About 4 of the American mothers are “excellent” physical Mental healthAccording to a new study.
This study published on Tuesday ZaemagiLooking at 198 and 417 mothers with children under 17 years old, the small reduction in self -reporting mental and physical health has significantly reduced from 2016 to 2023.
The health results are excellent, very good, good, and measured on a four -point scale, including the process/poor/poor.
Within the period of study, the prevalence of “excellent” mental health decreased from 38.4%to 25.8%. “Good” mental health increased from 18.8%to 26.1%, and “process/poor” mental health increased from 5.5%to 8.5%.
The prevalence of “excellent” physical health has decreased from 28.0%to 23.9%. The “good” physical health rose from 24.3%to 28.1%, while the “process/poor” physical health did not change significantly.
“Mental health rejection occurred in all socioeconomic sub -groups, but in the case of unmarried women, low -education people, and publicly insurance children, the state of mental and physical health was quite low.”
The study also showed that “excellent” physical and mental health decreased within the same eight years of research, but overall, the health score was better than women.
For example, in 2023, the prevalence of “fair/poor” mental health was 4 percentage points higher than female parents compared to male parents.
This is not the first time that parents’ mental health is attracting attention for the first time. last year, Former US Surgery Vivek Murthy In the consultation of “Parents Under Press” required a change in the national attitude toward parenting and care.
Murs said, “The work of parenting is essential not only for the health of children but also for the health of society. ConsultationEmphasize your child care experience.
As pointed out by the research author, their discovery is consistent with the documented increase. Depression and anxiety Women with pregnancy and reproduction American adult population.
“Our findings support some scholars claim that maternal mortality can be a canary of coal mine for women’s health,” they wrote.
The authors need more research to identify certain causes of mental health reduction, but major theories are limited to a wide range of stress factors, from mental health care, social isolation, increase in material use disorders, inflation and racism to firearm violence and climate change.
