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Moderation of the association between COVID-19-related income loss and depression by receipt of financial support : Repeated cross-sectional surveys of young adults in Canada and France (2020–2021) Coulaud, Pierre-julien; Salway, Travis; Jesson, Julie; Bolduc, Naseeb; Ferlatte, Olivier; Bertrand, Karine; Desgrées du Loû, Annabel; Jenkins, Emily (Emily K.), 1981-; Jauffret-Roustide, Marie; Knight, Rod E.
Abstract
Background: To mitigate the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on financial resources, governments and family/friends mobilized financial support interventions (e.g., emergency aid funds) and assistance. However, little is known about how financial assistance alleviated mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate the moderating effect of financial support from the government or from family/friends on the association between income loss and depression among young adults. Methods: Two online cross-sectional surveys among young adults ages 18–29 living in Canada and France were conducted in 2020 (n = 4,511) and 2021 (n = 3,329). Moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms were measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (cut-off score: ≥10). Two logistic regression models were performed for each survey with an interaction term between income loss and financial support (government or family/friends modeled separately), controlling for demographics. Results: Overall, half reported depressive symptoms (2020/2021: 53.5%/45.6%), and over a third lost income (2020/2021: 10.2%/11.6% all income, 37.7%/21.6% some income). In 2020, 40.6% received government financial support (17.7% in 2021) while family/friends support was received by 12% (in both surveys). In both surveys, among those who received governmental financial support, income loss was associated with depression, whether participants lost all their income (e.g., 2020: Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) 1.75, 95% Confidence Interval [1.29–2.44]), or some of their income (e.g., 2020: AOR 1.45 [1.17–1.81]). However, among those who received family/friends financial support, income loss was no longer significantly associated with depression in both cycles, whether participants lost all their income (e.g., 2020: AOR 1.37 [0.78–2.40]), or some of their income (e. g., 2020: AOR 1.31 [0.86–1.99]).
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Moderation of the association between COVID-19-related income loss and depression by receipt of financial support : Repeated cross-sectional surveys of young adults in Canada and France (2020–2021)
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2023
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Background: To mitigate the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on financial resources, governments and
family/friends mobilized financial support interventions (e.g., emergency aid funds) and assistance. However,
little is known about how financial assistance alleviated mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate
the moderating effect of financial support from the government or from family/friends on the association between
income loss and depression among young adults.
Methods: Two online cross-sectional surveys among young adults ages 18–29 living in Canada and France were
conducted in 2020 (n = 4,511) and 2021 (n = 3,329). Moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms were measured
using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (cut-off score: ≥10). Two logistic regression models were performed for
each survey with an interaction term between income loss and financial support (government or family/friends
modeled separately), controlling for demographics.
Results: Overall, half reported depressive symptoms (2020/2021: 53.5%/45.6%), and over a third lost income
(2020/2021: 10.2%/11.6% all income, 37.7%/21.6% some income). In 2020, 40.6% received government
financial support (17.7% in 2021) while family/friends support was received by 12% (in both surveys). In both
surveys, among those who received governmental financial support, income loss was associated with depression,
whether participants lost all their income (e.g., 2020: Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) 1.75, 95% Confidence Interval
[1.29–2.44]), or some of their income (e.g., 2020: AOR 1.45 [1.17–1.81]). However, among those who received
family/friends financial support, income loss was no longer significantly associated with depression in both
cycles, whether participants lost all their income (e.g., 2020: AOR 1.37 [0.78–2.40]), or some of their income (e.
g., 2020: AOR 1.31 [0.86–1.99]).
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eng
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2023-02-23
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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10.14288/1.0427261
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Pierre-julien Coulaud, Travis Salway, Julie Jesson, Naseeb Bolduc, Olivier Ferlatte, Karine Bertrand, Annabel Desgrées du Loû, Emily Jenkins, Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Rod Knight, Moderation of the association between COVID-19-related income loss and depression by receipt of financial support: Repeated cross-sectional surveys of young adults in Canada and France (2020–2021), SSM - Population Health, Volume 21, 2023, 101340.
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10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101340
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Reviewed
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Faculty; Postdoctoral; Graduate
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