Prevalence of Psychological Distress Among Working-Age Adults in the United States, 1999–2018
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11031132 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Daly (0000-0003-1557-8326, Michael Daly is with the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1045-1049 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2022.306828 |
| PMID | 35617656 |
| OpenAlex | W4281554919 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 10 |
Objectives. To test whether the prevalence of reported psychological distress increased among working-age adults in the United States between 1999 and 2018. Methods. I examined psychological distress in the past 30 days using the Kessler-6 Distress Scale, completed by 403 223 participants aged 25 to 64 years across 20 annual waves of the National Health Interview Study conducted from 1999 to 2018. I examined overall and demographic-specific trends. Results. The prevalence of psychological distress in the past 30 days increased from 16.1% in 1999–2000 to 22.6% in 2017–2018, an increase of 6.5 percentage points (95% confidence interval [CI] = 5.6, 7.3) or 40% from 1999–2000 levels. Statistically significant increases in the prevalence of distress were observed across all age, gender, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment subgroups examined. Rates of serious psychological distress increased from 2.7% in 1999–2000 to 4% in 2017–2018, an increase of 1.3 percentage points (95% CI = 0.9, 1.6). Conclusions. Since 1999, there has been an upward trend in reported psychological distress among working-aged adults in the United States. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(7):1045–1049. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306828 )
Association (psychology) · Distress · Environmental health · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Psychology · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology
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