Mental Health of Apprentices during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Austria and the Effect of Gender, Migration Background, and Work Situation.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 18(17)2021 08 25.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1374383
ABSTRACT
This study assessed the mental health of apprentices during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria and the effect of gender, migration background, work situation, and work sector. An online survey via REDCap was performed with a sample of 1442 apprentices (female 53.5%, male 45.4%, diverse 1.1%, migration background:
28.4%) from 29 March to 18 May 2021. Indicators of mental health were depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7), well-being (WHO-5), disordered eating (EAT-8), and insomnia (ISI-7). There was a high prevalence of clinically relevant depression (cut-offs ≥11 for adolescents, ≥10 for adults 48.3%), anxiety (cut-offs ≥11 for adolescents, ≥10 for adults 35.4%), insomnia (cut-off ≥15 27%), and disordered eating (cut-offs ≥2 for men, ≥3 for women 50.6%). Linear models revealed that apprentices with female and diverse gender, migration background, and unemployed status showed the poorest scores on all mental health measures (all p-values < 0.05) except disordered eating. These findings emphasize the need for intersectional strategies to reduce and prevent adverse mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for apprentices.Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph18178933
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