Internet, telephone, and in-person follow-up. https://amerispeak.norc.org/ Documents/Research/AmeriSpeak%20Technical%20Overview%202019%20 02%2018.pdf experience increased risk for negative mental, emotional, or physical health outcomes and might need additional support to mitigate pandemic effects. Community-wide actions to reduce COVID-19 incidence and support mitigation strategies in schools are critically important to support students' return to in-person learning.
Background
Evidence from previous public health emergencies indicates that adults with disabilities have higher risk for morbidity (physical and mental) and mortality than adults without disabilities.
Objective
To provide estimates of mental health indicators and stressors for US adults by disability status during April and May 2020, shortly following the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods
We analyzed data from Porter Novelli View 360 opt-in Internet panel survey conducted during the weeks of April 20th and May 18th
,
2020 among 1004 English-speaking adults aged ≥18 years without and with disabilities (serious difficulty with hearing, vision, cognition, or mobility; any difficulty with self-care or independent living). Weighted logistic regression was used to test for significant differences between calculated prevalence estimates at the
P
≤ .05 level.
Results
One in four adults reported any disability. Adults with any disability were significantly more likely than adults without disability to report current depressive symptoms, frequent mental distress, suicidal ideation, and COVID-19-related initiated or increased substance use (all
p
values < .0001). Adults with disabilities also reported significantly higher levels of stressors, such as access to health care services (
p
< .0001), difficulty caring for their own (or another’s) chronic condition (
p
< .0001), emotional or physical abuse from others (
p
< .001), and not having enough food (
p
< .01).
Conclusions
The disproportionately high levels of poor mental health indicators among adults with disabilities as compared to those without highlight the importance of delivering timely mental health screening and treatment/intervention during and after the COVID-19 pandemic to persons with disabilities.
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