Assets, stressors, and symptoms of persistent depression over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sci Adv
; 8(9): eabm9737, 2022 Mar 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1723457
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been accompanied by an increase in depression in U.S. adults. Previous literature suggests that having assets may protect against depression. Using a nationally representative longitudinal panel survey of U.S. adults studied in March and April 2020 and in March and April 2021, we found that (i) 20.3% of U.S. adults reported symptoms of persistent depression in Spring 2020 and Spring 2021, (ii) having more assets was associated with lower symptoms of persistent depression, with financial assets-household income and savings-most strongly associated, and (iii) while having assets appeared to protect persons-in particular those without stressors-from symptoms of persistent depression over the COVID-19 pandemic, having assets did not appear to reduce the effects of job loss, financial difficulties, or relationship stress on symptoms of persistent depression. Efforts to reduce population depression should consider the role played by assets in shaping risk of symptoms of persistent depression.
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Adv
Year:
2022
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Article
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Sciadv.abm9737
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