{"id":43984,"date":"2021-06-23T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=43984"},"modified":"2021-06-23T09:39:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:39:04","slug":"during-covid-19-pandemic-increased-screen-time-correlates-with-mental-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/06\/23\/during-covid-19-pandemic-increased-screen-time-correlates-with-mental-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"During COVID-19 pandemic, increased screen time correlates with mental distress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Increased screen time among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic correlated with a rise in pandemic-related distress, according to research led by investigators at the Saint James School of Medicine on the Caribbean island nation, Saint Vincent. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The increase in time spent viewing entertainment on a screen both prior to and during the pandemic was associated with a boost in anxiety scores. Students scored higher than non-students in pandemic-related distress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surprisingly, the results showed no association of depression with screen time use, despite such associations having been found in previous research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This study highlights that the pandemic did not simply affect people physically, but emotionally and mentally, with various groups being impacted to a greater extent than others,&#8221; said Michelle Wiciak, the presenting author on the research, M.D. candidate at Saint James School of Medicine. &#8220;It reiterates that there is an increased need for mental health support during disastrous times.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly half of participants exhibited mild to moderate depression, with more than 70% ranging from mild to severe depression. Seventy percent of participants experienced mild to severe anxiety, and slightly more than 30% could potentially meet DSM-IV-TR criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Two hundred ninety-four responses were collected and validated based on the inclusion\/exclusion criteria used in the surveys. Participants ranged from 18 to 28 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Screen time use was not different between genders. Still, there were gender differences in average scores in depression, anxiety and distress from COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increased screen time among young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic correlated with a rise in pandemic-related distress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":42811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7081,96,2727,1704,1656],"class_list":["post-43984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-covid-19","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-at-home","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}