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- Title
Prevalence of Depression Symptoms Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Two Asian American Ethnic Groups.
- Authors
Lozano, Paula; Rueger, Sandra Yu; Lam, Helen; Louie, Naomi; Southworth, Alia; Maene, Chieko; Mo, Yicklun; Randal, Fornessa; Kim, Karen
- Abstract
Asian Americans have experienced compounding stressors during the pandemic as a result of racial discrimination. We aim of to investigate the prevalence of depression symptoms among Asian Americans before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine differences based on socio-demographic factors. Data are from a cross-sectional study (N = 636) among Chinese and South Asian adults in Chicago collected between February and May 2020. One cohort of participants were surveyed from each ethnic group before the pandemic and a second cohort of participants were surveyed during the pandemic. Depression symptoms increased more than two-fold, from 9% pre-pandemic to 21% during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found an increase in depression symptoms during the pandemic for South Asians, men and adults older than 30 years. These findings call for public health education that effectively addresses anti-Asian harassment and violence and ensure that culturally competent mental health services are provided to Asian Americans from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
- Subjects
DISCRIMINATION prevention; SAMPLE size (Statistics); ANALYSIS of variance; CROSS-sectional method; SELF-evaluation; ACCULTURATION; ASIANS; PUBLIC health; MEDICAL care; SURVEYS; CRONBACH'S alpha; MENTAL depression; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; CULTURAL competence; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; ETHNIC groups; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; SENSITIVITY &; specificity (Statistics); DATA analysis software; COVID-19 pandemic; MENTAL health services
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2022, Vol 24, Issue 4, p909
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-021-01287-4