The evolution of young people’s mental health during COVID-19 and the role of food insecurity: Evidence from a four low-and-middle-income-country cohort study
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.06.28.21259620: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable We analyse longitudinal data from two phone surveys conducted in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru, and Vietnam during August-October and November-December 2020.6 Our sample contains participants aged 18-19 and 25-26, including 4,702 males (51%) and 4,493 females (49%) from the Young Lives study,7 a poverty-focused cohort study, established in 2002. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
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 …SciScore for 10.1101/2021.06.28.21259620: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Ethics not detected. Sex as a biological variable We analyse longitudinal data from two phone surveys conducted in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru, and Vietnam during August-October and November-December 2020.6 Our sample contains participants aged 18-19 and 25-26, including 4,702 males (51%) and 4,493 females (49%) from the Young Lives study,7 a poverty-focused cohort study, established in 2002. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
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:The main limitation of this study is the lack of causal inference, given the potential bidirectional relationship between food insecurity and mental health. Further, we do not capture the multidimensionality of food insecurity. The world’s food insecure are severely, and continuously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cash transfer programs (CTPs) should be expanded, and conditionality reduced/waived in LMICs to address immediate needs around food insecurity and help break the vicious cycle between the onset/persistence of mental health disorders and poverty. Further, CTPs could distribute accurate, non-stigmatised information about COVID-19 and access to mental health services using their existing communication tools.22 More research is needed into factors which contribute to mental health resilience during the pandemic and non-COVID-19 stressors in Ethiopia.
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
Results from rtransparent:- Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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