COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: time, space, and structural factors

Dintrans, Pablo Villalobos; Castillo, Claudio; Fuente, Felipe de la; Maddaleno, Matilde

doi:10.1101/2020.09.15.20194951

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“…Many of these countries are characterized by high levels of economic and health inequality, fragile health systems, and high levels of informality and economic fragility [ 44 ]. In particular, these features where exacerbated in Chile since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as transmission and mortality rates were found to be related to socioeconomic characteristics [ 45 ], there is gender inequality in mental health deterioration and psychological well-being [ 46 ], psychological distress is linked to measures of economic uncertainty [ 47 ], and increases in food insecurity [ 48 ] and domestic violence [ 49 ] were reported. In our study we dive deeper into economic vulnerability and several financial problems arising from different household expenditures and household debt, which were previously unexplored in this context.…”

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Financial Distress and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Borrescio-Higa

Droller²,

Valenzuela

2022

Int J Public Health

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Objective: We examine the impact of financial distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and psychological well-being.Methods: We analyze cross-sectional survey data (n = 2,545) from the Life during Pandemic study in Chile. We estimate linear probability models to analyze the relationship between economic fragility, financial distress, and psychological well-being.Results: Our findings show unemployment and income loss are highly predictive of experiencing a range of financial problems, such as a lack of savings, as well as difficulties paying bills, consumer debt, and mortgage loans. In turn, financial distress leads to a higher prevalence of poor well-being and mental health deterioration, and sleep problems.Conclusion: Expansion of mental health assistance services are needed, as new diagnosis of mental health conditions has increased, but treatment has not, pointing to a barrier in the access to some mental health care services during the pandemic. Policies designed with the objective of improving financial education are necessary to increase precautionary savings and financial resilience, and alleviate the psychological burden of debt in the future.

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Financial Distress and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Borrescio-Higa

Droller²,

Valenzuela

2022

Int J Public Health

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“…In addition to the level of closeness that people have with the different ecosystems, the socio-economic situation of the countries influence the activities, the lives of their inhabitants, and how they appreciate their relationship with biodiversity (Pocock et al 2018). In the health crisis caused by the spread of the Covid-19 virus, it has become evident that depending on the socio-economic situation, the pandemic has affected the population of different countries to different degrees, as has occurred in the Chilean metropolitan region where people with lower resources have a higher prevalence of deaths (Dintrans et al 2021), and in Colombia where the socioeconomic factor of the population has determined the degree of mortality of the population (Cifuentes et al 2021). On the other hand, historically, countries with greater social and economic inequality have been the hardest hit by the crisis, especially their ecosystems (Mikkelson et al 2007).…”

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Biodiversity in Times of COVID-19 and its Relationship with the Socio-Economic and Health Context: A Look from the Digital Media

Montenegro-Hoyos

Muñoz-Carvajal

Wallberg

et al. 2022

Environmental Management

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a pause in people's activities and a socio-economic crisis worldwide due to confinement. This situation is an unprecedented opportunity to understand how these changes may impact biodiversity and its conservation, as well as to study human-nature interaction. Biodiversity plays an essential role in conservation and economic activities, and in countries with greater inequality and low gross domestic product (GDP), biodiversity could have a low priority. Moreover, how biodiversity is prioritized in a society impacts how the citizens view it, and digital news tends to shape biodiversity narratives. The aim of this work was to determine the main trends in biodiversity-related news categories during the COVID-19 pandemic in countries with terrestrial and marine hotspots and relate them to the socioeconomic and public health context of each country. For this, we searched for news on biodiversity and Covid-19 in the first 6 months of the pandemic and related them to GDP, Gini-index, deaths, and infections by Covid-19. Results showed that conservation, public policies, and use of natural resources stood out as the main news categories across countries, with a positive narrative and mostly related to terrestrial rather than marine environments. On the other hand, the socio-economic and public health characteristics of each country had an influence on which aspect of the biodiversity was reflected in the media. For example, countries with greater inequality were associated with tourism news, additionally, countries with low GDP, high cases, and deaths by Covid-19 were associated with news about cultural diversity. In contrast, countries with high GDP and low inequality were associated with news about zoonosis, research and development, public policies, and alien and invasive species.

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Socio-Economic, Demographic and Health Determinants of the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Objective: In this study, the effects of social and health indicators affecting the number of cases and deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic were examined. For the determinants of the number of cases and deaths, four models consisting of social and health indicators were created. Methods: In this quantitative research, 93 countries in the model were used to obtain determinants of the confirmed cases and determinants of the COVID-19 fatalities. Results: The results obtained from Model I, in which the number of cases was examined with social indicators, showed that the number of tourists, the population between the ages of 15 and 64, and institutionalization had a positive effect on the number of cases. The results obtained from the health indicators of the number of cases show that cigarette consumption affects the number of cases positively in the 50th quantile, the death rate under the age of five affects the number of cases negatively in all quantiles, and vaccination positively affects the number of cases in 25th and 75th quantile values. Findings from social indicators of the number of COVID-19 deaths show that life expectancy negatively affects the number of deaths in the 25th and 50th quantiles. The population over the age of 65 and CO2 positively affect the number of deaths at the 25th, 50th, and 75th quantiles. There is a non-linear relationship between the number of cases and the number of deaths at the 50th and 75th quantile values. An increase in the number of cases increases the number of deaths to the turning point; after the turning point, an increase in the number of cases decreases the death rate. Herd immunity has an important role in obtaining this finding. As a health indicator, it was seen that the number of cases positively affected the number of deaths in the 50th and 75th quantile values and the vaccination rate in the 25th and 75th quantile values. Diabetes affects the number of deaths positively in the 75th quantile. Conclusion: The population aged 15–64 has a strong impact on COVID-19 cases, but in COVID-19 deaths, life expectancy is a strong variable. On the other hand, it has been found that vaccination and the number of cases interaction term has an effect on the mortality rate. The number of cases has a non-linear effect on the number of deaths.

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COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: time, space, and structural factors

Cited by 3 publications

References 72 publications

Financial Distress and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Financial Distress and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Biodiversity in Times of COVID-19 and its Relationship with the Socio-Economic and Health Context: A Look from the Digital Media

Socio-Economic, Demographic and Health Determinants of the COVID-19 Outbreak

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