higher levels of mental distress than males across various categories. Springer Vienna 2021-01-09 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7794077/ /pubmed/33420600 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-020-01097-x Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, AT part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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