scholarly journals The characteristics of anxiety and depression symptom severity in older adults living in public housing

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 614-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Simning ◽  
Yeates Conwell ◽  
Susan G. Fisher ◽  
Thomas M. Richardson ◽  
Edwin van Wijngaarden
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression Symptom ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Housing Residents

ABSTRACTBackground:Anxiety and depression are common in older adult public housing residents and frequently co-occur. To understand anxiety and depression more fully in this socioeconomically disadvantaged population, this study relies on the Social Antecedent Model of Psychopathology to characterize anxiety and depression symptoms concurrently.Methods:190 public housing residents aged 60 years and older in Rochester, New York, participated in a research interview during which they reported on variables across the six stages of the Social Antecedent Model. GAD-7 and PHQ-9 assessed anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively.Results:In these older adult residents, anxiety and depression symptom severity scores were correlated (r = 0.61; p < 0.001). Correlates of anxiety and depression symptom severity were similar for both outcomes and spanned the six stages of the Social Antecedent Model. Multivariate linear regression models identified age, medical comorbidity, mobility, social support, maladaptive coping, and recent life events severity as statistically significant correlates. The regression models accounted for 43% of anxiety and 48% of depression symptom variability.Conclusions:In public housing residents, late-life anxiety and depression symptoms were moderately correlated. Anxiety symptom severity correlates were largely consistent with those found for depression symptom severity. The broad distribution of correlates across demographic, social, medical, and behavioral domains suggests that the context of late-life anxiety and depression symptomatology in public housing is complex and that multidisciplinary collaborative care approaches may be warranted in future interventions.

scholarly journals Safe but Lonely? Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression Symptoms and COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Okruszek ◽  
Aleksandra Aniszewska-Stańczuk ◽  
Aleksandra Piejka ◽  
Marcelina Wiśniewska ◽  
Karolina Żurek
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Affective Response ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Reciprocal Connections

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has led governments worldwide to implement unprecedented response strategies. While crucial to limiting the spread of the virus, “social distancing” may lead to severe psychological consequences, especially in lonely individuals.MethodsWe used cross-sectional (n = 380) and longitudinal (n = 74) designs to investigate the links between loneliness, anxiety, and depression symptoms (ADS) and COVID-19 risk perception and affective response in young adults who implemented social distancing during the first 2 weeks of the state of epidemic threat in Poland.ResultsLoneliness was correlated with ADS and with affective response to COVID-19’s threat to health. However, increased worry about the social isolation and heightened risk perception for financial problems was observed in lonelier individuals. The cross-lagged influence of the initial affective response to COVID-19 on subsequent levels of loneliness was also found.ConclusionThe reciprocal connections between loneliness and COVID-19 response may be of crucial importance for ADS during the COVID-19 crisis.

scholarly journals Anxiety and depression symptoms in Danish patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: prevalence and association with indication and sex up to 2 years of follow-up (data from the national DEFIB-WOMEN study)

EP Europace ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1830-1840
Author(s):  
Vivi Skibdal Frydensberg ◽  
Jens Brock Johansen ◽  
Sören Möller ◽  
Sam Riahi ◽  
Sonja Wehberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Depression Symptom ◽  
Icd Implantation ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Mixed Modelling

Abstract Aims To investigate (i) the prevalence of anxiety and depression and (ii) the association between indication for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation and sex in relation to anxiety and depression up to 24 months’ follow-up. Methods and results Patients with a first-time ICD, participating in the national, multi-centre, prospective DEFIB-WOMEN study (n = 1496; 18% women) completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale at baseline, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months. Data were analysed using linear mixed modelling for longitudinal data. Patients with a secondary prophylactic indication (SPI) had higher mean anxiety scores than patients with a primary prophylactic indication (PPI) at baseline, 3, and 12 months and higher mean depression scores at all-time points, except at 24 months. Women had higher mean anxiety scores as compared to men at all-time points; however, only higher mean depression scores at baseline. Overall, women with SPI had higher anxiety and depression symptom scores than men with SPI. Symptoms decreased over time in both women and men. From baseline to follow-up, the prevalence of anxiety (score ≥8) was highest in patients with SPI (13.3–20.2%) as compared to patients with PPI (range 10.0–14.7%). The prevalence of depression was stable over the follow-up period in both groups (range 8.5–11.1%). Conclusion Patients with a SPI reported higher anxiety and depression scores as compared to patients with PPI. Women reported higher anxiety scores than men, but only higher depression scores at baseline. Women with SPI reported the highest anxiety and depression scores overall.

Androgen Deficiency: Association With Increased Anxiety and Depression Symptom Severity in Anorexia Nervosa

2007 ◽  
Vol 68 (06) ◽  
pp. 959-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen K. Miller ◽  
Tamara L. Wexler ◽  
Alicia M. Zha ◽  
Elizabeth A. Lawson ◽  
Erinne M. Meenaghan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptom ◽  
Androgen Deficiency

scholarly journals Problematic Smartphone Use and Mental Health in Chinese Adults: A Population-Based Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ningyuan Guo ◽  
Tzu Tsun Luk ◽  
Sai Yin Ho ◽  
Jung Jae Lee ◽  
Chen Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Chinese Adults ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Mental Well Being

Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has been associated with anxiety and depression, but few explored its mental well-being correlates that could co-occur with or be independent of mental symptoms. We studied the associations of PSU with anxiety, depression, and mental well-being in Hong Kong Chinese adults in a probability-based survey (N = 4054; 55.0% females; mean age ± SD 48.3 ± 18.3 years). PSU was measured using Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version. Anxiety and depression symptoms were evaluated using General Anxiety Disorder screener-2 (GAD-2) and Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2). Mental well-being was measured using Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) and Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS). Multivariable regression analyzed associations adjusting for sociodemographic and lifestyle-related variables. Associations of PSU with mental well-being were stratified by symptom severity of anxiety (GAD-2 cutoff of 3) and depression (PHQ-2 cutoff of 3). We found that PSU was associated with higher odds of anxiety and depression symptom severity and lower scores of SHS and SWEMWBS. Associations of PSU with lower SHS and SWEMWBS scores remained in respondents who screened negative for anxiety or depression symptoms. To conclude, PSU was associated with anxiety, depression, and impaired mental well-being. Associations of PSU with impaired mental well-being could be independent of anxiety or depression symptoms.

Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Patients with Dengue Fever and Their Correlation with Symptom Severity

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali M. Hashmi ◽  
Zeeshan Butt ◽  
Zaidan Idrees ◽  
Mehreen Niazi ◽  
Zohaib Yousaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dengue Fever ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms

scholarly journals An examination of the bidirectional relationship between functioning and symptom levels in patients with anxiety disorders in the CALM study

2014 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Brown ◽  
J. L. Krull ◽  
P. Roy-Byrne ◽  
C. D. Sherbourne ◽  
M. B. Stein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Functional Impairment ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Depression Symptom ◽  
Subsequent Time ◽  
Subsequent Time Point ◽  
Time Point

BackgroundPatients with anxiety disorders suffer marked functional impairment in their activities of daily living. Many studies have documented that improvements in anxiety symptom severity predict functioning improvements. However, no studies have investigated how improvements in functioning simultaneously predict symptom reduction. We hypothesized that symptom levels at a given time point will predict functioning at the subsequent time point, and simultaneously that functioning at a given time point will predict symptom levels at a subsequent time point.MethodPatients were recruited from primary-care centers for the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) study and were randomized to receive either computer-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy and/or medication management (ITV) or usual care (UC). A cross-lagged panel design examined the relationship between functional impairment and anxiety and depression symptom severity at baseline, 6-, 12-, and 18-month follow-up assessments.ResultsProspective prediction of functioning from symptoms and symptoms from functioning were both important in modeling these associations. Anxiety and depression predicted functioning as strongly as functioning predicted anxiety and depression. There were some differences in these associations between UC and ITV. Where differences emerged, the UC group was best modeled with prospective paths predicting functioning from symptoms, whereas symptoms and functioning were both important predictors in the ITV group.ConclusionsTreatment outcome is best captured by measures of functional impairment as well as symptom severity. Implications for treatment are discussed, as well as future directions of research.

Alcohol Misuse Among Older Adult Public Housing Residents

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 407-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry M. Cummings ◽  
R. Lyle Cooper ◽  
Catherine Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
Public Housing Residents

Impact of Self-Efficacy and Affective Functioning on Pediatric Concussion Symptom Severity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kesley A. Ramsey ◽  
Christopher Vaughan ◽  
Barry M. Wagner ◽  
Joseph F. McGuire ◽  
Gerard A. Gioia
Keyword(s):  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Pediatric Concussion ◽  
Affective Functioning ◽  
Initial Support ◽  
Concussion Recovery ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine whether self-efficacy predicted pediatric concussion symptom severity and explore whether affective mood states (e.g., depression) influenced this relationship. Method: Children (8–17 years) who were diagnosed with a concussion within 30 days of injury participated in the study (n = 105). Following a clinical assessment, participants and caregivers completed questionnaires that assessed overall concussion symptom severity and current depression symptoms. Participants also completed ratings capturing self-efficacy for managing concussion recovery. Results: Linear regression models revealed that greater levels of self-efficacy predicted lower parent- (R2 = 0.10, p = .001) and youth-rated (R2 = 0.23, p < .001) concussion symptom severity. Interestingly, depression symptoms moderated the relationship between self-efficacy and concussion symptom severity. Conclusions: Findings provide initial support for a relationship between self-efficacy and concussion outcomes and highlight the influence of depressive symptoms. Interventions that optimize youth’s self-efficacy have the potential to increase treatment adherence, reduce concussion symptom severity, and improve recovery prognosis.

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