Low assets predict persistent depression through living difficulties amid large-scale disasters: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In face of large-scale disasters, persons with fewer assets are at greater risk of persistent poorer mental health than persons with more assets. Everyday daily routine disruptions and financial hardship could mediate this association.

Methods

This prospective population-representative study in Hong Kong aimed to investigate the relation between assets during the acute phase of COVID-19 (February-August 2020, T1) and persistent probable depression from T1 to March-August 2021 (T2), as well as the mediating effects of daily routine disruptions and financial hardship on the assets-depression association.

Results

Low assets at T1 prospectively related to persistent probable depression from T1 to T2. Primary routine disruptions (i.e., healthy eating and sleep)

SUBMITTER: Tao TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9304334 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature