Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: the importance of social support in midlife women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine sex differences in factors associated with mood and anxiety in midlife men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

During a remote visit, 312 adults aged 40-60 years (167 female; 23.6% perimenopausal) from the Human Connectome Project in Aging completed PROMIS measures of depression, anxiety and anger/irritability; perceived stress; and questions about social support, financial stress and menopause stage. Multivariate linear regression models assessed sex differences in mental health and the association of social support, financial stress and menopause stage with mental health.

Results

Anxiety was higher in women than in men (b = 2.39, p = 0.02). For women only, decreased social support was associated with in

SUBMITTER: Wenzel ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11362980 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature