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Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19
During crisis, trust has been found to have a buffering effect in the prevention of the deterioration of mental well-being, as trust is considered to reflect the individual's capability to gain social resources including both formal and informal support. Additionally, during the COVID-19 pandem...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485675 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100903 |
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author | Matsushima, Midori Tsuno, Kanami Okawa, Sumiyo Hori, Ai Tabuchi, Takahiro |
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description | During crisis, trust has been found to have a buffering effect in the prevention of the deterioration of mental well-being, as trust is considered to reflect the individual's capability to gain social resources including both formal and informal support. Additionally, during the COVID-19 pandemic, political trust has been found to reduce anxiety. Taking these findings into account, this study explores the association of generalised and political trust with mental well-being on current postpartum women who were particularly at risk due to a decline in social support leaving them an increased burden of caring newborns during the pandemic. We conducted a crosssectional survey in October 2020 in Japan (n=558). Depressive symptoms (above the cutoff of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)) and Fear of Coronavirus-19 Scale (FCV–19S) scores were used as mental well-being indicators. Generalised and political trust were captured by binary variables. Results of regression analyses, in which covariates were fully adjusted, showed that higher generalised trust had a statistically significant association with lower possibility of depressive symptoms and a lower FCV-19S score, while political trust was not significantly associated with either indicator. For further understanding, we divided respondents into two groups; women living in cities where higher COVID-19 cases were reported and women living in areas with lower COVID-19 cases, to test whether the role of trust differs depending on the infection spread status. It was found that a higher generalised trust was significantly associated with a lower probability of having depressive symptoms in the areas with lower COVID-19 cases. However, statistical significance was not observed in the areas with high COVID-19 cases. This highlighted that even postpartum women who were normally capable of receiving formal and informal social support need to be taken care of in the current situation. |
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spelling | pubmed-84037552021-09-02 Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19 Matsushima, Midori Tsuno, Kanami Okawa, Sumiyo Hori, Ai Tabuchi, Takahiro SSM Popul Health Article During crisis, trust has been found to have a buffering effect in the prevention of the deterioration of mental well-being, as trust is considered to reflect the individual's capability to gain social resources including both formal and informal support. Additionally, during the COVID-19 pandemic, political trust has been found to reduce anxiety. Taking these findings into account, this study explores the association of generalised and political trust with mental well-being on current postpartum women who were particularly at risk due to a decline in social support leaving them an increased burden of caring newborns during the pandemic. We conducted a crosssectional survey in October 2020 in Japan (n=558). Depressive symptoms (above the cutoff of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)) and Fear of Coronavirus-19 Scale (FCV–19S) scores were used as mental well-being indicators. Generalised and political trust were captured by binary variables. Results of regression analyses, in which covariates were fully adjusted, showed that higher generalised trust had a statistically significant association with lower possibility of depressive symptoms and a lower FCV-19S score, while political trust was not significantly associated with either indicator. For further understanding, we divided respondents into two groups; women living in cities where higher COVID-19 cases were reported and women living in areas with lower COVID-19 cases, to test whether the role of trust differs depending on the infection spread status. It was found that a higher generalised trust was significantly associated with a lower probability of having depressive symptoms in the areas with lower COVID-19 cases. However, statistical significance was not observed in the areas with high COVID-19 cases. This highlighted that even postpartum women who were normally capable of receiving formal and informal social support need to be taken care of in the current situation. Elsevier 2021-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8403755/ /pubmed/34485675 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100903 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Matsushima, Midori Tsuno, Kanami Okawa, Sumiyo Hori, Ai Tabuchi, Takahiro Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19 |
title | Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19 |
title_full | Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19 |
title_short | Trust and well-being of postpartum women during the COVID-19 crisis: Depression and fear of COVID-19 |
title_sort | trust and well-being of postpartum women during the covid-19 crisis: depression and fear of covid-19 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8403755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485675 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100903 |
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