Effect of socio demographic and personal factors on infertility and its association with mental health and social support in North Indian population

Background: Motherhood is a bliss in women’s lives and thus infertility is considered as a social stigma. In present study, we measure the effect of socio-demographic and personal factors on infertility as well as the status of social support and mental health in infertile women.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study comprising 90 infertile women and 90 women in the control group, conducted at Ram Prakash Gupta Memorial Mother and Child State Referral Centre of RMLIMS, Lucknow, India. The questionnaires used were Socio-demographic and personal characteristics, General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) to assess mental health, Perceived Social Support Questionnaire (PSSQ). To determine the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics, personal characters, mental health, and social support with infertility, Chi-square test was used.Results: Age, education, and occupation had statistically significant (p<0.05) relation with infertility, high BMI, and caffeine intake also had the significant adverse effect on fertility outcomes (p<0.05). Infertility patients had poor mental health status (higher mean GHQ-12 score 20.8±4.2) and poor perceived social support (lower mean PSSQ score 29.7±7.0).Conclusions: In present study, the socio-demographic factors, lifestyle factors, social support and mental health status is associated with fertility outcomes. Their modifications have the potential to improve reproductive performances. A structured programme of education, social support, and counselling by specialist health professionals should be formulated to improve the quality of life as well as fertility outcomes in infertile patients.

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Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Status Among Older Adults

Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery ◽

10.32598/jhnm.31.3.2063 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 147-154

Author(s):

Shima Nazari ◽

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Pouya Farokhnezhad Afshar ◽

Leila Sadegh Moghdada ◽

Alireza Namazi Shabestari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Older Adults ◽

Health Status ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Demographic Variables ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Community Dwelling

Introduction: The elderly need social support to reduce their physical and mental disabilities. Perceived social support is one of the effective factors in the lifestyle of older adults. Objective: This study aimed to determine the association between perceived social support and mental health status among older adults. Materials and Methods: This research is a cross-sectional analytical study. The study data were collected using a perceived social support (PSS) scale and general health questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12). A total of 302 eligible older adults were selected through a random sampling method from primary health centers in the north, south, east, west, and center of Tehran. The inclusion criteria were those community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years and with normal cognitive abilities. The collected data were analyzed using t test, ANOVA, the Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regressions. Results: The mean ±SD age of older adults was 70.01 ±6.29 years. Their mean ±SD scores of the PSS and GHQ-12 were 130.95 ±16.05 and 7.29 ±5.55, respectively. The results showed no significant relationship between demographic variables and PSS. There was a significant inverse correlation between the PSS score and the GHQ-12 score (P= 0.01, r= -0.878). The PSS explained 0.66 of the total variances of “positively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2= 0.66) and 0.76 of the total variances of “negatively phrased items” of GHQ-12 (adjusted R2= 0.76). Conclusion: Our findings showed that the PSS and mental health are at a desirable level in this study, and the PSS is not affected by demographic variables. The PSS is a promoting factor for mental health status among older adults.

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Comparison of Mental Health Status between Two Periods during Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Iranian Adult Population

Galen Medical Journal ◽

10.31661/gmj.v10i0.2199 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. e2199

Author(s):

Arash Mani ◽

AliReza Estedlal ◽

Ali Akbary ◽

Taraneh Estedlal ◽

Sara Ouladinejad-Rodbali ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Status ◽

Sex Education ◽

Adult Population ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Poor Mental Health ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

First Year ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional

Background: One unprecedented year after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the pandemic is no longer a short-term stressor; the unremitting/chronic effects of COVID-19 disease is likely to cause impaired physical and mental health upon population and the implemented public health and social measures to limit transmission and reduce mortality and morbidity from COVID-19 expose many people to social isolation, job loss, and economic recession. This study aims to compare mental status and four mental symptoms (somatization, anxiety, depression, and social functions) between two periods during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: Current study consists of two cross-sectional mental health surveys on the Iranian adult population carried out in two periods of March to April 2020 and December 2020 to February 2021 in two important Provinces of Iran (Fars and Khorasan Razavi). In the first survey, 1337 individuals participated in the study and completed the General Health Questionnaire-28, while in the second survey, 1205 participants completed the same questionnaire. Results: Among 1337 participants of the first survey, there were 876 (65.5%) females and 461 (34.5%) males with an average age of 37.41±10.58 years. In the second survey, there were 1205 participants with mean age of 33.79±19.57 years. The rates of females and males were 57.7% and 42.3%, respectively. Compared to the first survey, the second one showed that poor mental health condition that was 1.40 (95% confidence interval: 1.17-1.67) times higher based on the age, sex, education, marital status, economic, alcohol, cigarette, water-pipe, and sedative (P<0.001). Conclusion: Poor mental health status has increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. These results revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic was a chronic stressor faced by people every day; therefore, more robust mental health-related considerations must be implemented. [GMJ.2021;10:e2199]

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Association Between Social Support and Mental Health Status Among College Students: A Nationwide Survey

10.21203/rs.3.rs-75584/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Chao Wang ◽

Shijiao Yan ◽

Yong Gan ◽

Heng Jiang ◽

Yingying Guo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Health Status ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

Small Sample ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Cluster Sampling

Abstract BackgroundSocial support could improve college students’ mental health status. However, mental health varies across different geographic areas, and most of previous studies only included small sample sizes, thus the nationwide survey are warranted. This study sought to estimate the association between social support quality (SSQ) and mental health among Chinese college students using data yielding from a nationwide survey.MethodsA cross-sectional study with a web-based questionnaire survey was conducted in Wuhan, China, from October 2017 to February 2018. A total of 11093 college students were recruited from 18 colleges or universities through multi-stage random cluster sampling method. The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support scale and 12-items General Health Questionnaire were used to estimate students’ SSQ and mental health status, respectively. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the association between SSQ and the mental health disorder in college students.ResultsA total of 10,676 (96.24%) college students were included in this study. Of them, 21.4% were identified as having a mental disorder. Students being a female, aged 18-22 years old, whose mother held a college degree and above, and drinking alcohol had more risks of being mental health problems (P <0.05). However, having general or higher family economic levels, working and resting regularly, and sleeping ≥ 7 hours could be preventive factors for mental health problem (P <0.05). Especially, with the improvement of SSQ, there was a decreasing trend in the risk of being mental disorder.ConclusionMental health disorder is an important public health challenge among college students in China. Improving SSQ could be the practical and valuable method to prevent college students’ mental problem.

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An analytical cross-sectional study to describe and compare the mental health status of doctors and medical undergraduates in selected institutions in Colombo, Sri Lanka during COVID-19 pandemic

BJPsych Open ◽

10.1192/bjo.2021.777 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (S1) ◽

pp. S293-S293

Author(s):

Chathurie Suraweera ◽

Iresha Perera ◽

Priyanka Rupasinghe ◽

Janith Galhenage

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Status ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Daily Routines ◽

Medical Undergraduates ◽

The Impact

AimsThe aim of this study was to describe and compare the mental health status of doctors and medical undergraduates in selected institutions during COVID-19 pandemic.MethodA cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among doctors working in major tertiary care hospitals two of which, risk is unpredictable and high, the other where all patients are positive for COVID-19 and among medical undergraduates. The doctors were selected using disproportionate stratified sampling and medical undergraduates using stratified cluster sampling. Data were gathered using a Google form containing socio-demographic details, perception on the pandemic and the General Health Questionnaire-12(GHQ-12).ResultThere were 468 participants in the study and among them 243(51.9%) were doctors. Mean age of the doctors’ is 34.54(SD = 7.43) years and more than half (50.06%) were in post graduate training. Majority were worried about their health (65%) and their loved one's health (90.1%). Among doctors 220(90.5%) felt that they have moderate or higher risk of acquiring COVID-19 and 15.6% would not have worked due to the risk. According to GHQ-12, 182(74%) doctors were psychologically distressed (mean GHQ = 12.64, SD = 4.54) and it was significantly associated with age less than 35 years (p = 0.039) and worry about interruption of their daily routines(p = 0.010).The mean age of 225 medical undergraduates was 25.20 (SD = 1.34) years and 176(78.2%) of the participants were psychologically distressed (mean GHQ = 14.32, SD = 6.67). Majority (59.11%) believed that they are at high risk of getting COVID-19. Their distress was significantly associated with the worry about the impact of COVID-19 related restrictions on their daily routines (p = 0.000).Binomial logistic regression confirmed that doctors were distressed due to impact on their income whereas both doctors and medical undergraduates were distressed due to impact on daily routines.ConclusionNearly three quarter of both doctors and medical undergraduates were psychologically distressed during COVID-19 pandemic. The worry was due to contracting illness, financial issues and the COVID-19 regulations.

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Mental health status of informal waste workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0262141 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. e0262141

Author(s):

Md. Rajwanul Haque ◽

Md. Mostaured Ali Khan ◽

Md. Mosfequr Rahman ◽

M. Sajjadur Rahman ◽

Shawkat A. Begum

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Health Status ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Distress Risk ◽

The Family

The deadliest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is taking thousands of lives worldwide and presents an extraordinary challenge to mental resilience. This study assesses mental health status during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated factors among informal waste workers in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in June 2020 among 176 informal waste workers selected from nine municipalities and one city corporation in Bangladesh. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to assess respondents’ mental health. The study found that 80.6% of the individuals were suffering from psychological distress; 67.6% reported anxiety and depression, 92.6% reported social dysfunction, and 19.9% reported loss of confidence. The likelihood of psychological distress (Risk ratio [RR]: 1.23, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02–1.48) was significantly higher for female than male. Multiple COVID-19 symptoms of the family members (RR: 1.20, 95% CI: 1.03–1.41), unawareness about COVID-19 infected neighbor (RR: 1.21, 95% CI: 1.04–1.41), income reduction (RR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.06–2.41) and daily household meal reduction (RR: 1.34; 95% CI: 1.03–1.73) were also found to be associated with psychological distress. These identified factors should be considered in policy-making and support programs for the informal waste workers to manage the pandemic situation as well as combating COVID-19 related psychological challenges.

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Subjective and Objective Consequences of Stress in Subjects with Subjectively Different Sleep Quality—A Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18199990 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (19) ◽

pp. 9990

Author(s):

Beatrice Thielmann ◽

Robin Sebastian Schierholz ◽

Irina Böckelmann

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Status ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Significant Interaction ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Interaction Effects ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Stress Indicator

Background: Restful sleep plays an important role in long-term health and occupational safety. Heart rate variability (HRV) is used as stress indicator. The aim of this study was to determine whether HRV at rest or during sleep, as an objective indicator of stress, reflects subjectively assessed sleep quality. Methods: 84 subjects (37.3 ± 15.6 years) were classified into good sleepers and poor sleepers based on the results of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The cut-off value to distinguish between good and bad sleepers recommended by Buysse et al. 1989 is >5. Mental health status was determined using the 12-Item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). A 24 h electrocardiogram (ECG) was recorded for HRV analysis (total and 6 h night phase). Results: The poor sleepers showed a significantly lower mental health status (p = 0.004). The multifactorial variance analysis of the total phase time parameters Min HR (p = 0.032, η2 = 0.056) and SI (p = 0.015, η2 = 0.072) showed significant interaction effects. In the 6h night phase, significant interaction effects were found for SDNN (p = 0.036, η2 = 0.065) and SD2 (p = 0.033, η2 = 0.067). In addition, there was a significant negative correlation between HRV and stress and a positive correlation between HRV and mental health. Conclusions: Although this study did not demonstrate a direct relationship between sleep quality and HRV, it was shown that there are important connections between sleep quality and mental health, and between HRV and mental health.

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Prevalence of Emotional Disorders Among Students of University of Medical Sciences; Iran

The Open Psychology Journal ◽

10.2174/1874350101407010029 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 29-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Valiollah Akbari ◽

Abbas Hajian ◽

Parisa Damirchi

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Status ◽

Medical Students ◽

Mental Disorders ◽

Emotional Disorders ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Social Dysfunction ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical University

Background: No nation-wide data are available on mental disorders in medical students. Such information can be useful for having a proper approach to and intervention for our students' health condition. Aim: To determine the mental health status in all of the students who study in one medical university. Methods: After invitation of all 790 students, 688 accepted to take part in this cross sectional study. We used the 28-items of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) to evaluate mental health status. Results: Over one third (37.8%) of our participants had mental disorders. There was no difference between genders. Emergency medicine students had the most prevalence of mental disorders (51.4%). The increase in the years of education was associated with that of the risk of involvement. Social dysfunction and depression were more prevalent than somatization and anxiety symptoms. Lower level of graduation was associated with higher depressive symptoms and medical students were at higher risk for social dysfunction. Conclusion: Prevalence rates among the students of the medical university are higher in comparison with the population and needs serial evaluation plans to screen and prevent mental disorders in this part of the population.

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Psychological Well-Being in Nursing Students: A Multicentric, Cross-Sectional Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18063020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 3020

Author(s):

Sílvia Reverté-Villarroya ◽

Laura Ortega ◽

Laia Raigal-Aran ◽

Esther Sauras-Colón ◽

Roser Ricomà-Muntané ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Nursing Education ◽

Health Status ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Protective Factor ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Related Factors ◽

Cross Sectional

In addition to complying with strict academic standards, nursing students must acquire relevant knowledge and skills, and learn how to carry themselves in different and often stressful professional settings. These obligations could severely affect their mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine the mental health status of undergraduate nursing students and related factors. A total of 1368 nursing students from different universities in Spain and Chile were included in this study, which took place over the 2018–2019 academic year. We assessed their levels of stress related to specific learning methodologies and determined their mental health status using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The results revealed that the more advanced the course was, the lower the total GHQ-28 score. The stress generated by different types of training activities had a significant effect on the total GHQ-28 score. These results suggest that nursing education could act as a protective factor against mental health disorders. Although a heavy academic workload could lead to higher levels of stress, overall, it seems that mental health is better in more advanced courses than in initial academic years.

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Social support and mental health status of internal migrants in Beijing

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.8193 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Ying Zhou ◽

Jianhua Wang

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Health Status ◽

Marital Status ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Mental Health Disorder ◽

Mental Health Status ◽

Self Report ◽

Monthly Income ◽

Internal Migrants

We investigated the mental health status of 320 internal migrants in Beijing according to gender, age, marital status, and monthly income, and examined the relationship between their mental health status and social support mechanisms. Participants completed the self-report Symptom Checklist-90-R and Social Support Rating Scale. Results showed that their mental health was significantly worse than the Chinese adult norm as assessed in 2017. Participants' social support varied according to age, marital status, and monthly income. Female participants younger than 30 years old with a monthly income lower than 3,000 yuan comprised the group with the most mental health disorder symptoms. They thus required greater personal attention to their health. The results suggested that social support can predict mental health among internal migrants. Directions for further research are discussed.

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Suicide attempt and its associated factors amongst women who were pregnant as adolescents in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Reproductive Health ◽

10.1186/s12978-021-01127-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jie Li ◽

Syeda Zerin Imam ◽

Zhengyue Jing ◽

Yi Wang ◽

Chengchao Zhou

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Health Status ◽

Adolescent Pregnancy ◽

Young Women ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

Abstract Background Adolescent pregnancy is a risk factor for suicide. We aimed to assess the prevalence of suicide attempts among young women with adolescent pregnancy in Bangladesh and to explore its associated factors. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we surveyed young women with adolescent pregnancy in urban and rural areas in Bangladesh to assess suicide attempts, socio-demographic and pregnancy-related characteristics, perceived health status, and perceived social support. Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to explore the relationship between potentially related factors and suicide attempts. Results Of the participants, 6.5% (61/940) reported suicide attempts in the past 12 months, and the majority (88.5%) of the attempts happened within one year after the pregnancy. Participants with more years after first pregnancy (odds ratio (OR) = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.37–0.61) and more perceived social support from friends (OR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.55–0.86) were less likely to have suicide attempts, and those perceived bad health status compared with good/fair health status (OR = 8.38, 95% CI: 3.08–22.76) were more likely to attempt suicide. Conclusions Women with adolescent pregnancy were at high risk of suicide attempts, especially those during the first postnatal year. The risk of suicide attempts attenuated with the time after pregnancy, and perceived social support from friends was a protective factor and perceived bad health status was a risk factor for suicide attempts among young women who have experienced adolescent pregnancy.

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