In Small Study, About Half Of Women Experiencing Homelessness Or Unstable Housing During COVID-19 Pandemic Had Depression Or Anxiety Symptoms

Healio (7/30, Gramigna) reported, “Approximately 50% of women experiencing homelessness or unstable housing during the COVID-19 pandemic had depression or anxiety symptoms,” researchers concluded after conducting “a cross-sectional study between July 2020 and December 2020 among 128 women (40% Black; median age, 56 years) in San Francisco, whom they recruited from homeless shelters, street encampments, free meal programs and low-income hotels.” The findings were published online July 14 in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Half of women without stable or any housing during pandemic report depression, anxiety “Joe Gramigna, Healio, July 30, 2021

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