Evaluating the effect of individual characteristics and COVID‐19 pandemic on people living under extreme poverty conditions in Greece

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI:10.1002/pop4.395

Dimitrios Mimarakis, Athanasios Alegakis, Sofia Koukouli

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Abstract

Poverty dimensions and COVID‐19 are risk factors for a low quality of life and anxiety. The aims of this study are to: (a) examine the quality of life and anxiety levels of citizens living under poverty and (b) explore whether this population's characteristics shaped the way the pandemic affected their anxiety and quality of life. Data were collected from two groups, each one consisting of 50 citizens of the Attica region of Greece who live in poverty. The first wave was collected in 2019 and the second in 2021. The same information was collected in both waves, including individual characteristics, quality of life dimensions, and anxiety traits. Both sample groups were receivers of “TEBA,” a social solidarity allowance for people living in poverty in Greece. Specific individual characteristics were more strongly associated with better quality of life and different anxiety levels during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The results offer potential insights into specific sociodemographic characteristics which are strongly associated with quality of life and/or anxiety, factors which are being constantly affected by the poverty phenomenon.

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评估个人特征和 COVID-19 大流行对希腊极端贫困人口的影响

贫困维度和 COVID-19 是导致生活质量低下和焦虑的风险因素。本研究的目的是(a) 研究生活在贫困中的公民的生活质量和焦虑水平，(b) 探讨这一人群的特征是否影响了大流行病对其焦虑和生活质量的影响。数据收集自两组，每组由 50 名希腊阿提卡地区的贫困公民组成。第一波于 2019 年收集，第二波于 2021 年收集。两次调查收集了相同的信息，包括个人特征、生活质量维度和焦虑特征。两个样本组都是 "TEBA "的接受者，"TEBA "是希腊为生活贫困的人提供的一种社会团结津贴。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，特定的个人特征与更好的生活质量和不同的焦虑水平有更密切的联系。这些结果为我们深入了解与生活质量和/或焦虑密切相关的特定社会人口特征提供了可能，而这些因素正不断受到贫困现象的影响。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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