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Income loss and subsequent poor psychological well-being among the Chinese population during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

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      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101147692 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1475-9276 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14759276 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Equity Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: [London] : BioMed Central, 2002-
    • Subject Terms:
      COVID-19*/economics ; COVID-19*/epidemiology ; COVID-19*/ethnology ; COVID-19*/psychology ; East Asian People*/psychology ; East Asian People*/statistics & numerical data ; Financial Stress*/economics ; Financial Stress*/epidemiology ; Financial Stress*/ethnology ; Financial Stress*/psychology ; Social Determinants of Health*/economics ; Social Determinants of Health*/ethnology ; Social Determinants of Health*/statistics & numerical data; Adult ; Humans ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Pandemics ; Psychological Well-Being ; Income ; Mental Health/economics ; Mental Health/ethnology ; Mental Health/statistics & numerical data
    • Abstract:
      Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had major ramifications for health and the economy at both the individual and collective levels. This study examined exogenous negative changes in household income and their implications on psychological well-being (PWB) among the Chinese population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
      Methods: Data were drawn from the early China COVID-19 Survey, a cross-sectional anonymous online survey administered to the general population in China. Self-reported PWB was measured using a 5-point Likert scale with five questions related to the participants' recent psychological state. Hierarchical multiple linear regression was employed to examine whether income loss during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with poor psychological health.
      Results: This study included 8,428 adults, of which 90% had suffered from a moderate or severe loss of household income due to the early COVID-19 pandemic. Those who had experienced moderate or severe loss of income scored significantly lower on psychological well-being than those who did not experience income loss (19.96 or 18.07 vs. 21.46; P < 0.001); after controlling for confounders, income loss was negatively associated with PWB scores (moderate income loss: B = - 0.603, P < 0.001; severe income loss: B = - 1.261, P < 0.001). An interaction effect existed between the degree of income loss and pre-pandemic income groups. Specifically, participants in the middle-income group who had suffered severe income loss scored the lowest on PWB (B = - 1.529, P < 0.001). There was also a main effect on income loss, such that participants with varying degrees of income loss differed across five dimensions, including anhedonia, sleep problems, irritability or anger, difficulty with concentration, and repeated disturbing dreams related to COVID-19.
      Conclusions: Income loss during the pandemic has had detrimental consequences on psychological well-being, and the magnitude of the impact of income loss on psychological well-being varied according to previous income levels. Future policy efforts should be directed toward improving the psychological well-being of the economically vulnerable and helping them recover from lost income in the shortest time possible.
      (© 2023. BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature.)
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: COVID-19; China; Income loss; Psychological well-being
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20231017 Date Completed: 20231102 Latest Revision: 20231122
    • Publication Date:
      20231215
    • Accession Number:
      PMC10583462
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s12939-023-02022-1
    • Accession Number:
      37848883