Assessment of the Selected Health Factors by Polonia in the Greater Toronto Area in the Relation to Their Quality and Standard of Living

Several studies have explored the relationship between mental health and life satisfaction. However, few studies have clarified the mechanisms underlying the relationship between mental health and life satisfaction among a large sample of the whole population. The aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of perceived social support between mental health and life satisfaction among the residents in Taian City, China. A total of 8500 residents were included in the analysis. A descriptive analysis was conducted to describe the sample characteristics. Pearson correlation was employed to explore the correlation between mental health and life satisfaction. The mediating role of perceived social support was analyzed using SPSS26.0. This study found that the residents’ average score of life satisfaction was 24.60 ± 4.12. Mental health was significantly correlated with perceived social support and life satisfaction. After adjusting for controlling variables, perceived social support played a partially mediating effect on mental health and life satisfaction, accounting for 21.04% of the total effect. However, data are cross-sectional, and causal conclusions cannot be drawn. Attention should be paid to the residents’ mental health and intervention should be considered for residents with mental disorders to improve the residents’ life satisfaction.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Mediating Effect of Perceived Social Support on Mental Health and Life Satisfaction among Residents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 8500 Subjects in Taian City, China

Dong

et al. 2022

“…Quality of life is strongly associated with our health status, which means not only the absence of illness, but also a state of physical, mental, and social well-being [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. Thus, the assessment of quality of life is linked with physical health, psychological state, social relationships, personal belief, and our relationship to the living environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional Experiences of COVID-19 Patients in China: A Qualitative Study

Deng

Park

2022

This study explored the emotional experiences of COVID-19 patients in China. Thirty-four patients diagnosed with COVID-19 participated in semi-structured telephone interviews. We used qualitative methods to investigate the distribution patterns and characteristics of patients’ emotional experiences. The results indicated that emotional experiences showed different characteristics at different stages during isolation and treatment. COVID-19 patients’ emotional discourse encompassed eight main themes, namely, feelings of shock at the diagnosis, yearning for future life, attachment to one’s family, depression during the treatment, self-restriction due to probable contagiousness, powerlessness about the disease, open-mindedness about death, and faith in the joint efforts to fight COVID-19. These themes related to experiences concerning infection, isolation, outlook on life and death, stigma, and macro-identity. The findings suggest that the unexpected experience of COVID-19 infection exacerbated patients’ negative emotions. COVID-19 patients’ emotional stress stemmed from isolated environments, physiological effects of the disease, panic about the unknown, and realistic economic pressure. The government, medical staff, family members of patients, and the media should therefore work together to ensure proper emotional care for COVID-19 patients.

“…Nowadays, more and more attention is paid to this issue because it is widely known that it is an important tool for measuring the health of the population. It is often the basis of planning health education and creating preventive programs and projects aimed toward health planning [12]. The issue of quality of life is closely related to the definition of health itself, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), means not only the absence of disease or disability, but also the state of physical, social and mental well-being [13].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relationship between Anxiety and Depression Levels and General Health Status before and 12 Months after SUI Treatment in Postmenopausal Women from the Lower Silesian Population

Zalewski

Kołodyńska

Lwow

et al. 2022

Menopause is often the cut-off point from which most cases of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women begin. This dysfunction affects not only the physical experience of the patient, but is also related to the psychological aspects, leading to a reduced quality of life. Despite the large number of patients with SUI and the frequent use of surgical treatment for this condition, there are few scientific reports evaluating the effectiveness of the procedure in terms of reducing depressive symptoms or improving overall health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between anxiety and depression and general health status before and 12 months after surgical treatment for SUI in postmenopausal women. Seventy-five patients qualified for the study, but due to the long study duration, both sets of questionnaires were eventually obtained from 60 postmenopausal patients. All patients that qualified for the study had a trans obturator tape (TOT) procedure. All patients enrolled in the project were given the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (hAdS) and King’s Health Questionnaire (KHQ). After 12 months of surgery with midurethral slings, symptoms of depression were present in only a small number of subjects, 11.7%, and anxiety was present in 13.3% of the entire group. The study confirms that patients with a general poor health condition may suffer from depression or anxiety, and therefore may also need psychological treatment. Patients with SUI should therefore receive therapeutic care from a multidisciplinary team, in which therapeutic activities are divided between doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and psychologists. As a result of the treatment, after 12 months, we confirmed a significant improvement in patients with depression and anxiety disorders.