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Indicative of depressive symptoms among older people: a longitudinal study

ABCS health sci; 48 (), 2023
INTRODUCTION: Depressive symptoms can affect the quality of life of older people. Therefore, changes in this condition must be monitored. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence of changes in the indicative of depressive symptoms among older people and their associated factors. METHODS: Longitudinal study w...

Prevalence of depressive symptoms among dental students is influenced by sex, academic performance, smoking exposure, and sexual orientation: cross-sectional study

Braz. j. oral sci; 22 (), 2023
Aim: To estimate the prevalence and associated factors of self-reported depressive symptoms in undergraduate and graduate dental students. Methods: The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) was applied, and only the depression domain was verified. A structured questionnaire was used to collect s...

Positive attributes in elderly people with different degrees of depression: a study based on network analysis

Psicol. reflex. crit; 36 (), 2023
Abstract Introduction Depression in aging may lead to loss of autonomy and worsening of comorbidities. Understanding how positive attributes contribute to healthier and happier aging has been one ofthe purposes of Positive Psychology. However, the literature still lacks studies that evaluate how depress...

Pandemic grief in El Salvador: factors that predict dysfunctional grief due to a COVID-19 death among Salvadoran adults

Psicol. reflex. crit; 36 (), 2023
Abstract Thousands of people have died of COVID-19 in El Salvador. However, little is known about the mental health of those who are mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the dysfunctional grief associated with COVID-19 death among Salvadoran ...

Transtornos mentais comuns em profissionais da Atenção Primária à Saúde em um período de pandemia da covid-19: estudo transversal na macrorregião Norte de saúde de Minas Gerais, 2021

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 32 (1), 2023
Objective: to analyze the prevalence of symptoms of common mental disorders (CMDs) in Primary Health Care professionals between August-October/2021. Methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted with health professionals in the Northern health macro-region of Minas Gerais state; snowball samplin...

Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To verify whether folic acid supplementation during pregnancy is associated with the occurrence of maternal depressive symptoms at three months postpartum, in the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort. METHODS This study included 4,046 women, who were classified into three groups: did not use fo...

Food insecurity and depressive symptoms among older adults assisted by the Family Health Strategy in the Northeast region of Brazil

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 36 (), 2023
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the association between depressive symptoms and food insecurity in households with older adults. Methods This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted with community-dwelling older adults attended to in the Family Health Strategy in a municip...

Sintomas depressivos e recebimento de aposentadorias ou pensões: uma análise transversal do ELSI-Brasil

Epidemiol. serv. saúde; 32 (3), 2023
Objetivo: Investigar a associação entre recebimento de aposentadorias ou pensões e sintomas depressivos na população brasileira com 50 anos ou mais. Método: Estudo transversal com participantes da linha de base (2015-2016) do Estudo Longitudinal da Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros. Sintomas depressiv...

A non-systematic, descriptive literature review of observational research on anxiety during the first COVID-19 pandemic phase

Medwave; 22 (11), 2022
Fear of contagion, together with the consequences of mitigation strategies, are often cited as causes of high levels of anxiety in the general population in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is unclear whether published reports make it possible to distinguish between normal and pathologic...

Monitoreo serológico y psicológico en personal de salud durante el comienzo de la pandemia COVID-19

Introducción: el personal de salud (PdS) es esencial en la lucha contra el COVID-19. Al inicio de la pandemia, el riesgo de adquirir la enfermedad en este grupo era desconocido. Buscamos estimar incidencia y prevalencia de anticuerpos anti-SARS-CoV-2, y prevalencia...