Risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents: a integrative review

Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents. Method: An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases. Results: Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitative research was the most frequent. The mental health issues were categorized as individual factors; drug related factors, school factors, family factors, social factors and STDs/Aids related factors. The most addressed category was individual factors, with 23 publications. Conclusion: The integrative review allowed to point important questions to be addressed in preventive actions by the health professional, including the nurse, to create a space that works with risk conditioning factors in adolescents for mental health aggravation. 

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Talking Is Hard: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Factors Associated with Communication about Mental Health Issues among Black College Students

Communication Studies ◽

10.1080/10510974.2021.1953555 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Minhao Dai ◽

Delani Morgan

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

College Students ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Black College ◽

Black College Students ◽

Health Issues ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Mental Health Issues

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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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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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Forced Social Isolation and Mental Health: A Study on 1,006 Italians Under COVID-19 Lockdown

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.663799 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Luca Pancani ◽

Marco Marinucci ◽

Nicolas Aureli ◽

Paolo Riva

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Social Isolation ◽

Physical Space ◽

Health Issues ◽

Spread Rate ◽

Social Contacts ◽

National Policies ◽

Mental Health Issues

Most countries have been struggling with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic imposing social isolation on their citizens. However, this measure carried risks for people's mental health. This study evaluated the psychological repercussions of objective isolation in 1,006 Italians during the first, especially strict, lockdown in spring 2020. Although varying for the regional spread-rate of the contagion, results showed that the longer the isolation and the less adequate the physical space where people were isolated, the worse the mental health (e.g., depression). Offline social contacts buffered the association between social isolation and mental health. However, when offline contacts were limited, online contacts seemed crucial in protecting mental health. The findings inform about the potential downsides of the massive social isolation imposed by COVID-19 spread, highlighting possible risk factors and resources to account for implementing such isolation measures. Specifically, besides some known factors such as physical space availability, the local contagion rate is critical in moderating the link between social isolation and mental health issues, supporting national policies implementing regional tiers of restriction severity.

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"Importance of Mental Health" (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.23561 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Salman Muhammad Soomar

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Disorders ◽

Personality Factors ◽

Health Issues ◽

Health It ◽

Handling Stress ◽

Mental Health Issues ◽

Health Disorders

UNSTRUCTURED Health is the state of overall well-being which includes physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Good health is a resource for living everyday life. It is central for functioning properly, handling stress, living a longer and more active life. Physical well-being includes a healthful lifestyle to decrease the risk of disease. Mental health is equally important as physical health, it is integral and important component of health, it provides strength and enhance a person’s ability to complete regular tasks . Differences in socioeconomic and other living conditions can lead to health inequities which can impact on a person’s health especially mental health though this is not the case in every situation, however the risk to an individual’s mental health determine how the person is going to suffer with mental health issues as these risk factors are not only bounded to poor socio-economic class . Violence, rapid social change, stressful work conditions, gender discrimination, social exclusion, physically ill health, sexual abuse, and persistent socio-economic pressures are recognized as risk factors for poor mental health. Moreover, there are some personality factors and genetic factors that also make people vulnerable to mental health disorders . Mental health issues alone add a lot in the global burden of disease however it is associated with other diseases and conditions as well. Mental health disorders in different forms and intensities a large number of people in their lifetime which not only impact on their health but it causes economic burden on the person and family as well . Despite a greater population is affected from mental health illness, the estimates produced through research regarding are still underestimated the reasons may be overlapping between psychiatric and neurological disorder and keeping suicide behaviors associated with self-harm a separate category other than mental illness . The major reason of underestimation can be less no reporting for these illness due to stigma associated with it. Stigma is the negative attitude towards the illness which creates discrimination and is the main obstacle in seeking help and care .

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Theorizing to Improve Mental Health in Multicultural Construction Industries: An Intercultural Coping Model

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings11120662 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 662

Author(s):

Qinjun Liu ◽

Yingbin Feng ◽

Kerry London

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Conceptual Model ◽

Acculturative Stress ◽

Intercultural Competence ◽

Well Being ◽

Stressful Events ◽

Health Issues ◽

Related Factors ◽

Coping Process ◽

Mental Health Issues

Construction workers are exposed to a range of stressors that lead to mental ill-health. In a multicultural construction workplace, the interactions between workers with different cultural backgrounds may aggravate mental health issues. Existing studies on coping typically focus on a reactive approach to managing stressors in the absence of cultural-related factors. This approach is inadequate in addressing mental health issues in a culturally diverse construction workplace. This paper presents a critical review that synthesizes and analyses theories and models of stress and coping, proactive coping, occupational stress, acculturative stress, and intercultural competence to develop a conceptual model for managing mental health in a multicultural construction workforce. The proposed model relies upon a positive coping mechanism, i.e., intercultural coping, to manage stressful events during the entire coping process in a multicultural workplace, towards achieving sustained good mental health. The proposed conceptual model contributes to the development of coping theories and positive psychology approaches and provides effective coping strategies to enhance psychological well-being in a multicultural context.

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Mental health issues and psychological risk factors among Paraguayan healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Mental Health ◽

10.1080/09638237.2021.1979494 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Jorge Villalba-Arias ◽

Gladys Estigarribia ◽

José Andrés Bogado ◽

Julieta Méndez ◽

Santiago Toledo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Health Issues ◽

Psychological Risk Factors ◽

Mental Health Issues ◽

Psychological Risk

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Risk factors for mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in ophthalmic personnel and students in USA (& Canada): a cross-sectional survey study

BMC Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s12888-021-03535-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yi Pang ◽

Meng Li ◽

Connor Robbs ◽

Jingyun Wang ◽

Samiksha F. Jain ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Problems ◽

Survey Study ◽

Health Issues ◽

Eye Care ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mental Health Issues

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic poses mental health challenges to frontline healthcare workers. Eye care professionals may be especially susceptible to mental health problems due to high-risk exposures to patients. Yet, no prior research has studied mental health issues among eye care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic among eye care professionals. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey study among eye care professionals and students in the United States and Canada from June 23 to July 8, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 8505 eye care professionals and students received email invitations to the survey and 2134 participated. We measured mental health outcomes including symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress using validated scales, as well as potential risk factors including demographic characteristics, state-level COVID-19 case counts, participants’ patient interactions, childcare responsibilities, and pre-pandemic stress levels. Linear multiple regression and logistic regression analyses were used to determine relationships between risk factors and mental health outcomes. Results We found that 38.4% of eyecare professional participants in the survey met screening threshold as probable cases of anxiety, depression, or both during the COVID-19 pandemic. Controlling for self-reported pre-pandemic stress level and state COVID-19 case daily cases, significant risk factors for depression, anxiety, and psychological stress during the COVID-19 pandemic included: being female, younger age, and being Black or Asian. Interestingly, we found two somewhat surprising protective factors against depression symptoms: more frequent interactions with patients and having a greater proportion of childcare responsibilities at home. Conclusions This study showed a high prevalence of mental health problems and revealed disparities in mental health among eye care personnel and students: Female, younger, Black, and Asian populations are particularly vulnerable to mental health issues. These results indicate that it is critical to identify mental health issues more effectively and develop interventions among this population to address this significant and growing public health issue. The strategies and policies should be reflective of the demographic disparities in this vulnerable population.

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Health risk assessment of rural older population

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-205350 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Minshu Ge ◽

Dan Zhu ◽

Hallie Lee

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Older Adults ◽

Risk Assessment ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Assessment Model ◽

Risk Assessment Model ◽

Health Issues ◽

Older Population ◽

Mental Health Issues

BACKGROUND: With the accelerated development of aging, the health problems of rural elderly are becoming increasingly severe. OBJECTIVE: The study aims to understand the mental health issues of the rural older population. METHODS: The risk factor analysis and the disease risk assessment are utilized to analyze the impacts of depression on older adults. First, the prevalence of depression in China’s rural older population is counted and analyzed. Next, both single and multi-factor analyses are employed to analyze the degree of depression among rural older adults quantitatively, and the existing risk factors are determined. The multiple risk factors and multi-source logistic regression algorithm establish the risk assessment model of depression in the rural older population. Finally, the risk factors of depression in older adults are calculated by analyzing and processing the above statistical data. A risk assessment model of depression is built, whose sensitivity and specificity are tested. RESULTS: Single-factor analysis and multi-factor analysis reveal 20 vital influencing factors of depression in older adults, such as cognitive ability, emotional state, and memory. The sensitivity and specificity of the risk assessment model based on multi-factor logistic regression are 87.3%80.2%, respectively, capable of effectively assessing and screening the potential population of depression among older adults. CONCLUSIONS: This model provides a scientific basis for screening out and preventing older adults’ mental health issues with depression and improving older adults’ quality of life.

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