Sociodemographic, Psychological and Health-Related Factors Associated with Poor Mental Health in Spanish Women and Men in Midlife

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that individuals reporting healthy lifestyle behaviors would also report better self-rated mental health. Logistic regression analyses were conducted utilizing SUDAAN on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey data set. This descriptive analysis suggests that persons reporting poor mental health were more likely to report unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. This set of findings encourages careful design of experimental studies of empirically based associations of mental health and life style, using psychometrically sound measures. Then public health programs focused on change of health-related behaviors might be more suitably devised.

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Factors associated with mental health among high school students in Iran: Does mobile phone overuse associate with poor mental health?

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing ◽

10.1111/jcap.12202 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 6-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Hassan Mahmoodi ◽

Haidar Nadrian ◽

Abdolreza Shaghaghi ◽

Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi ◽

Asad Ahmadi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Poor Mental Health ◽

School Students ◽

Factors Associated

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Prevalence and factors associated with poor mental health among healthcare professionals in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews ◽

10.1186/s13643-019-1201-7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Julia Lohmann ◽

Denny John ◽

Aso Dzay

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Health Workers ◽

Poor Mental Health ◽

Psychological Wellbeing ◽

Health Issues ◽

Middle Income ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Mental Health Issues

Abstract Background A healthy and productive health workforce is central to a well-functioning health system. However, health workers are at high risk of poor psychological wellbeing due to their particularly strenuous work demands. While mental health of health workers is a well-researched issue in high-income countries, research from low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMIC) has begun to emerge only recently. The review aims to synthesize this body of research, specifically to assess the prevalence of mental health issues among health workers in LLMIC, to identify factors associated with good or poor mental health, and to highlight gaps in knowledge. Methods We will perform a systematic search of the published English and French language literature (from inception onwards) in MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO. Eligible for inclusion are observational studies (e.g., cross-sectional, case-control, or cohort) and control arms of randomized controlled trials reporting investigations on the nature, prevalence, and factors associated with mental health or psychological wellbeing among formally trained health professionals and health associate professionals delivering health services in formal healthcare facilities in LLMIC. The primary outcomes will be burnout, depression, and general psychological wellbeing. Secondary outcomes include other specific mental health diagnoses, as well as general psychological stress, distress and/or trauma if work-related and explicitly framed as a mental health issue. Two authors will independently examine the studies against the eligibility criteria in the stages of title, abstract, and full-text study selection, as well as assess the risk of bias in included studies using standard checklists depending on study design. Disagreements will be resolved in discussion with the third author. Data will be extracted from included studies using a predefined and piloted coding framework. Given the anticipated heterogeneity of studies, we do not expect to be able to conduct meta-analysis and plan to summarize the extracted data in narrative form. The framework method will be used to organize narrative data by subthemes and explore patterns. Discussion In assessing the prevalence of mental health issues among healthcare professionals in LLMIC and identifying factors associated with positive or poor mental health, the review aims to synthesize all possible available information for policy makers and health system managers on a potentially highly important but not yet much-discussed issue and to highlight gaps in currently available knowledge. Systematic review registration International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews PROSPERO (registration number CRD42019140036)

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Social and Health‐Related Factors Associated with Enrollment in Medicare Advantage Plans in Older Adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ◽

10.1111/jgs.16202 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 68 (2) ◽

pp. 313-320

Author(s):

Amit Kumar ◽

Maricruz Rivera‐Hernandez ◽

Amol M. Karmarkar ◽

Lin‐Na Chou ◽

Yong‐Fang Kuo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Medicare Advantage ◽

Related Factors ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Health Related

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Changes in millennial adolescent mental health and health-related behaviours over 10 years: a population cohort comparison study

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/dyz006 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 48 (5) ◽

pp. 1650-1664 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Praveetha Patalay ◽

Suzanne H Gage

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Substance Use ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Poor Mental Health ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Birth Cohorts ◽

Health Related ◽

Self Harm ◽

Social Behaviours

Abstract Background There is evidence that mental health problems are increasing and substance use behaviours are decreasing. This paper aimed to investigate recent trends in mental ill health and health-related behaviours in two cohorts of UK adolescents in 2005 and 2015. Methods Prevalences in mental health (depressive symptoms, self-harm, anti-social behaviours, parent-reported difficulties) and health-related behaviours (substance use, weight, weight perception, sleep, sexual intercourse) were examined at age 14 in two UK birth cohorts; Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC, N = 5627, born 1991–92) and Millennium Cohort Study (MCS, N = 11 318, born 2000–02). Prevalences and trend estimates are presented unadjusted and using propensity score matching and entropy balancing to account for differences between samples. Results Depressive symptoms (9% to 14.8%) and self-harm (11.8% to 14.4%) were higher in 2015 compared with 2005. Parent-reported emotional difficulties, conduct problems, hyperactivity and peer problems were higher in 2015 compared with 2005 (5.7–8.9% to 9.7–17.7%). Conversely, substance use (tried smoking, 9.2% to 2.9%; tried alcohol, 52.1% to 43.5%, cannabis, 4.6% to 3.9%), sexual activity (2% to 0.9%) and anti-social behaviours (6.2–40.1% to 1.6–27.7%) were less common or no different. Adolescents in 2015 were spending less time sleeping (<8 h 5.7% to 11.5%), had higher body mass index (BMI) (obese, 3.8% to 7.3%) and a greater proportion perceived themselves as overweight (26.5% to 32.9%). The findings should be interpreted bearing in mind limitations in ability to adequately harmonize certain variables and account for differences in attrition rates and generalizability of the two cohorts. Conclusions Given health-related behaviours are often cited as risk factors for poor mental health, our findings suggest relationships between these factors might be more complex and dynamic in nature than currently understood. Substantial increases in mental health difficulties, BMI and poor sleep-related behaviours highlight an increasing public health challenge.

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Medication-related factors associated with health-related quality of life in patients older than 65 years with polypharmacy

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0171320 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. e0171320 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Alonso Montiel-Luque ◽

Antonio Jesús Núñez-Montenegro ◽

Esther Martín-Aurioles ◽

Jose Carlos Canca-Sánchez ◽

Maria Carmen Toro-Toro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Factors ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Nursing Staff Members Mental’s Health and Factors Associated with the Work Process: An Integrative Review

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health ◽

10.2174/1745017901612010167 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 167-176 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Selene Cordeiro Vasconcelos ◽

Sandra Lopes de Souza ◽

Everton Botelho Sougey ◽

Elayne Cristina de Oliveira Ribeiro ◽

José Jailson Costa do Nascimento ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Nursing Staff ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Integrative Review ◽

Post Traumatic Stress ◽

Work Process ◽

Related Factors ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Staff Members ◽

Mesh Terms

Background: The mental health of nursing staff members influences the work process outcomes. Objective: Identify the work related factors that harms the nursing team’s mental health. Methods: Databases PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL and MEDLINE, by mating between the indexed descriptors in MeSH terms “mental health” and “occupational health nursing”. 783 articles were rescued to give a final sample of 18 articles. Integrative review in order to identify factors associated with the work process of the nursing staff that negatively affects mental health. Results: The main associated factors were work demands, psychological demands, violence, aggression, poor relationships with administrators, accidents involving the risk of exposure to HIV, stress and errors in the execution of labor activities. The main findings regarding the nursing staff’s mental health were post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, stress, major depressive episode and generalized anxiety disorder. Conclusion: Occupational nurses need to understand the complexities of mental health problems and substance use among nursing staff members to recognize, identify and care for workers at risk and offer adequate mental health care. Although the researches interests in this theme have increased, proving that all these factors contribute to the risk to mental health of nursing professionals, the protective measures and care are being neglected by managers in both private and public network . The health of nursing workers in question here is one more challenge for a profession that takes care of others in need, therefore, requires some caring with their own health.

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