Ettman Catherine K, Cohen Gregory H, Abdalla Salma M, Trinquart Ludovic, Castrucci Brian C, Bork Rachel H, Clark Melissa A, Wilson Ira B, Vivier Patrick M, Galea Sandro
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
Sci Adv. 2022 Mar 4;8(9):eabm9737. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm9737. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been accompanied by an increase in depression in U.S. adults. Previous literature suggests that having assets may protect against depression. Using a nationally representative longitudinal panel survey of U.S. adults studied in March and April 2020 and in March and April 2021, we found that (i) 20.3% of U.S. adults reported symptoms of persistent depression in Spring 2020 and Spring 2021, (ii) having more assets was associated with lower symptoms of persistent depression, with financial assets-household income and savings-most strongly associated, and (iii) while having assets appeared to protect persons-in particular those without stressors-from symptoms of persistent depression over the COVID-19 pandemic, having assets did not appear to reduce the effects of job loss, financial difficulties, or relationship stress on symptoms of persistent depression. Efforts to reduce population depression should consider the role played by assets in shaping risk of symptoms of persistent depression.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，美国成年人中抑郁症患者有所增加。此前的文献表明，拥有资产可能有助于预防抑郁症。通过对2020年3月和4月以及2021年3月和4月进行的一项具有全国代表性的美国成年人纵向面板调查，我们发现：（i）20.3%的美国成年人在2020年春季和2021年春季报告有持续性抑郁症状；（ii）拥有更多资产与较低的持续性抑郁症状相关，其中金融资产——家庭收入和储蓄——关联最为紧密；（iii）虽然在COVID-19大流行期间，拥有资产似乎能保护人们——尤其是那些没有压力源的人——免受持续性抑郁症状的影响，但拥有资产似乎并不能减轻失业、经济困难或人际关系压力对持续性抑郁症状的影响。减轻人群抑郁症的努力应考虑资产在塑造持续性抑郁症状风险方面所起的作用。
