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Author: Lassi, Nicholas
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Delayed and Unmet Prescription Drug Access Linked to Elevated Anxiety Symptoms During COVID-19: Retrospective Findings from the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult Cohort Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy 13 (March 2024): 100411. Also: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2024.100411 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Anxiety; COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic; Health Care; Health, Mental/Psychological; Medication/Prescriptions Background: The COVID-19 pandemic produced substantial challenges to pharmacy systems worldwide and provoked concerns about a wider influence on mental health. While various studies have investigated the relationship between disruptions in access to healthcare and mental health, the effects of delayed and unmet access to prescription drugs on anxiety-related outcomes have been underexamined. Objective: This study analyzed the impact of delayed and unmet access to prescription drugs on anxiety-related outcomes, including anxiety, inability to stop or control worrying, worrying too much, trouble relaxing, trouble sitting still, being annoyed or irritable, and fear of future events, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A retrospective observational study was performed using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79 Child and Young Adult dataset, encompassing 2,193 individuals. One-way multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between access to prescription drugs and anxiety-related symptoms. Results: The findings show that, before the pandemic, instances of delayed/unable to access prescription drugs were either not linked to anxiety symptoms or, in some cases, were linked to anxiety symptoms but no different than during the pandemic. Delayed access to prescription drugs amid the pandemic was significantly linked with increases in anxiety symptoms not found pre-pandemic, including worrying too much (F = 18.433, p < .001, η2p = 0.017), trouble relaxing (F = 11.423, p < .001, η2p = 0.010), and being easily annoyed or irritable (F = 3.881, p = .021, η2p = 0.004). Similarly, unmet access to prescription drugs amid the pandemic was significantly linked with increases in anxiety-related symptoms not found pre-pandemic, including an inability to stop or control worrying (F = 14.666, p < .001, η2p = 0.013) and worrying too much (F = 18.433, p < .001, η2p = 0.017). Conclusions: These results have implications for pharmacy administrators and policymakers seeking to understand and limit adverse mental health outcomes within pharmacy during times of crisis. |
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Lassi, Nicholas. "Delayed and Unmet Prescription Drug Access Linked to Elevated Anxiety Symptoms During COVID-19: Retrospective Findings from the NLSY79 Child and Young Adult Cohort." Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy 13 (March 2024): 100411.
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Extraversion and Low Introversion More Equivalent to High Introversion in Depression During COVID-19 Journal of Personality published online (17 March 2024). Also: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12931 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Wiley Online Keyword(s): COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic; Depression (see also CESD); Extroversion/Extrovert; Health, Mental/Psychological; Introversion/Introvert; Personality; Psychological Effects Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Objective: This study investigated whether forms of extraversion-introversion produced different depression-related outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: One-way MANCOVAs were conducted to investigate the relationship between extraversion-introversion and depressive symptoms. These data were sourced from the NLSY97, consisting of 4846 individuals born between 1980 and 1984. Results: During pre-pandemic periods, high introversion increased the risk of depressive symptoms. During the pandemic, the risk for depressive symptoms was more equivalent, or less predominately high-introvert-based, among extraverted/low introverted and high introverted subjects. Conclusions: Extraversion/low introversion was linked with increased depression, relative to high introversion, during the pandemic. The findings raise significant questions about how individuals with distinct personality traits may experience changes in their psychological well-being during challenging public health events. |
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Lassi, Nicholas. "Extraversion and Low Introversion More Equivalent to High Introversion in Depression During COVID-19." Journal of Personality published online (17 March 2024).
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Remote Learning and Parent Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic Educational Research Quarterly 46,2 (December 2022): . Also: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2758123563 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Behavioral Research Press Keyword(s): Children; COVID-19/Coronavirus Pandemic; Depression (see also CESD); Fathers; Mothers; Schooling Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examined the link between remote learning for children and parent depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. There was an intense shift in how education was delivered during the COVID-19 outbreak, increasing educational obligations for parents. In this study, two education delivery methods, "any remote learning for the household children" and "any in-person classes, at school, for the household children," were examined by six measures of parent depression. The NLSY97 COVID-19 Supplement, collected in the first half of 2021, provided the 1,742-person sample. Remote learning for children was closely linked to parents experiencing increased depression, sadness, lack of focus, feeling that everything is an effort, not able to get "going," and restless sleep. In-person classes, in school, and during the same time, were not linked to higher levels of these parental mental health issues. All tests controlled for general health, whether respondents had been told they had coronavirus, frequency of close contact at work, etc. These results strongly indicate that remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic is closely linked to increased parent depression. |
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Lassi, Nicholas. "Remote Learning and Parent Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Educational Research Quarterly 46,2 (December 2022): .
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