Significant Difference In Mental Health Research Articles

Stress of Yoga doer and Yoga non doer Teachers

The present study has been designed to investigate the mental health and stress of yoga doer and yoga non doer school teacher. The research was conducted over a sample of 120 school teacher including yoga doer and yoga non doer as well as male and female (30 yoga doer and 30 yoga non doer male teachers and 30 yoga doer and 30 yoga non doer female teacher). All the participants were administered the mental health inventory and stress inventory data was analyzed using‘t’ test. The results reported that there exists a significant difference in mental health among yoga doer and yoga non doer teacher both male and female. Yoga doer teacher have better mental health as compared to yoga non doer school teacher. Significance difference is also observed between yoga doer and yoga non doer school teacher as regarding to their level of stress score.

Interactive Compensation Effects of Physical Activity and Sleep on Mental Health: A Longitudinal Panel Study among Chinese College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Physical activity (PA) and sleep are both important to mental health. However, their joint effects on mental distress have not been well explored. The aim of this study was to investigate the joint effects of PA and sleep on mental health, as well as the dose-response relationships between PA and mental health under different sleep health statuses. A longitudinal panel study was adopted to evaluate the relationship between PA, sleep, and mental health among 66 healthy Chinese college students with four online questionnaire surveys. A mixed-effect model with individual-level random effect was used to analyze the interactive regulation effect of PA and sleep on mental health, and a generalized additive model with splines was further fitted to analyze dose-response relationships between variables. When sleep was at a healthy level, no significant difference in mental health was observed between different levels of PA (p > 0.05). However, poor sleepers with moderate and high PA levels indicated significantly fewer negative emotions than those with low PA levels (p = 0.001, p = 0.004). Likewise, poor sleepers who engaged in more moderate intensity PA could significantly reduce negative emotions (β = −0.470, p = 0.011) in a near-linear trend. In summary, both sleep and PA benefit mental health, and they probably regulate mental health through an interactive compensation mode. For good and poor sleepers, PA plays a different role in maintaining and improving mental health. Increasing moderate intensity PA up to moderate-and-high levels is recommended for those who simultaneously suffer from sleep and psychological health problems.

“Mental Health and Social Support among Normal and Hiv/Aids Patients”

The present study reveals that social support among normal and HIV/AIDS patients there is no significant difference in mental health and social support between male and female there is significant difference in social support of normal and HIV+ve patients there is difference in mental health of normal and HIV +ve male and female.

Childhood Domestic Violence as an Ancestor for Adulthood Mental Health Problems: Experiences of Jordanian Women

This study was conducted to explore the relationship between women’s history of experiencing different types of abuse during childhood and development of mental health problems in adulthood. A convenience sample of 409 women recruited from health care centers in Jordan provided data for the study. One-way between-groups multivariate analysis of variance was implemented. Results indicated absence of statistically significant differences in mental health problems between physically abused and sexually abused women compared to their counterparts. Further, a statistically significant difference in mental health was found between women who experienced emotional abuse and childhood neglect compared to their counterparts (Wilks’ lambda for emotional abuse = .914, p < .0001; Wilks’ lambda for childhood neglect = .83, p < .0001). Between-groups comparisons using Bonferroni adjustment indicated that all dependent variables (depression, anxiety, stress, and self-esteem) differed significantly between emotionally and nonemotionally abused women and between neglected and nonneglected women. It was concluded that not all childhood abuse experiences lead to long-term impacts on women’s mental health. However, mental health consequences of childhood abuse may alter women’s obligations toward family, children, and home. Therefore, efforts directed toward assessing women’s history of childhood abuse are very important especially for those who are starting a marital relationship.

Effectiveness of life-skills training on the mental health of 2nd grade female High School students in Bam-Iran

Introduction: Due to ever-increasing changes and complexities of social relationships in the present era, it is essential to prepare individuals especially young generation to deal with difficult situations. Training life skills is a must because it can promote psycho-social abilities. Objective: This research aimed to study the effectiveness of training life skills on the mental health of female students of 2nd-grade high school residing in Bam, Iran. Method: This is a quasi-experimental study with two groups with pre-test and post-test design. General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was employed to collect the data. A sample of 40 students was selected using convenience sampling. They were selected out of students who visited Payam-e Hedayat Educational-Cultural Complex to participate in GPA Promotion Program. They were randomly assigned to control and experiment groups. 16 sessions of training were held. After one month, post-test was performed. The data were analyzed using MANOVA. Result: Findings showed that training life skills caused a significant difference in mental health compared to pre-test. Conclusion: It is therefore concluded that training life skills can increase the mental health of female students on the 2nd-grade high school of Bam, Iran.

The Study of Mental Health and Mobile Phone Addiction among Adolescences

Aim: According to the world health organization, health means the person is not only free from any physical and psychological illness but (s)he should be fit socially too as well as no health without mental health. The present study aimed to investigate the level and difference of mental health and mobile phone addiction among adolescences. Methods: This study was done on 400 adolescences (200 boy and 200girl students) through random sampling technique. Mithila Mental Health Status Inventory and mobile phone addiction were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by using Mean, S.D, t-test and f-test. Results: Result proves it there is interaction affect among gender and level of mobile phone addiction in terms of mental health as well as no significant difference in mental health among adolescence between low mobile phone addiction and average mobile phone addiction level.

The Psychological Well-Being among Left-Behind Children of Labor Migrant Parents in Rural Northern Vietnam

Background: In Asia, especially in China and ASEAN, it has been an obvious trend that the population in general and parents in particular leave the countryside to bigger cities or more developed countries for employment opportunities. Many migrant workers are forced to leave their children at home with caregivers, particularly in families with both husband and wife working away from home. Studies worldwide have showed that, besides positive economic and social impacts, labor migrant parents also cause negative effects to the well-being of those they leave behind, especially children. However, this study orientation has not generated significant interest in Vietnam. Participants: This paper indicates the results of a survey on 469 left-behind children of labor migrant parents in rural areas by comparing them with a control group of 650 children living with their parents in three rural areas of North Vietnam including Phu Tho, Bac Ninh and Ha Nam provinces. Besides, we also survey 363 caregivers (parent or grandfather/grandmother of left-behind children) about psychological well-being of left-behind children. Method: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was used for this study. SDQ was Vietnamized by author Dang Hoang Minh et al. (2013) and adaptable to Vietnamese teenagers. Results: As reported by the surveyed children, the SDQ mean total difficulties score of those having migrant parents was 12.55 (SD = 5.96) and 18.9% of these children had scores higher than the cut-off score. As rated by caregivers, they were 11.12 (SD = 5.14) and 15.1%, respectively. There is a statistically significant difference in mental health between the LBC and non-LBC group. The general trend is that the LBC reported to have higher scores of total difficulties and specific expressions including hyperactivity/inattention, emotional symptoms, peer relationship problems, conduct problems than that of non-LBC. Self-esteem and self-assessment of academic performance is the key factors affecting total difficulties of left-behind children.

Mental Health of Secondary School Teachers in Murshidabad District of West Bengal

With the changing socio-economic scenario and increasing unemployment, the value of teacher and their professional concern with the job have forcibly undergone a change which adversely affect their mental health. The level of mental health of a teacher affects his/her working as well as organizational climate. Keeping into this thing consideration, the study was aimed at finding the mental health of secondary school teachers in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. The study was confined to 200 teachers of secondary schools of Murshidabad district by using simple random sampling techniques from government and private schools. The findings of the study revealed that there is significant difference in mental health of teachers dimension wise and a whole in relation to sex and management variation but educational qualification does not play any role in shaping the mental health of teachers.

A Study on Locus of Control and Mental Health of Students

The aim of the present study is to assess the influence of locus of control on mental health of students selected from Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Karnataka state. The sample consists of 180 students. The sample was administered with locus of control scale ( Anand kumar and srivastav 1985) and mental health inventory (Jagadish and Srivastva 1988). And the data were subjected to the statistical analysis. The results revealed that locus of control produces significant differences in mental health of students and there is a significant difference in mental health between the male and female sample.

Mental Health of Employed and Unemployed People in Ahmedabad

The present study examined the effects of mental health of employed and unemployed people in Ahmedabad. The sample consisted of 120 people out of which 60 were employed people and 60 were unemployed people. For this purpose of investigation „Mental Health Analysis Inventory‟ by A. B. Jansari, Harkant Badami, Charulata Badami was used. The data obtained were analyzed through„t‟ test to know the mean difference between the two groups. The result shows that there is no significant difference in mental health of employed and unemployed people and employed male and female in Ahmedabad. There is significant difference in mental health of unemployed male and female people at 0.05 Levels.

Mental Health of East and West Area People in Ahmedabad

The Present investigation is to find out the differences in mental health of East and West area people in Ahmedabad. The sample consisted of 120 people out of which 60 were east area people and 60 were west area people. For this purpose of investigation „Mental Health Analysis Inventory‟ by A.B.Jansari, HarkantBadami, Charulata Badami was used. The data obtained were analyzed through„t‟ test to know the mean difference between the two groups. The result shows that there is no significant difference in mental health of east and west area people and east area male-female in Ahmedabad. There is significant difference in mental health of west area male and female people at 0.05 Levels.

Association among number, order and type of siblings and adolescent mental health at age 12.

Although the sibling relationship is a unique one, the effects of the number and type of siblings on mental health among adolescents have not been reported. Japanese children (total, 9276; boys, 4654; girls, 4622), all 12 years old, and from the Japanese Toyama Birth Cohort Study, were followed up until 2002. Subject self-reported mental health was obtained from the Japanese version of the Dartmouth Primary Care Co-operative Project (COOP) charts. The associations between number and type of siblings and self-reported mental health were examined. There was a significant difference in mental health between different sibling pairs, with brother pairs and brother/sister pairs having a positive effect on adolescent mental health, compared with those in sister pairs. Girls with brothers had better self-reported mental health than those without. The adjusted OR of good mental health was 1.44 (95%CI:1.00-2.08) for those with an older brother and 1.67 (95%CI: 1.17-2.38) for those with a younger brother compared with those without. Boys with a younger sister had a higher OR of good self-reported health than those without (OR, 1.62; 95%CI: 1.08-2.43). Children with siblings had better mental health status than those without, which has practical implications for Asian countries and worldwide considering the declining fertility.

The Impact of Prophylactic Total Gastrectomy on Health-Related Quality of Life

The advice to individuals with identified CDH1 mutations is generally to undertake prophylactic total gastrectomy (PTG). This study evaluated the effect of PTG on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asymptomatic individuals with identified CDH1 mutations at high risk for gastric cancer. Individuals with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC) were recruited to a prospective, multicenter UK study. Questionnaires, including the European Organization for Research and Treatment for Cancer core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ C30); the gastric cancer specific module (EORTC QLQ STO22); and the 36-item short form health survey version 2.0, were completed before and at regular intervals after surgery. Sixty individuals fulfilled HDGC criteria; 38 (63%) had a CDH1 mutation and 32 (53%) underwent PTG. At baseline, there was no significant difference in mental health depending on CDH1 mutation status and treatment preference. Physical functioning reduced in the first month after surgery but recovered to baseline by 12 months. Similarly mental functioning reduced in the first month after surgery but recovered by 3 to 9 months. However, specific symptoms were identified, such as diarrhoea (70%), fatigue (63%), discomfort when eating (81%), reflux (63%), eating restrictions (45%), and body image (44%), which persisted after PTG. Patients contemplating prophylactic gastrectomy can be reassured about the long-term HRQL outcomes, but some residual symptoms require adjustment.

THU0579-HPR Psychological State and Health Status Account for the Discrepancy between Patient Global Assessment and Evaluator Global Assessment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

BackgroundPatient global assessment (PGA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often does not meet evaluator global assessment (EGA). It is reported that PGA is not influenced only by the disease...

A survey of vision-related quality of life in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration

To evaluate the vision-related quality of life in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Retrospective case-series study.One hundred and twenty-two patients with exudative AMD who were treated in Beijing Tongren Eye Center from July 2007 to July 2008 were invited to participate in this study.Vision-related quality of life was evaluated by the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire.Statistical analysis was performed using t test for data which were normal distribution and using Wilcoxon rank sum test for data which were abnormal distribution. Eighty-seven cases were fully completed and included in the final analysis within the 122 questionnaires. The total score of the questionnaire was 57.2 ± 18.4, excluded driving item. The lowest scoring item was near activities with mean score of 30.8 ± 22.3. There was statistically significant difference in mental health between male (52.9 ± 26.3) and female (40.8 ± 26.0) (w = 1 175, P < 0.05). Except for the general health and ocular pain, patients with binocular involvement showed statistically significant lower scores than those with monocular involvement in all other subscales (P < 0.05). The two age groups (patients <65 vs. ≥ 65 years old) in binocular involvement group showed statistically significant difference only in the subscale of social activities (56.6 ± 22.2 vs.42.3 ± 30.2) (w = 97, P = 0.013). This study suggests that exudative AMD damaged patients'near activities seriously.Female patients tends to have lower scores than male in mental health. The score of patients with binocular involvement is lower than that of patients with monocular involvement. Age has significant effects on the social activities of those patients with binocular involvement.

Parental Joblessness, Financial Disadvantage and the Wellbeing of Parents and Children

Parental Joblessness, Financial Disadvantage and the Wellbeing of Parents and Children

마음수련명상의 지속기간에 따른 정신건강의 효과

본 연구는 마음수련명상의 지속기간에 따른 정신건강의 차이를 비교분석하기 위한 것이다. 단기집중 마음수련명상의 효과를 파악하기 위한 단일군 전후 원시실험연구와 지속적 마음수련명상의 효과를 파악하기 위한 서술적 조사연구로 구성된다. 자료 수집 및 대상은 단기집중 마음수련명상군의 경우 2011년 7월 23일부터 7월 30일, 2012년 1월 7일부터 1월 14일에 마음수련명상 프로그램에 참여한 교사들 75명을 대상으로 프로그램 실시 전후에 구조화된 설문지를 이용하여 자료 수집을 하였고, 지속적 마음수련명상군의 경우 2012년 2월 현재 마음수련명상을 1년 이상 지속한 교사들 101명을 대상으로 2012년 2월 15일에서 2월 28일까지 자료 수집을 하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS WIN 14.0를 이용하였으며 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 단기집중 마음수련명상군의 경우 마음수련명상 전후에 정신건강의 모든 하위영역(신체화, 강박증, 대인예민성, 우울, 불안, 적대감, 공포불안, 편집증, 정신증)에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 지속적 마음수련명상군의 지속기간에 따른 정신건강 정도는 편집증을 제외한 8개 영역(신체화, 강박증, 대인예민성, 우울, 불안, 적대감, 공포불안, 정신증)에서 모두 유의한 차이를 보였다. 결론적으로 마음수련명상이 단기적, 지속적 중재 모두에 효과가 있는 것으로 보아 임상에서의 단기적용과 스트레스 대처능력을 기르기 위한 지속적인 프로그램으로서 개발과 적용이 필요하다. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of short-term Maum Meditation and to compare effects according to the length of the training period on mental health of teachers. In this research, 2 types of design were used which were one-group pre-posttest design and descriptive study. In short-term Maum Meditation group, 2 times of surveys were carried out, 75 teachers in the faculty training filled out the structured questionnaire. In Long-term Maum Meditation group, 101 teachers who were attending Maum Meditation above one-year filled out the structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed by SPSS WIN 14.0 program. The results showed that there was a significant difference in mental health including 9 subscales for short-term Maum Meditation group. Also, in long-term Maum Meditation group, there were significant differences in mental health excepting paranoid ideation. It was founded that Maum Meditation is the way for the mental health promotion in short-term and long-term period. So it is necessary to develop program according to training period for not only clinical application but also to strengthen coping ability for stress.

The comparison of marital satisfaction and mental health in genital mutilated females and non-genital mutilated females.

BackgroundFemale circumcision, sexual amputation, or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an action existing in some cultures and regions of the world. For instance, in Africa and some little communities in Middle East use this operation for many reasons. This operation is forbidden in those countries and is never linked to religious attitudes.ObjectivesThe purpose of the following research was to determine and compare marital satisfaction, mental health and sexual satisfaction between Kurdish genital mutilated and non-genital mutilated females.Patients and MethodsTo achieve the goal of research, a sample of 200 married females of Ornament area in Kermanshah province were selected by non-randomized sampling Enrich Marital Inventory, and General Health Questionnaire was used for data gathering. Data was analyzed between the two groups by utilizing independent t- test. The significant level was P < 0.05.ResultsThe findings indicated that there was a significant difference between genital mutilated females and non-genital mutilated females. Besides, the results revealed that two groups of participants had significant difference in mental health and the other subscales like physical symptom and sleep disorder from general health.ConclusionsIt is noteworthy to point out that there is strong relation between sexual desire and marital satisfaction and their fulfillment reflects in mental health of people. So, when women experience the FGM in their lives, in fact they lose the gratification of their whole life. Awareness of the mental and psychical dangerous results of this operation could help women and prevent doing this inhuman action to others.

Solution-focused intervention for sick listed employees with psychological problems or muscle skeletal pain: a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN39140363

BackgroundLong-term sick leave has been of concern to politicians and decision-makers in Norway for several years. In the current study we assess the efficacy of a solution-focused follow-up for sick-listed employees.MethodsEmployees on long-term sick leave due to psychological problems or muscle skeletal pain (n = 703) were invited to participate in the project. Following self-recruitment, 103 were randomly allocated to receive solution-focused follow-up (n = 53) or "treatment as usual" (n = 50). The intervention was integrated within the regular follow up of six social security offices and organised as eight weekly solution focused work sessions. Effectiveness was measured by rate of return to work and health related quality of life (SF-36).ResultsIntention to treat analysis showed no significant differences between the two groups for any of the outcome measures. Secondary analysis, comparing those who attended at least 50% of the sessions with the control group revealed a significant difference in favour of the active intervention group in the SF-36 subscale of mental health (Effect Size 0.56, p = 0.05). When comparing the subgroup of participants with psychological problems there was a significant difference in mental health in favour of the intervention group (Effect Size 0.71, p = 0.041).ConclusionA voluntary solution-focused intervention offered by social-security offices is no more effective than regular follow up for employees on long-term sick leave due to psychological problems or muscle skeletal pain.

Pain in oral galvanism

The present study reports on a controlled investigation of 38 patients with signs and symptoms of presumed oral galvanism, referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the University of Helsinki for examination and treatment. A significant difference in mental health and in intraoral sensitivity threshold was found between patients and controls: patients with oral galvanism were mentally more disturbed and had a lower sensibility threshold than those in the control group. There was no statistical difference in electrical currents, potential or energy capacity in the dental metallic restorations between patients and controls. The frequency of allergies and oral candida infection was similar to that of a normal population. The possibility of exposure to mercury was excluded through a head hair analysis. The psychic background of complaints and findings is emphasized and a hypothesis for the mechanism giving rise to discomfort is presented.