ArticlePsychosomatics
Do Puerto Rican youth with asthma and obesity have higher odds for mental health disorders?
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- Obesity and symptoms of depression contribute independently to the poor asthma control of obesity.Respiratory medicine · 2014Trial
- The Effects of Asthma, Anxiety, and Depression on Sleep Outcomes Among Youth in Puerto Rico.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- Factors Related to the Health of Ethnic Hispanic Children in the United States: Application of Multiple Disadvantage Model.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Factors in the Mental Health of Children from Low-Income Families in the United States: An Application of the Multiple Disadvantage Model.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Sleep, Depressive/Anxiety Disorders, and Obesity in Puerto Rican Youth.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2017Article
- Improved Infant Outcomes with Group Prenatal Care in Puerto Rico.Source journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2017Article
- Health Issues in Hispanic/Latino Youth.Journal of Latina/o psychology · 2016Article
- High prevalence of overweight and obesity among a representative sample of Puerto Rican children.BMC public health · 2015Article
- The health status of youth in Puerto Rico.Clinical pediatrics · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundIsland Puerto Rican (PR) youth experience disproportionately high asthma and obesity rates compared with other racial/ethnic groups on the U.S. mainland. Previous research has demonstrated associations of chronic disease with psychiatric disorders.
objectiveWe examined the relationship among anxiety/depressive disorders, asthma, and obesity in an epidemiologic community sample of youth.
methodsThe sample (n = 656) was derived from the second wave of an island-wide probabilistic representative household sample of PR youth stratified and based on whether or not they had a diagnosis of asthma and/or depressive/anxiety disorder. For this study, we used the subpopulation ages 10-19 years.
resultsAsthma and obesity were significantly related to higher odds of depressive/anxiety disorders in youth. Obesity moderated the relationship between asthma attacks and depressive/anxiety disorders. The relationship between asthma attack and higher odds for depressive/anxiety disorders was only present in the non-obese group. Among the obese, females show a significant increase from 11% to 36% in the prevalence of anxiety/depressive disorders. Asthma and obesity were highly prevalent and a significant association was found between asthma attack and depressive/anxiety disorders. The effects of asthma and obesity were not additive; the prevalence for psychiatric disorder for those having both conditions did not increase above the prevalence associated having only one of the conditions.
conclusionsFuture studies should consider including longitudinal designs and examine the extent to which important variables not included in this study, such as body image dissatisfaction (particularly among females), teasing, and discrimination may moderate the relationship among obesity and depressive and anxiety disorders in youth.
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