Publications by authors named "Conan Brady"
Background: Mental health issues in nursing home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic have been significant; however, it is not known if these issues persist following widespread vaccination and easing of restrictions.
Objective: To quantify the mental health of nursing home staff at different timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.
Design/methods: Two identical, online, cross-sectional, nationwide, anonymous surveys of Republic of Ireland nursing home staff at two timepoints (survey 1 (S1, n = 390): November 2020 to January 2021; survey 2 (S2, N = 229: November 2021 to February 2022) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Sunlight helps our skin make vitamin D through UVB radiation, but some places don't get enough UVB in winter, which can affect brain health.
- A study looked at 6,972 people with bipolar I disorder from over 70 countries to see if not getting enough UVB was related to when they first had symptoms.
- The results suggested that people in areas with less UVB tended to show symptoms of bipolar disorder about 1.66 years earlier, but more research is needed to understand the role of vitamin D and UVB in this condition.
Objective: Circadian rhythm disruption is commonly observed in bipolar disorder (BD). Daylight is the most powerful signal to entrain the human circadian clock system. This exploratory study investigated if solar insolation at the onset location was associated with the polarity of the first episode of BD I.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hospital-based healthcare workers have experienced significant psychological stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aim: To evaluate the mental health of hospital workers during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Dublin, Ireland.
Methods: Cross-sectional anonymous online survey of hospital workers (n = 377; 181 doctors (48.
Nursing home staff mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
November 2021
Background: Nursing homes for older adults have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with increased mortality of residents and staff distress.
Objective: To quantify the mental health of nursing home staff during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.
Design/methods: Cross-sectional anonymous study of Republic of Ireland nursing home staff (n = 390) during the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.