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Prevalence of central nervous system-active polypharmacy in a cohort of older adults in Argentina. 阿根廷老年人群中中枢神经系统活性多重药物的流行情况。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-29 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.798
Augusto Ferraris, Federico Angriman, Tomas Barrera, Paula Penizzotto, Sol Faerman, Washington Rivadeneira, Alan Chiessa, Gaspar Mura, Javier Alberto Pollán, Alejandro G Szmulewicz
{"title":"Prevalence of central nervous system-active polypharmacy in a cohort of older adults in Argentina.","authors":"Augusto Ferraris, Federico Angriman, Tomas Barrera, Paula Penizzotto, Sol Faerman, Washington Rivadeneira, Alan Chiessa, Gaspar Mura, Javier Alberto Pollán, Alejandro G Szmulewicz","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Central nervous system (CNS)-active polypharmacy is frequent and potentially harmful in older patients. Data on its burden outside the USA and European countries remain limited.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To estimate the period prevalence of and factors associated with out-of-hospital CNS-active polypharmacy in older adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used data from a cohort of out-patients aged ≥60 years affiliated to the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires' health maintenance organisation on 1 January 2021. A CNS-active polypharmacy event was defined as the concurrent exposure to ≥3 CNS-active medications (i.e. antidepressants, anti-epileptics, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, Z-drugs and opioids) through filled out-of-hospital prescriptions. We calculated the period prevalence of CNS-active polypharmacy for 2021. We identified factors associated with CNS-active polypharmacy using a multivariable logistic regression model to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 63 857 patients. Pre-existing mental health diagnoses included anxiety (21%), depressive (14%) and sleep (11%) disorders. CNS-active polypharmacy occurred in 4535 patients, for a period prevalence of 7.1% (95% CI: 6.9-7.3%). The combination of an antidepressant, an antipsychotic and a benzodiazepine accounted for 21% of the CNS-active polypharmacy events. Frontotemporal dementia (odds ratio: 14.67; 95% CI: 4.47-48.20), schizophrenia (odds ratio: 7.93; 95% CI: 4.64-13.56), bipolar disorder (odds ratio: 7.20; 95% CI: 5.45-9.50) and depressive disorder (odds ratio: 3.50; 95% CI: 3.26-3.75) were associated with CNS-active polypharmacy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>One in 14 adults aged 60 years and older presented out-of-hospital CNS-active polypharmacy. Future studies should evaluate measures to reduce CNS-active medication use in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e190"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142520859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Predictors of mental well-being among family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during COVID-19. 在 COVID-19 期间,智力和发育障碍成人的家庭照顾者心理健康的预测因素。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.761
Olivia Mendoza, Laura St John, Gabriel Tarzi, Anupam Thakur, Johanna K Lake, Yona Lunsky
{"title":"Predictors of mental well-being among family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during COVID-19.","authors":"Olivia Mendoza, Laura St John, Gabriel Tarzi, Anupam Thakur, Johanna K Lake, Yona Lunsky","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Internationally, stresses related to the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the mental health of family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs).</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This cross-sectional study investigated demographic, situational and psychological variables associated with mental wellbeing among family caregivers of adults with IDDs during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Baseline data from 202 family caregivers participating in virtual courses to support caregiver mental well-being were collected from October 2020 to June 2022 via online survey. Mental well-being was assessed using total scores from the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. Demographic, situational and psychological contributors to mental well-being were identified using hierarchical regression analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Variables associated with lower levels of mental well-being were gender (women); age (<60 years old); lack of vaccine availability; loss of programming for their family member; social isolation; and low confidence in their ability to prepare for healthcare, support their family member's mental health, manage burnout and navigate healthcare and social systems. Connection with other families, confidence in managing burnout and building resilience and confidence in working effectively across health and social systems were significant predictors of mental well-being in the final regression model, which predicted 55.6% of variance in mental well-being (<i>P</i> < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Family caregivers need ways to foster social connections with other families, and support to properly utilise healthcare and social services during public health emergencies. Helping them attend to their needs as caregivers can promote their mental health and ultimately improve outcomes for their family members with disabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e191"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142494699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evidencing the challenges of care delivery for people with intellectual disability and epilepsy in England by using the Step Together toolkit. 通过使用 "齐心协力 "工具包,证明为英格兰智障人士和癫痫患者提供护理所面临的挑战。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.749
Tom Shillito, Lance Watkins, Hafsha Ali, Georgina Page, Angie Pullen, Sarah Mitchell, Ashok Roy, Arjune Sen, Michael Kinney, Rhys Thomas, Phil Tittensor, Manny Bagary, Arun Subramanium, Bridie Kent, Rohit Shankar
{"title":"Evidencing the challenges of care delivery for people with intellectual disability and epilepsy in England by using the Step Together toolkit.","authors":"Tom Shillito, Lance Watkins, Hafsha Ali, Georgina Page, Angie Pullen, Sarah Mitchell, Ashok Roy, Arjune Sen, Michael Kinney, Rhys Thomas, Phil Tittensor, Manny Bagary, Arun Subramanium, Bridie Kent, Rohit Shankar","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.749","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>People with intellectual disability (PwID) and epilepsy have increased premature and potentially preventable mortality. This is related to a lack of equitable access to appropriate care. The Step Together guidance and toolkit, developed with patient, clinical, charity and commissioning stakeholders, allows evaluation and benchmarking of essential epilepsy service provision for PwID in eight key domains, at a care system level.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To evaluate care provisions for adult PwID and epilepsy at a system level in the 11 integrated care systems (ICSs) of the Midlands, the largest NHS England region (population: approximately 11 million), using the Step Together toolkit.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Post training, each ICS undertook its benchmarking with the toolkit and submitted their scores to Epilepsy Action, a national UK epilepsy charity, who oversaw the process. The outcomes were analysed descriptively to provide results, individual and cumulative, at care domain and system levels.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The toolkit was completed fully by nine of the 11 ICSs. Across all eight domains, overall score was 44.2% (mean 44.2%, median 43.3%, range 52.4%, interquartile range 23.8-76.2%). The domains of local planning (mean 31.1%, median 27.5%) and care planning (mean 31.4%, median 35.4%) scored the lowest, and sharing information scored the highest (mean 55.2%, median 62.5%). There was significant variability across each domain between the nine ICS. The user/carer participation domain had the widest variation across ICSs (0-100%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results demonstrate a significant variance in service provision for PwID and epilepsy across the nine ICSs. The toolkit identifies specific areas for improvement within each ICS and region.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e186"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142494697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Common neural correlates of disgust processing in childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation. 童年虐待和同伴伤害中恶心处理的共同神经相关性。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.767
Lena Lim, Katya Rubia, Steve Lukito
{"title":"Common neural correlates of disgust processing in childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation.","authors":"Lena Lim, Katya Rubia, Steve Lukito","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Childhood maltreatment and peer victimisation are common sources of early-life interpersonal stress. Childhood maltreatment is associated with atypical frontolimbic emotion processing and regulation, and increased vulnerability for self-harm/suicide. However, few studies have compared the neurofunctional correlates between caregiver- versus peer-inflicted mistreatment.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>We compared the alterations of neurofunctional correlates of facial emotion processing in youths exposed to childhood maltreatment or peer victimisation, and explored their associations with self-harm.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 114 age- and gender-matched youths (39 childhood maltreatment, 37 peer victimisation and 38 controls) during an emotion discrimination task. Region-of-interest (amygdala, insula) and whole-brain analyses were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Groups differed significantly during disgust processing only. Both groups had lower activation in the right amygdala and bilateral posterior insula than controls; left insular underactivation was furthermore related to increased self-harm in maltreated youths. Compared with controls, at the whole-brain level, both groups also had underactivation in a cluster of bilateral limbic-thalamic-striatal, precuneus/posterior cingulate, temporal, fusiform/lingual and cerebellar regions, which was negatively associated with emotional problems in controls, as well as a cluster of somatosensory regions associated with increased self-harm in maltreated youths.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Early-life interpersonal stress from caregivers or peers is associated with common underactivation of limbic-thalamic-striatal, precuneus/posterior cingulate and somatosensory regions during disgust processing. The hypoactivation of key emotion and sensory processing and self-referential brain regions could be a potential suppressive mechanism to cope with the aversive emotion; however, it may also entail increased risk of affective psychopathology in seemingly healthy youths.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e185"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142494685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cost-utility analysis of adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild-to-moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease: PATHFINDER randomised controlled trial. 针对阿尔茨海默氏症导致的轻度至中度痴呆症患者抑郁症的问题适应疗法的成本效益分析:PATHFINDER 随机对照试验。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.775
Monica Panca, Robert Howard, Elizabeth Cort, Charlotte Rawlinson, Rebecca L Gould, Martin Wiegand, Anne Marie Downey, Sube Banerjee, Chris Fox, Rowan Harwood, Gill Livingston, Esme Moniz-Cook, Gregor Russell, Alan Thomas, Philip Wilkinson, Nick Freemantle, Rachael Maree Hunter
{"title":"Cost-utility analysis of adapted problem adaptation therapy for depression in mild-to-moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease: PATHFINDER randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Monica Panca, Robert Howard, Elizabeth Cort, Charlotte Rawlinson, Rebecca L Gould, Martin Wiegand, Anne Marie Downey, Sube Banerjee, Chris Fox, Rowan Harwood, Gill Livingston, Esme Moniz-Cook, Gregor Russell, Alan Thomas, Philip Wilkinson, Nick Freemantle, Rachael Maree Hunter","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression is common in people with dementia, and negatively affects quality of life.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This paper aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an intervention for depression in mild and moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease over 12 months (PATHFINDER trial), from both the health and social care and societal perspectives.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 336 participants were randomised to receive the adapted PATH intervention in addition to treatment as usual (TAU) (<i>n</i> = 168) or TAU alone (<i>n</i> = 168). Health and social care resource use were collected with the Client Service Receipt Inventory and health-related quality-of-life data with the EQ-5D-5L instrument at baseline and 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-up points. Principal analysis comprised quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) calculated from the participant responses to the EQ-5D-5L instrument.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean cost of the adapted PATH intervention was estimated at £1141 per PATHFINDER participant. From a health and social care perspective, the mean difference in costs between the adapted PATH and control arm at 12 months was -£74 (95% CI -£1942 to £1793), and from the societal perspective was -£671 (95% CI -£9144 to £7801). The mean difference in QALYs was 0.027 (95% CI -0.004 to 0.059). At £20 000 per QALY gained threshold, there were 74 and 68% probabilities of adapted PATH being cost-effective from the health and social care and societal perspective, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The addition of the adapted PATH intervention to TAU for people with dementia and depression generated cost savings alongside a higher quality of life compared with TAU alone; however, the improvements in costs and QALYs were not statistically significant.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e189"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142494696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Suicide among post-Arabellion refugees in Germany. 德国境内阿拉伯叛乱后难民的自杀情况。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.755
Nensy Thu Ha Le, Jon Genuneit, Gerald Brennecke, Georg von Polier, Lars White, Daniel Radeloff
{"title":"Suicide among post-Arabellion refugees in Germany.","authors":"Nensy Thu Ha Le, Jon Genuneit, Gerald Brennecke, Georg von Polier, Lars White, Daniel Radeloff","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.755","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although immigrants are considered to be vulnerable to mental illness, there is limited knowledge regarding their suicide mortality.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To investigate standardised mortality ratios (SMR) for suicide among the largest immigrant populations in Germany before and after the refugee movement of 2015.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data on immigrants and the general population in Germany between 2000 and 2020 were provided by the scientific section of the Federal Statistical Office. SMR with 95% confidence intervals were calculated by indirect standardisation for gender, age and calendar year for the pre-2015 and post-2015 time interval, first for all the immigrant populations studied and second for the Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi populations separately.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Immigrants from the countries studied showed a lower suicide risk compared with the German reference population (SMR = 0.38, 95% CI = 0.35-0.41). No differences in SMR were found between pre- and post-2015 time intervals, in either the aggregate data for all populations or the data for Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi populations. Post-2015, Afghan immigrants (SMR = 0.68, 95% CI = 0.54-0.83) showed a higher SMR than Syrians (SMR = 0.30, 95% CI = 0.25-0.36) or Iraqis (SMR = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.26-0.48).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite the many and varied stresses associated with flight, comparison of the pre- and post-2015 time intervals showed that the suicide risk of the populations studied did not change and was considerably lower than that of the German reference population. We attribute this to lower suicide rates in the countries of origin but also to flight-related selection processes that favour more resilient individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e188"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142494702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Should face-to-face in-person therapy be preserved for some clients with anxiety? Evaluation of Anxiety UK's psychological therapy services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. 是否应该为某些焦虑症患者保留面对面的治疗?在 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间对英国焦虑症心理治疗服务的评估。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.738
Lewis W Paton, Penny Bee, Kate Bosanquet, Peter Bower, Jason Fell, Judith Gellatly, Nicky Lidbetter, Beatrice Lukoseviciute, Dean McMillan, Dave Smithson, Paul A Tiffin
{"title":"Should face-to-face in-person therapy be preserved for some clients with anxiety? Evaluation of Anxiety UK's psychological therapy services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Lewis W Paton, Penny Bee, Kate Bosanquet, Peter Bower, Jason Fell, Judith Gellatly, Nicky Lidbetter, Beatrice Lukoseviciute, Dean McMillan, Dave Smithson, Paul A Tiffin","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic initiated a mass switch to psychological therapy being delivered remotely, including at Anxiety UK, a national mental health charity. Understanding the impact of this forced switch could raise implications for the provision of psychological therapies going forwards.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To understand whether the forced switch to remote therapy had any impact on outcomes, and if certain groups should continue to be routinely offered certain delivery modalities in future.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Data were available for 2323 individuals who accessed Anxiety UK services between January 2019 and October 2021. Demographic data, baseline and discharge anxiety and depression symptoms, and mode of therapy delivery were available.Regression models were built to model (a) the mode of therapy delivery received pre-pandemic using logistic regression, and (b) outcomes pre- and post-pandemic onset within demographic groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No statistically significant changes in baseline anxiety symptoms, demographics or outcomes were observed before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Pre-pandemic, males were more likely to receive online video therapy than telephone therapy (Relative Risk Ratio (RRR) 1.42, [1.01, 1.99]), while older clients were less likely to receive online video therapy (RRR 0.98, [0.97, 0.99]). However, no differences in outcomes were observed post-pandemic onset within these groups, with only the number of sessions of therapy being a significant predictor of outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Anxiety UK services remained effective throughout the pandemic. We observed no evidence that any demographic group had worse outcomes following the forced switch to remote therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e184"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142494701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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'I am more stressed if my infection affects others': development of a COVID-19-related stress scale in older people and examination of its validity and associations with mental health risks. 如果我的感染影响到他人,我的压力会更大":在老年人中编制 COVID-19 相关压力量表,并研究其有效性及其与心理健康风险的关联。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.769
Tianyin Liu, Lesley Cai Yin Sze, Eric Kwok Lun Yiu, Edwin Lok Yan Wong, Dara Kiu Yi Leung, Wai-Wai Kwok, Jennifer Tang, Jiaqi Xu, Gloria Wong, Terry Lum
{"title":"'I am more stressed if my infection affects others': development of a COVID-19-related stress scale in older people and examination of its validity and associations with mental health risks.","authors":"Tianyin Liu, Lesley Cai Yin Sze, Eric Kwok Lun Yiu, Edwin Lok Yan Wong, Dara Kiu Yi Leung, Wai-Wai Kwok, Jennifer Tang, Jiaqi Xu, Gloria Wong, Terry Lum","doi":"10.1192/bjo.2024.769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.769","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>COVID-19 was a collective traumatic event; however, different individuals may have perceived it differently.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study investigated what older people in a collective culture perceived as stressful during COVID-19 and examined how different stressors related to COVID-19 infection and mental health risks.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Thirty-six participants from diverse backgrounds engaged in a three-round Delphi study to generate items for a COVID-19-related stress scale for older adults (CSS-OA). Subsequently, 4674 people (aged ≥60 years) participated in a cross-sectional telephone survey; interviewers collected their responses to CSS-OA and information about COVID-19 infection, depressive symptoms, anxiety, loneliness and demographics. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted on CSS-OA. A multiple indicator multiple cause (MIMIC) model was used to examine associations between CSS-OA and other measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The Delphi process generated eight items, all secondary or tertiary stressors related to infection. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a three-factor model, and confirmatory factor analysis confirmed an excellent fit (comparative fit index = 0.99, root mean square error of approximation = 0.06). Pre-existing mental health conditions, having family members/friends infected with COVID-19, loneliness, anxiety and depressive symptoms were associated with higher stress. Conversely, self-infection with COVID-19, older age, being female and living alone were negatively associated with some domains of CSS-OA (all <i>P</i> < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Delphi process enhanced our understanding of what older people perceived as stressful, much of which resulted from certain healthcare strategies and reflected cultural influences. These and the MIMIC results highlight the need to balance public health policies with respect to infectious diseases and older people's mental health and quality of life.</p>","PeriodicalId":9038,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Open","volume":"10 6","pages":"e187"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142494698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Risk of physical health comorbidities in autistic adults: clinical nested cross-sectional study. 自闭症成人的身体健康合并症风险:临床巢式横断面研究。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.777
Megan Hunt, Jack F G Underwood, Leon Hubbard, Jeremy Hall
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Grief and coping among relatives of patients who died of COVID-19 in intensive care during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 在 COVID-19 大流行期间,在重症监护中死于 COVID-19 的病人亲属的悲伤与应对。
IF 3.9 3区 医学
BJPsych Open Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.741
Sancho Rodriguez-Villar, Elijah Oluwafemi Okegbola, Juan Arevalo-Serrano, Yasmine Duval, Annie Mathew, Carmen Rodriguez-Villar, Kirsten V Smith, Robert Charles Kennedy, Holly G Prigerson
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