TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors associated with COVID-19-related mental health among Asian Indians in the United States
AU - Ikram, Mohammad
AU - Shaikh, Nazneen Fatima
AU - Siddiqui, Zasim Azhar
AU - Dwibedi, Nilanjana
AU - Misra, Ranjita
AU - Vishwanatha, Jamboor K.
AU - Sambamoorthi, Usha
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was, in part, funded by the National Institutes of Health NIH/1OT2HL158258– Texas CEAL Alliance (Usha Sambamoorthi, Jamboor K Vishwanatha), and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities through the Texas Center for Health Disparities (NIMHD), 5U54MD006882 (Usha Sambamoorthi, Jamboor K Vishwanatha). The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the NIH.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Background: In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused increased mental health symptoms and mental illness. Specific subgroups such as Asian Indians in the US have also been subject to additional stressors due to unprecedented loss of lives in their home country and increased Asian hate due to the misperception that Asians are to be blamed for the spread of the SARS-CoV-2. Objective: We examined the various factors including discrimination associated with COVID-19-related mental health symptoms among Asian Indians. Methods: We administered an online survey between May 2021 and July 2021 using convenient and snowball sampling methods to recruit Asian Indian adults (age > 18 years, N = 289). The survey included questions on mental health and the experience with unfair treatment in day-to-day life. Descriptive analysis and logistic regressions were performed. Results: Overall, 46.0% reported feeling down, depressed, or lonely and feeling nervous, tense, or worried due to the COVID-19 pandemic; 90.0% had received at least one dose of vaccination and 74.7% reported some form of discrimination. In the fully-adjusted logistic regression, age (AOR = 0.95; 95%CI- 0.92, 0.97;p < 0.01) and general health (AOR=0.84; 95%CI- 0.73, 0.97; p < 0.015) were negatively associated with mental health symptoms. Participants who experienced discrimination were more likely (AOR=1.26; 95%CI- 1.08, 1.46; p < 0.01) to report mental health symptoms.
AB - Background: In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused increased mental health symptoms and mental illness. Specific subgroups such as Asian Indians in the US have also been subject to additional stressors due to unprecedented loss of lives in their home country and increased Asian hate due to the misperception that Asians are to be blamed for the spread of the SARS-CoV-2. Objective: We examined the various factors including discrimination associated with COVID-19-related mental health symptoms among Asian Indians. Methods: We administered an online survey between May 2021 and July 2021 using convenient and snowball sampling methods to recruit Asian Indian adults (age > 18 years, N = 289). The survey included questions on mental health and the experience with unfair treatment in day-to-day life. Descriptive analysis and logistic regressions were performed. Results: Overall, 46.0% reported feeling down, depressed, or lonely and feeling nervous, tense, or worried due to the COVID-19 pandemic; 90.0% had received at least one dose of vaccination and 74.7% reported some form of discrimination. In the fully-adjusted logistic regression, age (AOR = 0.95; 95%CI- 0.92, 0.97;p < 0.01) and general health (AOR=0.84; 95%CI- 0.73, 0.97; p < 0.015) were negatively associated with mental health symptoms. Participants who experienced discrimination were more likely (AOR=1.26; 95%CI- 1.08, 1.46; p < 0.01) to report mental health symptoms.
KW - Asian Indians
KW - COVID-19
KW - Depression
KW - Discrimination
KW - Mental health
KW - Vaccination
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100472
DO - 10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100472
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85145983456
SN - 2666-9153
VL - 11
JO - Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
JF - Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
M1 - 100472
ER -