OBJECTIVE To examine the consequences of early-onset hearing loss on several social and health measures and any related gender differences in Japanese populations. METHODS Data from a 2007 nationally representative cross-sectional household survey of 136,849 men and women aged 20 to 39 years were obtained (prevalence of self-reported hearing loss: 0.74%). We focused particularly on four socia...

This study examined predictors of the psychological adjustment of mothers of adolescents and young adults with CF. In our sample of 51 mothers (mean age 48 years) with at least one child with CF, aged between 16 and 25 years, high levels of anxiety and depression were found. Illness representations, in particular perceptions of the cyclical nature of CF and emotional representations of CF, were...

The prevalence of COVID-19 and its effect was spread all over the worldwide. Nepal also suffered bitterly from COVID-19. main objective this study is to identify psychological distress in patients their family members living Makawapur Gadhi Rural Municipality Makawanpur district. data collected 30 households who were suffering infection result shows that 26.7% respondents felt no distress, whil...

BACKGROUND Longitudinal studies specifically looking at the transition into parenthood and changes in mental health in the general population are scarce. This study aimed to investigate the impact of transition into parenthood on mental health and psychological distress using longitudinal survey data. METHODS The analysis used three waves from the longitudinal Survey of Family, Income and Emp...

BACKGROUND Various studies have reported socioeconomic inequalities in mental health among urban residents. This study aimed at investigating whether neighborhood social cohesion influences the associations between socio-economic factors and psychological distress. METHODS Cross-sectional questionnaire study on a random sample of 18,173 residents aged 16 years and older from 211 neighborhoods...

We tested Jahoda’s latent deprivation model with employed persons, unemployed persons, and persons who are out of the labor force (OLF). The data were collected in a in a web-based survey. According to Jahoda’s model employment is the main provider of five specific categories of experience that are important for psychological well-being, i.e. time structure, social contact, collective purpose, ...