Publications by authors named "Mei Ieng Lam"
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- Older adults with heart disease often show higher rates of depression and anxiety compared to their peers without heart disease, indicating a need for targeted mental health support.
- The study used network analysis to assess the symptoms of depression and anxiety in these two groups, finding that the central and bridge symptoms were similar across both, despite the higher prevalence in the heart disease group.
- Interventions designed to help older adults without heart disease may also be effective for those with heart disease due to the similar symptom network structures identified in the study.*
Background: LGBTQ+ populations have been reported to have higher rates of depression compared with their heterosexual peers. Such data provided us the impetus to conduct a meta-analysis on the worldwide prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) in LGBTQ+ populations and moderating factors that contributed to differences in prevalence estimates between studies.
Methods: A systematic literature search was performed in major international (PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, EMBASE) and Chinese (Chinese Nation Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and WANFANG) databases from dates of inception to 10 December 2021.
Introduction: Health literacy refers to acquiring and utilizing health information to make health-related actions and decisions. Filipino domestic workers with low health literacy are often vulnerable to health problems due to poor living and working conditions.
Objective: This study examined the effect of an online health literacy promotion program on health literacy and health knowledge of Filipino domestic workers in Macao.
The prevalence of poor sleep quality in the general population in China: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
October 2024
Background: The high prevalence of poor sleep quality (PSQ) in the general population leads to negative health outcomes. Since estimates of PSQ prevalence in the Chinese general population vary widely, this meta-analysis aimed to refine these estimates and to identify moderating factors.
Methods: A comprehensive literature search was undertaken in both international (PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and EMBASE) and Chinese (Wanfang, and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure databases) databases from inception to 23 November 2023.
Objective: Poor sleep quality is common in patients with cancer, but the prevalence rates varied widely across studies. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the pooled prevalence of poor sleep quality among patients with cancer.
Methods: Systematic literature searches were independently conducted in the major databases (Web of Science, PubMed, EMBASE and PsycINFO).
Objectives: Depression and loneliness co-occur frequently. This study examined interactive changes between depression and loneliness among older adults prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic from a longitudinal network perspective.
Methods: This network study was based on data from three waves (2016-2017, 2018-2019, and 2020) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).
Background: China recorded a massive COVID-19 pandemic wave after ending its Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy on January 8, 2023. As a result, mental health professionals (MHPs) experienced negative mental health consequences, including an increased level of fear related to COVID-19. This study aimed to explore the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 fear among MHPs following the end of the Policy, and its association with quality of life (QoL) from a network analysis perspective.
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- - The study focused on sleep issues among caregivers of psychiatric patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that 18.9% experienced insomnia, which is linked to depression, anxiety, and fatigue.
- - Conducted across seven hospitals, the research employed network analysis to identify key insomnia symptoms and their direct impact on caregivers' quality of life (QoL).
- - Results indicate that insomnia significantly worsens QoL and highlight the need for effective interventions to address both insomnia and associated sleep dissatisfaction among caregivers.
Poor sleep quality is prevalent among members of the military but rates of poor sleep quality vary between studies. This study examined the global prevalence of poor sleep quality in military personnel and veterans as well as possible moderators of prevalence differences between studies. PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and PsycINFO were systematically searched from their inception dates to September 1, 2022.
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- - The study investigates the impact of COVID-19 on guardians of psychiatric patients, highlighting a significant prevalence of depression (32.4%) among them, which correlates with lower quality of life.
- - Data was collected from multiple centers in China using standardized assessments for depression, anxiety, fatigue, and overall quality of life to evaluate the mental health of these guardians.
- - Findings show that higher anxiety and fatigue levels are linked to increased depression, and depressed guardians experience a noticeably worse quality of life compared to those who are not depressed.
Background: The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak affected people's lifestyles and increased their risk for depressive and anxiety symptoms (depression and anxiety, respectively hereafter). We assessed depression and anxiety in residents of Macau during "the 6.18 COVID-19 outbreak" period and explored inter-connections of different symptoms from the perspective of network analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In the summer of 2022, Macau experienced a surge of COVID-19 infections (the 618 COVID-19 wave), which had serious effects on mental health and quality of life (QoL). However, there is scant research on mental health problems and QoL among Macau residents during the 618 COVID-19 wave. This study examined the network structure of depressive symptoms (hereafter depression), and the interconnection between different depressive symptoms and QoL among Macau residents during this period.
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- Depression is common in people with heart failure and can make their lives worse, so researchers studied how much is being written about it from 1983 to 2022.
- They found over 8,200 articles, with the United States having the most publications and the most citations, followed by countries like China and Germany.
- The study also highlighted the growing interest in topics like self-care and anxiety, and suggested that future research should look at studies published in other languages too.
Background: The latest wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Macau began on 18 June 2022 and was more serious than previous waves. Ensuing disruption from the wave is likely to have had a variety of negative mental health consequences for Macau residents including increased risk for insomnia. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of insomnia among Macau residents during this wave as well as its association with quality of life (QoL) from a network analysis perspective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMigrant worker is a global phenomenon that is associated with the health of individuals and populations. Filipino workers constitute the largest group of non-Chinese migrant workers in Macao, they are mainly employed as domestic workers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the status of health literacy (HL) and associated factors among Filipino domestic workers in Macao.
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