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Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria
Despite the greater adverse economic impacts in low and middle-income (LAMI) compared to high-income countries, fewer studies have investigated the associations between COVID-19-related stressor and mental health in LAMI countries. The objectives of this study were to determine the associations betw...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8389447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34437601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256690 |
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author | Oginni, Olakunle Ayokunmi Oloniniyi, Ibidunni Olapeju Ibigbami, Olanrewaju Ugo, Victor Amiola, Ayomipo Ogunbajo, Adedotun Esan, Oladoyin Adelola, Aderopo Daropale, Oluwatosin Ebuka, Matthew Mapayi, Boladale |
author_facet | Oginni, Olakunle Ayokunmi Oloniniyi, Ibidunni Olapeju Ibigbami, Olanrewaju Ugo, Victor Amiola, Ayomipo Ogunbajo, Adedotun Esan, Oladoyin Adelola, Aderopo Daropale, Oluwatosin Ebuka, Matthew Mapayi, Boladale |
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description | Despite the greater adverse economic impacts in low and middle-income (LAMI) compared to high-income countries, fewer studies have investigated the associations between COVID-19-related stressor and mental health in LAMI countries. The objectives of this study were to determine the associations between COVID-19-related stressors and anxiety and depressive symptoms while controlling for known risk and protective factors and to investigate any sex differences. An online survey was carried out to assess sociodemographic, psychosocial (previous mental health conditions, sexual orientation, intimate partner violence and perceived social support) and COVID-19-related variables. Hierarchical linear regression was carried out with anxiety and depressive symptoms as separate outcomes. Of the COVID-19-related factors, testing positive for COVID-19 infection, having COVID-19 symptoms, having other medical conditions, self-isolating due to COVID-19 symptoms, worry about infection, perception of the pandemic as a threat to income and isolation during the lockdown were significantly associated with higher anxiety and depressive symptoms. Of these, worry about infection, isolation during lockdown and disruption due to the pandemic retained independent associations with both outcomes. The variance in anxiety and depressive symptoms explained by COVID-19-related factors was larger in women (11.8%) compared to men (6.1% and 0.8% respectively). COVID-19-related stressors are associated with higher anxiety and depressive symptoms, with these effects being larger in men compared to women. Enhancing social support can be an affordable strategy to mitigate this risk but this needs to be investigated using appropriate designs. |
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spelling | pubmed-83894472021-08-27 Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria Oginni, Olakunle Ayokunmi Oloniniyi, Ibidunni Olapeju Ibigbami, Olanrewaju Ugo, Victor Amiola, Ayomipo Ogunbajo, Adedotun Esan, Oladoyin Adelola, Aderopo Daropale, Oluwatosin Ebuka, Matthew Mapayi, Boladale PLoS One Research Article Despite the greater adverse economic impacts in low and middle-income (LAMI) compared to high-income countries, fewer studies have investigated the associations between COVID-19-related stressor and mental health in LAMI countries. The objectives of this study were to determine the associations between COVID-19-related stressors and anxiety and depressive symptoms while controlling for known risk and protective factors and to investigate any sex differences. An online survey was carried out to assess sociodemographic, psychosocial (previous mental health conditions, sexual orientation, intimate partner violence and perceived social support) and COVID-19-related variables. Hierarchical linear regression was carried out with anxiety and depressive symptoms as separate outcomes. Of the COVID-19-related factors, testing positive for COVID-19 infection, having COVID-19 symptoms, having other medical conditions, self-isolating due to COVID-19 symptoms, worry about infection, perception of the pandemic as a threat to income and isolation during the lockdown were significantly associated with higher anxiety and depressive symptoms. Of these, worry about infection, isolation during lockdown and disruption due to the pandemic retained independent associations with both outcomes. The variance in anxiety and depressive symptoms explained by COVID-19-related factors was larger in women (11.8%) compared to men (6.1% and 0.8% respectively). COVID-19-related stressors are associated with higher anxiety and depressive symptoms, with these effects being larger in men compared to women. Enhancing social support can be an affordable strategy to mitigate this risk but this needs to be investigated using appropriate designs. Public Library of Science 2021-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8389447/ /pubmed/34437601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256690 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Oginni, Olakunle Ayokunmi Oloniniyi, Ibidunni Olapeju Ibigbami, Olanrewaju Ugo, Victor Amiola, Ayomipo Ogunbajo, Adedotun Esan, Oladoyin Adelola, Aderopo Daropale, Oluwatosin Ebuka, Matthew Mapayi, Boladale Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria |
title | Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria |
title_full | Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria |
title_short | Depressive and anxiety symptoms and COVID-19-related factors among men and women in Nigeria |
title_sort | depressive and anxiety symptoms and covid-19-related factors among men and women in nigeria |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8389447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34437601 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256690 |
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