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Mental health indicators in Sweden over a 12-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic - Baseline data of the Omtanke2020 Study.
Lovik, Anikó; González-Hijón, Juan; Kähler, Anna K; Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur A; Frans, Emma M; Magnusson, Patrik K E; Pedersen, Nancy L; Hall, Per; Czene, Kamila; Sullivan, Patrick F; Fang, Fang.
  • Lovik A; Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden. Electronic address: aniko.lovik@ki.se.
  • González-Hijón J; Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
  • Kähler AK; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
  • Valdimarsdóttir UA; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, US
  • Frans EM; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
  • Magnusson PKE; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
  • Pedersen NL; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
  • Hall P; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Department of Oncology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Czene K; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
  • Sullivan PF; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
  • Fang F; Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
J Affect Disord ; 322: 108-117, 2023 02 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2105237
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the lives of people globally and is expected to have profound effects on mental health. Here we aim to describe the mental health burden experienced in Sweden using baseline data of the Omtanke2020 Study.

METHOD:

We analysed self-reported, cross-sectional baseline data collected over a 12-month period (June 9, 2020-June 8, 2021) from the Omtanke2020 Study including 27,950 adults in Sweden. Participants were volunteers or actively recruited through existing cohorts and, after providing informed consent, responded to online questionnaires on socio-demographics, mental and physical health, as well as COVID-19 infection and impact. Poisson regression was fitted to assess the relative risk of demonstrating high level symptoms of depression, anxiety, and COVID-19 related distress.

RESULT:

The proportion of persons with high level of symptoms was 15.6 %, 9.5 % and 24.5 % for depression, anxiety, and COVID-19 specific post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), respectively. Overall, 43.4 % of the participants had significant, clinically relevant symptoms for at least one of the three mental health outcomes and 7.3 % had significant symptoms for all three outcomes. We also observed differences in the prevalence of these outcomes across strata of sex, age, recruitment type, COVID-19 status, region, and seasonality.

CONCLUSION:

While the proportion of persons with high mental health burden remains higher than the ones reported in pre-pandemic publications, our estimates are lower than previously reported levels of depression, anxiety, and PTSD during the pandemic in Sweden and elsewhere.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adult / Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: J Affect Disord Year: 2023 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Adult / Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: J Affect Disord Year: 2023 Document Type: Article