https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032724017543
The Nurses Mental Health Study in China comprises 67 hospitals across 31 provinces. Lots of interesting stuff here.
- 147,000 registered nurses were recruited and 132,000 were enrolled. WHAT KIND OF RECRUITMENT EFFORT IS THIS SUCCESSFUL? 90% enrollment!
- Bubble tea consumption is very popular among nurses in China. Only 20% had never consumed bubble tea
- Among those who consumed bubble tea once per week or occasionally, suicidal ideation was lower than never-consumers.
- Among those who consumed bubble tea more than once per week (3-6, more than 7), suicidal ideation, anxiety, depression symptoms were all higher than for lower or never consumers.
So interesting. Correlation is not causation. Otherwise, we would just limit everyone’s bubble tea purchase to once per week, max.
How interesting there is signal that perhaps bubble tea consumption at more than 3x per week might be a sign of underlying anxiety or depression, BUT that occasional consumption of once a week or less might indicate less depression than never-consumers. Think about THAT.
