Objective: Applying student co-design, this study sought to adapt and validate the 14-item Youth Service Satisfaction Scale (YSSS) for Post-Secondary Students (PSS).
Participants: PSS from a large, urban university who used campus-based mental health services in the past year.
Methods: Phase 1 focused on adaptation with PSS. In Phase 2, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was undertaken, Cronbach's alpha was calculated to assess internal consistency and known-group validity was confirmed using t-tests in a validation study using a convenience sample of PSS.
Results: Key student recommendations were integrated into a revised scale, including adapting for virtual care. 512 PSS with a median age of 22 completed the YSSS. A 4-factor model fit the data well; internal reliability ranged from α = .73-92 across subscales. Satisfaction was higher for in-person visits, repeat users, and older students.
Conclusions: The adapted YSSS maintained its validity and internal consistency in a large, diverse sample of PSS.
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Ann Ig
March 2025
Department of Global Public Health Policy and Governance, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
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Methods: Following ethics clearance, this cross-sectional study was conducted at an international shipping company in Mumbai, India.
Child Maltreat
March 2025
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Childhood physical and/or sexual abuse are associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes in adulthood. Protective factors may contribute to resilience and reduce the risk of these adult health outcomes. This study aims to determine if the presence of a protective adult can mitigate the association between childhood abuse and negative adult health outcomes.
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March 2025
Centre for Innovation in Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Background: It is unknown whether there is a general factor that accounts for the propensity for both physical and mental conditions in different age groups and how it is associated with lifestyle and well-being.
Methods: We analyzed health conditions data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) (age = 17; N = 19,239), the National Child Development Study (NCDS) (age = 44; N = 9293), and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) (age ≥ 50; N = 7585). The fit of three Confirmatory Factor models was used to select the optimal solution by Comparative Fit Index, Tucker-Lewis Index, and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation.
Pers Med Psychiatry
April 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Methods: We undertook a secondary analysis of data from the international Study to Predict Optimized Treatment in Depression (iSPOT-D) for 159 patients who completed fMRI during a GoNoGo task, 8 weeks treatment with one of three study antidepressants and who were assessed for remission status (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale score of ≤ 7).
Circ Rep
March 2025
Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University Kagawa Japan.
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) serve as critical life-sustaining therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure awaiting heart transplantation, significantly improving survival rates and enabling social reintegration. However, many patients with LVAD face multiple challenges in their daily lives and social reintegration, such as anxiety about the device, low societal awareness, and economic and psychological burdens. In Japan, where prolonged waiting periods for heart transplants are inevitable, these challenges further exacerbate the economic and psychological burdens on both patients and caregivers.
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