Department of Economics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Quantitative Methods, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
Psychol Health Med. 2022 Apr;27(4):854-863. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1903051. Epub 2021 Mar 21.
Developed economies are at the forefront of facing the brunt of non-communicable diseases (NCD). The majority of the health expenditures are routed in managing obesity and mental disorder-related patients, and there is a fall in the productivity of the distressed and NCD prone labour. Several indicators of stress are used in literature to assess its implications. However, empirically no database has maintained the longitudinal data of national stress level. This study focused on constructing the socioeconomic antecedent of non-communicable stress which is leading to several NCDs. For this Multiple Indicator and Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model is utilized for 151 countries between 2008 and 2018. The results show that macroeconomic conditions, trade, and environmental quality follow fundamentals in explaining stress. While, national stress index is a significant source of smoking and mental disorder prevalence.
发达经济体首当其冲地面临着非传染性疾病（NCD）的冲击。大部分医疗支出都用于治疗肥胖症和与精神障碍相关的患者，而患病和易患 NCD 的劳动力的生产力下降。文献中使用了几种压力指标来评估其影响。然而，实际上没有数据库维护国家压力水平的纵向数据。本研究专注于构建导致多种 NCD 的非传染性压力的社会经济前因。为此，本研究利用 2008 年至 2018 年间 151 个国家的多指标多原因（MIMIC）模型。结果表明，宏观经济条件、贸易和环境质量是解释压力的基础。而国家压力指数是吸烟和精神障碍患病率的重要来源。
