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ArticleJournal of psychosomatic research2022

Mental distress of parents with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A prospective cohort study.

Kinga Bik-Multanowska, Antonina Mikocka-Walus, Julian Fernando, Elizabeth Westrupp

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Article in Journal of psychosomatic research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Endometriosis and COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  2. Resilience and Hassles Trajectories Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kinga Bik-MultanowskaDeakin University, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, VIC, Australia; Leiden University, Institute of Psychology, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Antonina Mikocka-WalusDeakin University, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: mikocka@deakin.edu.au.
Julian FernandoDeakin University, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, VIC, Australia.
Elizabeth WestruppDeakin University, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, VIC, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, VIC, Australia.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo-date there has been limited examination of the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in parents who suffer from chronic physical conditions. We aimed to 1) examine whether presence of a chronic disease predicts differential latent distress profile memberships, and 2) assess factors that could predict different distress profiles in the sub-group of parents with a chronic disease.

methodsWe used a sample of 1618 parents, from the longitudinal COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Study, who completed a measure of mental distress (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale) at 13 data collection points. Distress profiles were assessed with the latent profile analysis.

resultsWe identified four distinct mental distress profile memberships, with the most common membership characterised by very low (48.1%), followed by low (31.9%), moderate (15.7%), and high (4.3%) distress scores. A higher proportion of parents with chronic diseases belonged to profiles experiencing low (34.7% vs. 30.4%), moderate (18.7% vs. 14.1%), and high (5.5% vs. 3.7%) compared to very low (41.2% vs. 51.8%) distress levels than other parents. Residing in Victoria, younger age, lower levels of social support and appraisal of COVID as risk were associated with membership to higher compared to very low distress profiles.

conclusionOur findings highlight the importance of considering chronic disease co-morbidity as an additive risk factor in addressing mental health outcomes of parents during pandemic-like events, since parents with chronic conditions are more vulnerable to experiencing worse mental distress. Future interventions should focus on ways to strengthen social support and provide guidance for managing threat appraisal.

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Chronic diseaseCOVID-19Mental distressParentsProspective design

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PMID34875464
PMCPMC8665692
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