scholarly journals Depression, anxiety and Type-A personality in patients with eye’s disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Nada Pop Jordanova ◽  
Jovanka Ristova ◽  
Sofija Loleska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Type A ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Type A Personality ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Ophthalmological problems have a great influence on the quality of life, employment and everyday activities. In this context they are an important issue in the public health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of anxiety, depression as well as type-A personality in a sample of 40 ophthalmological patients. The results obtained showed moderate anxiety, moderate depression, as well as different type of personality related to the diagnosis. Scores obtained for psychometric tests are related to the age, but not to the gender. Research confirmed that depressive symptoms and anxiety may not only aggravate symptoms of eye disease, but also affect other psychological systems forming a vicious circle. With a change of the medical model, medical professionals are placing an increasing emphasis on the mental health of patients. It is an imperative to introduce social measures for improvement of the health. These findings highlight an important mental health issue in eye disease patients.

scholarly journals Mindfulness in Motion for People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Feasibility Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 225-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel M. Gilbertson ◽  
Maryanna D. Klatt
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Background: Mindfulness in Motion is an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention that uses yoga movement, mindfulness meditation, and relaxing music. This study examined the feasibility of using Mindfulness in Motion in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and the effect of this program on stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and quality of life in people with MS. Methods: Twenty-two people with MS completed the 8-week mindfulness program as well as assessments 1 week before and after the intervention. Results: Pre/post comparison of four self-reported questionnaires—the Mental Health Inventory, 36-item Short Form Health Status Survey, Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, and Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire—showed significant improvement in physical functioning, vitality, and mental health. Specifically, improvements were seen in anxiety, depression, and positive affect; cognitive, psychosocial, and overall functioning regarding fatigue; and mindfulness in the areas of observing, acting with awareness, nonjudgment, and nonreactivity. Conclusions: Due to the uncertainty in disease progression associated with MS, and the multiplicity of mental and physical symptoms associated with it, programming that addresses anxiety, depression, and fatigue is a key area of future research in MS disease management. Mindfulness in Motion proved to be a feasible program yielding positive results, supporting the need for research to determine the extent to which the program can improve quality-of-life outcomes for people with MS.

Related type of personality a and mental health

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1021-1021
Author(s):  
H. Ghorbani Amir ◽  
T. Ahmadi Gatab
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Type A ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
List Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Type A Personality ◽  
University City

IntroductionConstitutional factors in mental health can be effective is the concept of personality types. Because the major segments of the population of students form community activist, according to mental health in this group of people is very important and vital.ObjectivesThis study investigated the relationship between type A personality and mental health is.MethodsDescriptive research method is correlation. The study sample included 50 students of psychology Noor University city of Babol is the daughter of 25 people and 25 people will Psrtshkyl and randomly selected and two personality questionnaires and mental health a. Gold Leaf (GHQ) have responded.ResultsResults using Pearson correlation and t test using T spss 18 software were analyzed.Findings indicate that:1.Between personality types and mental health A significant relationship exists.2.Mean mental health of girls and boys there is no significant difference.3.Between type A personality and physical symptoms there is a significant relationship.4.Between type A personality and symptoms of anxiety and sleep disturbance is a significant correlation.5.Between type A personality and social function there is a significant relationship.6.Between type A personality and depressive symptoms are significantly related.7.Gender (boys and girls) and Type A Shkhsty are related.ConclusionsAccording to research results between type A personality and mental health of a significant relationship exists. Number of participants who had type A mental health are lower than the number of participants who had personality and B are.

scholarly journals Acute Stress in Health Workers during Two Consecutive Epidemic Waves of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Kathrine Jáuregui Renaud ◽  
Davis Cooper-Bribiesca ◽  
Elizabet Martínez-Pichardo ◽  
José A. Miguel Puga ◽  
Dulce M. Rascón-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Epidemic Wave

The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked generalized uncertainty around the world, with health workers experiencing anxiety, depression, burnout, insomnia, and stress. Although the effects of the pandemic on mental health may change as it evolves, the majority of reports have been web-based, cross-sectional studies. We performed a study assessing acute stress in frontline health workers during two consecutive epidemic waves. After screening for trait anxiety/depression and dissociative experiences, we evaluated changes in acute stress, considering resilience, state anxiety, burnout, depersonalization/derealization symptoms, and quality of sleep as cofactors. During the first epidemic wave (April 2020), health workers reported acute stress related to COVID-19, which was related to state anxiety. After the first epidemic wave, acute stress decreased, with no increase during the second epidemic wave (December 2020), and further decreased when vaccination started. During the follow-up (April 2020 to February 2021), the acute stress score was related to bad quality of sleep. However, acute stress, state anxiety, and burnout were all related to trait anxiety/depression, while the resilience score was invariant through time. Overall, the results emphasize the relevance of mental health screening before, during, and after an epidemic wave of infections, in order to enable coping during successive sanitary crises.

scholarly journals Factors associated with impaired quality of life three months after being diagnosed with COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Rass ◽  
Bogdan-Andrei Ianosi ◽  
Laura Zamarian ◽  
Ronny Beer ◽  
Sabina Sahanic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Abstract Purpose To assess patient characteristics associated with health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and its mental and physical subcategories 3 months after diagnosis with COVID-19. Methods In this prospective multicentre cohort study, HR-QoL was assessed in 90 patients using the SF-36 questionnaire (36-item Short Form Health Survey), which consists of 8 health domains that can be divided into a mental and physical health component. Mental health symptoms including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorders were evaluated using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-5 (PCL-5) 3 months after COVID-19. Using descriptive statistics and multivariable regression analysis, we identified factors associated with impaired HR-QoL 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. Results Patients were 55 years of age (IQR, 49–63; 39% women) and were classified as severe (23%), moderate (57%), or mild (20%) according to acute disease severity. HR-QoL was impaired in 28/90 patients (31%). Younger age [per year, adjOR (95%CI) 0.94 (0.88–1.00), p = 0.049], longer hospitalization [per day, adjOR (95%CI) 1.07 (1.01–1.13), p = 0.015], impaired sleep [adjOR (95%CI) 5.54 (1.2–25.61), p = 0.028], and anxiety [adjOR (95%CI) 15.67 (3.03–80.99), p = 0.001) were independently associated with impaired HR-QoL. Twenty-nine percent (n = 26) scored below the normal range on the mental health component of the SF-36 and independent associations emerged for anxiety, depression, and self-reported numbness. Impairments in the physical health component of the SF-36 were reported by 12 (13%) patients and linked to hypogeusia and fatigue. Conclusion Every third patient reported a reduction in HR-QoL 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis and impairments were more prominent in mental than physical well-being.

scholarly journals Anxiety and depression in inflammatory eye disease: exploring the potential impact of topical treatment frequency as a putative psychometric item

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e000649
Author(s):  
Georgios Vakros ◽  
Paolo Scollo ◽  
James Hodson ◽  
Philip I Murray ◽  
Saaeha Rauz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Multivariable Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Eye Drops ◽  
Inflammatory Eye Disease ◽  
Anxiety Depression

ObjectiveTo evaluate whether topical therapy is linked to scores related to anxiety, depression and quality of life (QoL) in inflammatory eye disease (IED).Methods and analysisPatients with ocular surface disease (OSD, N=100) and Uveitis (N=100) completed self-administered validated questions on ocular symptoms and well-being, with supplemental questions on eye drop frequency.ResultsForty (20%) patients had scores consistent with depression and 33 (17%) anxiety. Anxiety, depression, QoL and OSD index (OSDI) scores did not differ significantly between OSD and Uveitis groups. In those with anxiety or depression, QoL was significantly reduced in all WHO Quality Of Life-BREF domains (all p<0.001). Multivariable analysis considering demographic and disease-related factors found daily topical drop frequency to be independently associated with anxiety (p=0.009) but not depression (p=0.300).ConclusionA high proportion of patients with IED demonstrated scores indicative of anxiety and depression. Preliminary evidence suggests that the frequency of topical eye drops potentially plays a significant role in the psychological health status of patients with IED .

Evaluation of a Housing First programme for people from the public mental health sector with severe and persistent mental illnesses and precarious housing: Housing, health and service use outcomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 000486742110117
Author(s):  
David Robert Dunt ◽  
Susan Elizabeth Day ◽  
Laura Collister ◽  
Beth Fogerty ◽  
Rosie Frankish ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Use ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Housing First ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
The Public

Aims and context: This paper reports the evaluation of the Doorway program (2015-18) in Melbourne, Australia. Doorway extends the original Housing First (HF) model in providing housing support to people with precarious housing at-risk of homelessness with Serious and Persistent Mental Illnesses (SPMIs) receiving care within Victoria’s public mental health system. Doorway participants source and choose properties through the open rental market, and receive rental subsidies, assistance, advocacy and brokerage support through their Housing and Recovery Worker (HRW). The aim of this study is to estimate Doorway’s impact on participants’ housing, quality of life and mental health service use. Methodology: The study employed a a quasi-experimental study design with a comparison group, adjusted for ten potential confounders. The primary outcome measure was days of secure housing per participant. Secure housing status, health service usage and quality of life (HoNOS) data were extracted from participants’ electronic hospital and Doorway records in deidentified, non-reidentifiable form. Analysis for continuous outcome variables was based on multivariate GLM modelling. Results: Doorway housed 89 (57%) of 157 accepted participants. The 157 Doorway participants overall were also housed for significantly more days (119.4 extra days per participant) than control participants, albeit after some delay in locating and moving into housing (mean 14 weeks). There was a significant, positive Doorway effect on health outcomes (all and one dimension of the HoNOS). Doorway participants had significantly reduced length of stay during acute and community hospital admissions (7.4 fewer days per participant) compared with the control group. Conclusion: The Doorway model represents a new and substantial opportunity to house, enhance health outcomes and reduce mental health service use for people with SPMIs from the public mental health sector and at-risk of homelessness.

scholarly journals Mobile-based interventions for common mental disorders in youth: a systematic evaluation of pediatric health apps

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Domhardt ◽  
Eva-Maria Messner ◽  
Anna-Sophia Eder ◽  
Sophie Engler ◽  
Lasse B. Sander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Health Apps ◽  
Anxiety Depression

Abstract Background The access to empirically-supported treatments for common mental disorders in children and adolescents is often limited. Mental health apps might extend service supplies, as they are deemed to be cost-efficient, scalable and appealing for youth. However, little is known about the quality of available apps. Therefore, we aimed to systematically evaluate current mobile-based interventions for pediatric anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods Systematic searches were conducted in Google Play Store and Apple App Store to identify relevant apps. To be eligible for inclusion, apps needed to be: (1) designed to target either anxiety, depression or PTSD in youth (0–18 years); (2) developed for children, adolescents or caregivers; (3) provided in English or German; (4) operative after download. The quality of eligible apps was assessed with two standardized rating systems (i.e., Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) and ENLIGHT) independently by two reviewers. Results Overall, the searches revealed 3806 apps, with 15 mental health apps (0.39%) fulfilling our inclusion criteria. The mean overall scores suggested a moderate app quality (MARS: M = 3.59, SD = 0.50; ENLIGHT: M = 3.22, SD = 0.73). Moreover, only one app was evaluated in an RCT. The correlation of both rating scales was high (r = .936; p < .001), whereas no significant correlations were found between rating scales and user ratings (p > .05). Conclusions Our results point to a rather poor overall app quality, and indicate an absence of scientific-driven development and lack of methodologically sound evaluation of apps. Thus, future high-quality research is required, both in terms of theoretically informed intervention development and assessment of mental health apps in RCTs. Furthermore, institutionalized best-practices that provide central information on different aspects of apps (e.g., effectiveness, safety, and data security) for patients, caregivers, stakeholders and mental health professionals are urgently needed.

scholarly journals Mental Health in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Impact on Well-Being Across the Athlete-Collegiate Career

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
David P. Schary ◽  
Carolina Lundqvist
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
National Collegiate Athletic Association ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Division I ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Impact

In reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictive policies altered student-athletes’ academic and athletic life. Sparse research has investigated the pandemic’s effect on student-athlete mental health in terms of both negative (e.g., depression, anxiety) and positive (e.g., well-being, quality of life) dimensions. This study explored the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and quality of life among National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I student-athletes at different stages of their collegiate career. Ninety-nine student-athletes (Mage = 19.7 years, SD = 1.5) completed assessments on their mental health. Regression analysis revealed experiences directly related to COVID-19 did not affect general well-being or quality of life, but anxiety, depression, and significant insomnia did. Social well-being was lower for student-athletes closer to graduation (e.g., juniors, seniors), independent of reported anxiety and depression levels. These findings highlight the importance of psychosocial support, particularly in times of crisis, and indicate that tailored support might be beneficial at later stages of the collegiate years.

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