Trajectories of mental health outcomes following COVID-19 infection: a prospective longitudinal study

BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Feb. 13, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global mental health crisis. Yet, we know little about the lasting effects of infection on health. This prospective longitudinal study aimed to investigate trajectories changes in individuals infected with and identify potential predictors that may influence these changes.

Language: Английский

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The sleep response to stress: how sleep reactivity can help us prevent insomnia and promote resilience to trauma

Journal of Sleep Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 32(6)

Published: April 5, 2023

Summary Sleep reactivity is a predisposition to sleep disturbance during environmental perturbations, pharmacological challenges, or stressful life events. Consequently, individuals with highly reactive systems are prone insomnia disorder after stressor, engendering risk of psychopathology and potentially impeding recovery from traumatic stress. Thus, there tremendous value in ameliorating foster system that robust stress exposure, ultimately preventing its downstream consequences. We reviewed prospective evidence for as since our last review on the topic 2017. also studies investigating pre‐trauma predictor adverse post‐traumatic sequelae, clinical trials reported effect behavioural treatments mitigating reactivity. Most measured via self‐report using Ford Insomnia Response Stress Test (FIRST), demonstrating high scores this scale reliably indicate lower capacity tolerate Nascent suggests elevated prior trauma increases negative posttraumatic outcomes, namely acute disorder, depression, disorder. Lastly, appears most responsive interventions when delivered early phase insomnia. Overall, literature strongly supports premorbid vulnerability incident faced an array biopsychosocial stressors. The FIRST identifies at priori, thereby guiding toward vulnerable population prevent promote resilience adversity.

Language: Английский

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Melatonin Use as a Dietary Supplement: A Narrative Review of Efficacy and Risks

Food Supplements and Biomaterials for Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Effects of Commonly Prescribed Medications on Sleep: A Review of the Literature

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 100(5), P. 856 - 867

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mental health symptoms and associated factors among primary healthcare workers in China during the post-pandemic era

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: May 14, 2024

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among healthcare workers has been widely reported during initial and ongoing phases pandemic. Yet, little remains known about status primary in China post-pandemic era.

Language: Английский

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Anxiety, insomnia and family support in nurses, two years after the onset of the pandemic crisis

AIMS Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. 252 - 267

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause serious physical and mental problems for health professionals, particularly nurses.To estimate the prevalence of anxiety insomnia evaluate their possible association with family support received by nurses two years after onset pandemic.In total, study participants were 404 (335 females 69 males) a mean age 42.88 (SD = 10.9) 17.96 12) working as nurses. Nurses from five tertiary hospitals in Athens constituted population who completed questionnaires State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Insomnia Scale (AIS) Family Support (FSS), months November December 2021. Regarding demographic occupational characteristics, gender, experience recorded.60.1% showed abnormal scores state anxiety, 46.8% trait 61.4% insomnia. Women higher on subscales scale compared men (p < 0.01 p 0.05 respectively), while they lower score FSS without statistical significance > 0.05). Positive correlations 0.01) found between State Inventory, Trait AIS, all them high negative correlation 0.01). Age As shown mediation analysis, relationship was mediated whereas appeared be dependent support.Nurses continue levels feel less supported families than first year pandemic. appears significant indirect effect seems affect anxiety.

Language: Английский

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Mediterranean-Style Diet and Other Determinants of Well-Being in Omnivorous, Vegetarian, and Vegan Women

Nutrients, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 725 - 725

Published: Feb. 1, 2023

Due to the lack of studies comparing determinants well-being in omnivores and vegetarians, we examined associations socio-demographic lifestyle factors, including adherence a Mediterranean-style diet, relation omnivorous, vegetarian, vegan women. Well-being was assessed using validated WHO-5 Well-Being Index. Adherence diet determined modified Mediterranean score. The study conducted on 636 women (23.9 ± 5.7 years), whom 47.3% were omnivores, 33.2% 19.5% vegans. good group (WHO-5 Index ≥ 13 points) comprised 30.9% 46.0% 57.3% remaining participants classified as belonging poor (<13 points). Compared vegetarians vegans had 1.6-fold (95% CI: 1.04-2.42) 2.4-fold 1.45-3.99) higher probability having well-being, respectively. In predictors (a 1-score increment associated with 17% P-trend = 0.016), self-perceived health status, lower levels stress. vegans, it older age, physical activity (≥3 h/week), 7-8 h sleep time, similarly omnivores' status stress level. Our findings indicate that following better omnivores. Furthermore, identified different omnivorous vegetarian

Language: Английский

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The Human Superorganism: Using Microbes for Freedom vs. Fear

Applied Microbiology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(3), P. 883 - 905

Published: Aug. 10, 2023

Balanced fear supports human rational decision-making and useful behavioral responses. In contrast, overwhelming, persistent, unbalanced can paralyze the individual result in heightened anxiety, lack of cognitive flexibility, fear-based public compliance serious mental health issues. Psychobiotics research has established that a healthy microbiome is required for balanced protection via control extinction. The recent COVID-19 pandemic featured daily, fear-of-a-single-contagion conditioning on global scale paired with various mandates (e.g., lockdowns healthy, wearing face masks many locations including schools, isolation from environmental microbes each other through closure beaches parks, restrictions social gatherings access to family members hospitals senior-assisted facilities). Such degraded isolated us microbes. It also ignored historic role secondary bacterial pathogens deaths. This narrative review examines how institutional promotion fear-of-a-single-contagion, risk communication, appalling disregard our fundamental nature (as majority-microbial superorganisms) resulted problems rather than solutions. illustrates government-public health-media pervasive microbiome-degrading behaviors: (1) increased compliance, (2) reduced (3) conditions. However, portion general chose healthier path their consumption microbiome- immune-supportive supplements fermented foods during after pandemic. For future, must follow lead this population ensure freedom, paralyzing fear, dominates future.

Language: Английский

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Understanding the Relationships Between Sleep Quality and Depression and Anxiety in Neurotrauma: A Scoping Review

Journal of Neurotrauma, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 41(1-2), P. 13 - 31

Published: Aug. 31, 2023

Sleep problems, depression, and anxiety are highly prevalent after a spinal cord injury (SCI) traumatic brain (TBI) may worsen functional outcomes quality of life. This scoping review examined the existing literature to understand relationships between sleep quality, in persons with SCI TBI, identify gaps literature. A systematic search seven databases was conducted. The findings 30 eligible studies reporting associations depression and/or or TBI were synthesized. included mostly cross-sectional employed range subjective objective measures quality. Poor insomnia tended be significantly associated increased levels anxiety, but no such reported when measured objectively. Two longitudinal observed worsening depressive symptoms over time related persistent complaints. interventional found that treating problems improved anxiety. this suggest psychopathology neurotraumatic injuries. has important therapeutic implications, because individuals benefit from therapy targeting both psychological issues. More warranted further direction strength how they impact patient outcomes.

Language: Английский

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Sleep Reactivity as a Risk Factor for Psychopathology: A Review of Prospective Studies, Mechanisms, and Biological Correlates

Current Sleep Medicine Reports, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(1), P. 5 - 12

Published: Jan. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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