Fui, Wong Min and Majid, Hazreen Abdul and Ismail, Rozmi and Su, Tin Tin and Tan, Maw Pin and Said, Mas Ayu (2022) Psychosocial factors associated with mental health and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic among low-income urban dwellers in Peninsular Malaysia. PLoS ONE, 17 (8). ISSN 1932-6203, DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264886.
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Background and aims Mental well-being among low-income urban populations is arguably challenged more than any other population amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigates factors associated with depression and anxiety symptoms and quality of life among Malaysia's multi-ethnic urban lower-income communities. Methods This is a community-based house-to-house survey conducted from September to November 2020 at the Petaling district in Selangor, Malaysia. Five hundred and four households were identified using random sampling, and heads of eligible households were recruited. Inclusion criteria were age >= 18 years with a monthly household income.RM6960 (estimated $1600) without acute psychiatric illness. The PHQ-9, GAD-7 and EQ-5D were used for depression, anxiety, and quality of life, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression was performed for the final analysis. Results A total of 432 (85.7%) respondents with a mean age of 43.1 years completed the survey. Mild to severe depression was detected in 29.6%, mild to severe anxiety in 14.7%, and problematic quality of life in 27.8% of respondents. Factors associated with mild to severe depression were younger age, chronic health conditions, past stressful events, lack of communication gadgets and lack of assets or commercial property. While respiratory diseases, marital status, workplace issues, financial constraints, absence of investments, substance use and lack of rental income were associated with mild to severe anxiety. Attributing poverty to structural issues, help-seeking from professionals, and self-stigma were barriers, while resiliency facilitated good psychological health. Problematic quality of life was associated with depression, older age, unemployment, cash shortage, hypertension, diabetes, stressful life events and low health literacy. Conclusions A high proportion of the sampled urban poor population reported mild to severe anxiety and depression symptoms. The psychosocial determinants should inform policymakers and shape future work within this underserved population.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Long Term Research Grant (LRGS) [LRGS/1/2016/UKM/02/1/2 (LGRS MRUN/F1/01/2019)], Federation under the Ministry of Health, Malaysia |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP; PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENERAL-POPULATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; SOCIAL-CLASS; DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; METAANALYSIS; POVERTY |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine > Social & Preventive Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms Koh Ai Peng |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2024 05:13 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2024 05:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/46262 |
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