SynthesisBMC public health2014
Health effects of indebtedness: a systematic review.
Synthesis in BMC public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
87 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 273 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review on the impact of financial insecurity on the physical and psychological well-being for people living with terminal illness.Palliative medicine · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of housing prices on residents' health: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Perception of Debt During Resident Education-A Systematic Review.The Permanente journal · 2023Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Relationship Between Debt and Depression, Anxiety, Stress, or Suicide Ideation in Asia: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- Socioeconomic disparities in the association between macroeconomic changes and suicide: a population-level time series study in Australia.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Payday Loan Use Among People With Lived and Living Experience of Substance Use.Drug and alcohol review · 2026Article
- Psychological distress, financial literacy, loneliness, and coping in relation to financial difficulties: a cross-sectional study in Sweden.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A systematic review examining the relationship between debt and the mental health outcomes of anxiety, depression and suicidality within the United States.SSM - population health · 2026Review
- The Role of Demographic and Autism Specific Factors on the Level of Depression in Autistic Adults.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Financial strain, digital health reliance, and medical preferences: a multi-dimensional analysis of Chinese residents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Being overindebted and overweight in Switzerland - A largely unexplored association in an understudied population.PloS one · 2026Article
- Overindebted, unsupported and lonely, and mentally stressed and depressed-exploring the relationship between overindebtedness, social disconnectedness and poor mental health in a population-based Swiss study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The role of financial scarcity in the relationship between income and health behaviors: a causal mediation analysis.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The impacts of Liverpool Citizen's Advice on Prescription (CAP) on mental health outcomes- an Instrumental Variable (IV) approach.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Deciphering the mechanism of women's mental health: a perspective of urban-rural differences.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of mental and substance use problems among adults in Kenya: A community-based cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Unpacking the role of financial literacy in the debt-mental health nexus: evidence from China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The impact of minimum wage increase on suicidal ideation in South Korea: a difference-in-differences analysis using nationally representative panel data.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIn the aftermath of the global financial crisis, millions of households have been left with debts that they are unable to manage. Indebtedness may impair the wellbeing of those affected by it for years to come. This systematic review focuses on the long-term consequences of indebtedness on health.
methodsThe method used in the paper is a systematic review. First, bibliographic databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles. Second, the references and citations of the included articles were searched for additional articles.
resultsThe results from our sample of 33 peer-reviewed studies demonstrate serious health effects related to indebtedness. Individuals with unmet loan payments had suicidal ideation and suffered from depression more often than those without such financial problems. Unpaid financial obligations were also related to poorer subjective health and health-related behaviour. Debt counselling and other programmes to mitigate debt-related stress are needed to alleviate the adverse effects of indebtedness on health.
conclusionsThe results demonstrate that indebtedness has serious effects on health.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.