A cohort study of the long-term impact of a fire disaster on the physical and mental health of adolescents

ObjectiveThis study aimed to quantify the incidence rates of common mental and physical health conditions in mothers of children with a life-limiting condition.MethodsComparative national longitudinal cohort study using linked primary and secondary care data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink in England. Maternal–child dyads were identified in these data. Maternal physical and mental health outcomes were identified in the primary and secondary care datasets using previously developed diagnostic coding frameworks. Incidence rates of the outcomes were modelled using Poisson regression, adjusting for deprivation, ethnicity and age and accounting for time at risk.ResultsA total of 35 683 mothers; 8950 had a child with a life-limiting condition, 8868 had a child with a chronic condition and 17 865 had a child with no long-term condition.The adjusted incidence rates of all of the physical and mental health conditions were significantly higher in the mothers of children with a life-limiting condition when compared with those mothers with a child with no long-term condition (eg, depression: incidence rate ratio (IRR) 1.21, 95% CI 1.13 to 1.30; cardiovascular disease: IRR 1.73, 95% CI 1.27 to 2.36; death in mothers: IRR 1.59, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.18).ConclusionThis study clearly demonstrates the higher incidence rates of common and serious physical and mental health problems and death in mothers of children with a life-limiting condition. Further research is required to understand how best to support these mothers, but healthcare providers should consider how they can target this population to provide preventative and treatment services.

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Long-term physical and mental health outcomes associated with traumatic brain injury severity in post-9/11 veterans: A retrospective cohort study

Brain Injury ◽

10.1080/02699052.2018.1518539 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (13-14) ◽

pp. 1637-1650 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Alicia A. Swan ◽

Megan E. Amuan ◽

Sandra B. Morissette ◽

Erin P. Finley ◽

Blessen C. Eapen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Injury Severity ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Traumatic Brain Injury Severity

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Long-term Impact of an Early Operated Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD): Mental Health and Development in Children at Early School Age

10.1055/s-0039-1698275 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Valeska Stonawski ◽

Ariawan Purbojo ◽

Robert Cesnjevar ◽

Gunther Moll ◽

Oiver Kratz ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Ventricular Septal Defect ◽

Septal Defect ◽

School Age ◽

Early School ◽

Health And Development ◽

Early School Age ◽

Long Term Impact

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Heterogeneous Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19: Costs and Benefits

10.31234/osf.io/ahmf8 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Anthony D Mancini

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Impact ◽

Costs And Benefits ◽

Substantial Variation ◽

Mental Health Functioning ◽

Health Functioning ◽

The Social ◽

Mental Health Costs ◽

Long Term Impact

In this commentary, I argue that the mental health impact of COVID-19 will show substantial variation across individuals, contexts, and time. Further, one key contributor to this variation will be the proximal and long-term impact of COVID-19 on the social environment. In addition to the mental health costs of the pandemic, it is likely that a subset of people will experience improved social and mental health functioning.

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Queensland Family Cohort: a study protocol

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044463 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. e044463

Author(s):

Danielle Borg ◽

Kym Rae ◽

Corrine Fiveash ◽

Johanna Schagen ◽

Janelle James-McAlpine ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Family Environment ◽

Biological Samples ◽

Local Governments ◽

Financial Stability ◽

Federal State ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Future Health ◽

The Impact

IntroductionThe perinatal–postnatal family environment is associated with childhood outcomes including impacts on physical and mental health and educational attainment. Family longitudinal cohort studies collect in-depth data that can capture the influence of an era on family lifestyle, mental health, chronic disease, education and financial stability to enable identification of gaps in society and provide the evidence for changes in government in policy and practice.Methods and analysisThe Queensland Family Cohort (QFC) is a prospective, observational, longitudinal study that will recruit 12 500 pregnant families across the state of Queensland (QLD), Australia and intends to follow-up families and children for three decades. To identify the immediate and future health requirements of the QLD population; pregnant participants and their partners will be enrolled by 24 weeks of gestation and followed up at 24, 28 and 36 weeks of gestation, during delivery, on-ward, 6 weeks postpartum and then every 12 months where questionnaires, biological samples and physical measures will be collected from parents and children. To examine the impact of environmental exposures on families, data related to environmental pollution, household pollution and employment exposures will be linked to pregnancy and health outcomes. Where feasible, data linkage of state and federal government databases will be used to follow the participants long term. Biological samples will be stored long term for future discoveries of biomarkers of health and disease.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval has been obtained from the Mater Research Ethics (HREC/16/MHS/113). Findings will be reported to (1) QFC participating families; (2) funding bodies, institutes and hospitals supporting the QFC; (3) federal, state and local governments to inform policy; (4) presented at local, national and international conferences and (5) disseminated by peer-review publications.

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Impact of The Daily Mile on children’s physical and mental health, and educational attainment in primary schools: iMprOVE cohort study protocol

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045879 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. e045879

Author(s):

Bina Ram ◽

Anna Chalkley ◽

Esther van Sluijs ◽

Rachel Phillips ◽

Tishya Venkatraman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Physical Activity ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Educational Attainment ◽

Primary School ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

School Year

IntroductionSchool-based active mile initiatives such as The Daily Mile (TDM) are widely promoted to address shortfalls in meeting physical activity recommendations. The iMprOVE Study aims to examine the impact of TDM on children’s physical and mental health and educational attainment throughout primary school.Methods and analysisiMprOVE is a longitudinal quasi-experimental cohort study. We will send a survey to all state-funded primary schools in Greater London to identify participation in TDM. The survey responses will be used for non-random allocation to either the intervention group (Daily Mile schools) or to the control group (non-Daily Mile schools). We aim to recruit 3533 year 1 children (aged 5–6 years) from 77 primary schools and follow them up annually until the end of their primary school years. Data collection taking place at baseline (children in school year 1) and each primary school year thereafter includes device-based measures of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and questionnaires to measure mental health (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) and educational attainment (ratings from ‘below expected’ to ‘above expected levels’). The primary outcome is the mean change in MVPA minutes from baseline to year 6 during the school day among the intervention group compared with controls. We will use multilevel linear regression models adjusting for sociodemographic data and participation in TDM. The study is powered to detect a 10% (5.5 min) difference between the intervention and control group which would be considered clinically significant.Ethics and disseminationEthics has been approved from Imperial College Research Ethics Committee, reference 20IC6127. Key findings will be disseminated to the public through research networks, social, print and media broadcasts, community engagement opportunities and schools. We will work with policy-makers for direct application and impact of our findings.

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Five-year Psychosocial Impact of Living in Post-Disaster Prefabricated Temporary Housing

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2021.212 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-31

Author(s):

Tetsuya Akaishi ◽

Tomomi Suzuki ◽

Harumi Nemoto ◽

Yusuke Utsumi ◽

Moe Seto ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Interaction ◽

The Other ◽

Temporary Housing ◽

Psychiatric Status ◽

History Of ◽

Psychosocial Conditions ◽

Long Term Impact ◽

Post Disaster

Abstract Objective: This study aims to evaluate the long-term impact of living in post-disaster prefabricated temporary housing on social interaction activities and mental health status. Methods: A total of 917 adult residents in a coastal town, whose residences were destroyed by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), were enrolled for the assessment held five years after the disaster. They answered questions about their experience and consequence of living in prefabricated temporary housing after the disaster. Their present scores on five types of self-reported measures regarding the psychosocial or psychiatric status and their present and recalled social interaction activities were cross-sectionally collected. Results: A total of 587 (64.0%) participants had a history of living in prefabricated temporary housing, while the other 330 (36.0%) had not. The prevalence of social interaction activities significantly decreased after the GEJE. However, the experience of living in prefabricated temporary housing did not adversely affect the subsequent social interaction activities or mental conditions of the participants five years after the disaster. Conclusions: Living in post-disaster prefabricated temporary housing may not negatively impact subsequent psychosocial conditions or social interaction activities five years later.

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