Mental health, substance use, and suicidal ideation among unpaid caregivers of adults in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relationships to age, race/ethnicity, employment, and caregiver intensity
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IRB: Study approval and informed consent: The Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee reviewed and approved the study protocol (ID #24036).Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources All statistical analyses were conducted using Python (version 3.7.8; Python Software Foundation) and using R software (version 4.0.2; The R Foundation) … SciScore for 10.1101/2021.02.02.21251042: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
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Institutional Review Board Statement Consent: Potential respondents received invitations and could opt to participate by activating a survey link directing them to the participant information and consent page preceding the survey.
IRB: Study approval and informed consent: The Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee reviewed and approved the study protocol (ID #24036).Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources All statistical analyses were conducted using Python (version 3.7.8; Python Software Foundation) and using R software (version 4.0.2; The R Foundation) with the R survey package (version 3.29). Pythonsuggested: (IPython, RRID:SCR_001658)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:However, telehealth may not address all needs, with barriers to access (i.e., lack of Internet access) and limitations to provision of some care. Campaigns to increase help-seeking behaviour may also be beneficial, as caregivers more commonly avoided medical care due to concerns about COVID-19,24 which may be related to their own perceived risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, to their perceived risk and grief about potentially infecting the person for whom they are caring, or both. The COVID-19 pandemic both introduced new challenges (e.g., barriers to in-person care provision, COVID-19 concerns) and exacerbated the challenges (e.g., financial strains) associated with caregiving that existed before the pandemic. Therefore, prevention efforts and cultural changes may be required both during and beyond the pandemic to properly address the factors associated with caregiving that contribute to elevated experiences of adverse mental health. This is of increasing importance to the economy, as even before the expected impact of COVID-19, a 2015 study estimated the value of unpaid caregiver labour to be USD$470 billion.25 It is also important to note that the impact of caregiving does not end with the death of the loved ones. Pre-pandemic research highlighted that approximately 20% of bereaved caregivers experience psychiatric symptoms, including depression and/or complicated grief following the passing of their loved ones.26 Given the high prevalence of employed caregivers and its compound...
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