Changes in the prevalence of mental health problems during the first year of the pandemic: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.
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serval:BIB_907163569910
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
Changes in the prevalence of mental health problems during the first year of the pandemic: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.
Journal
BMJ mental health
Working group(s)
MHCOVID Crowd Investigators
Contributor(s)
Nelson H., Tsai T.Y., Zucchetti A., Rodolico A., Sharifan A., Solis A.C., Vita A., Sato A., Lasserre A.M., Helfer B., Concerto C., Igwesi-Chidobe C., Rios-Gonzalez C., Zangani C., Ceraso A., Baldez D.P., Demir D.D., Sharma R., Kalocsányiová E., Ostinelli E.G., Lin Y.C., Invernizzi E., Beraldi G.H., Erzin G., Dolores-Maldonado G., Arrondo G., Ottaviano G., Wang Y.P., Balbin-Ramón G.J., Ho C.Y., Elkis H., Liu Y.C., Hong JSW, Ballesteros J., Tian J., Schneckenburger J., Lin J.J., Usman Sambo A., Smith K.A., Feber L., Wewege M.A., Ma L., Trivella M., Marchetti M., Italia M., Qin M., Lin Y.C., Sharma M., Salahuddin N.H., Omae K., Ostacher M., Virgillito R., Ciray O., Toyomoto R., Sahker E., Cortese S., Kishimoto S., Covarrubias-Castillo S.A., Sun L., Dong S., Kikuchi S., Hsia Y., Ralovska S., Thompson T., Onishi A., Tu S.S., Giri Shankar V., Chiocchia V., Zhu Y., Yoshida K., Tu Y.K., Wang D., Bighelli I.
ISSN
2755-9734 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
2755-9734
Publication state
Published
Issued date
13/06/2024
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
27
Number
1
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Systematic Review ; Meta-Analysis
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
To describe the pattern of the prevalence of mental health problems during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and examine the impact of containment measures on these trends.
We identified articles published until 30 August 2021 that reported the prevalence of mental health problems in the general population at two or more time points. A crowd of 114 reviewers extracted data on prevalence, study and participant characteristics. We collected information on the number of days since the first SARS-CoV-2 infection in the study country, the stringency of containment measures and the number of cases and deaths. We synthesised changes in prevalence during the pandemic using a random-effects model. We used dose-response meta-analysis to evaluate the trajectory of the changes in mental health problems.
We included 41 studies for 7 mental health conditions. The average odds of symptoms increased during the pandemic (mean OR ranging from 1.23 to 2.08). Heterogeneity was very large and could not be explained by differences in participants or study characteristics. Average odds of psychological distress, depression and anxiety increased during the first 2 months of the pandemic, with increased stringency of the measures, reported infections and deaths. The confidence in the evidence was low to very low.
We observed an initial increase in the average risk of psychological distress, depression-related and anxiety-related problems during the first 2 months of the pandemic. However, large heterogeneity suggests that different populations had different responses to the challenges imposed by the pandemic.
We identified articles published until 30 August 2021 that reported the prevalence of mental health problems in the general population at two or more time points. A crowd of 114 reviewers extracted data on prevalence, study and participant characteristics. We collected information on the number of days since the first SARS-CoV-2 infection in the study country, the stringency of containment measures and the number of cases and deaths. We synthesised changes in prevalence during the pandemic using a random-effects model. We used dose-response meta-analysis to evaluate the trajectory of the changes in mental health problems.
We included 41 studies for 7 mental health conditions. The average odds of symptoms increased during the pandemic (mean OR ranging from 1.23 to 2.08). Heterogeneity was very large and could not be explained by differences in participants or study characteristics. Average odds of psychological distress, depression and anxiety increased during the first 2 months of the pandemic, with increased stringency of the measures, reported infections and deaths. The confidence in the evidence was low to very low.
We observed an initial increase in the average risk of psychological distress, depression-related and anxiety-related problems during the first 2 months of the pandemic. However, large heterogeneity suggests that different populations had different responses to the challenges imposed by the pandemic.
Keywords
Humans, COVID-19/epidemiology, COVID-19/psychology, Prevalence, Mental Disorders/epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemics, Anxiety/epidemiology, Mental Health, Depression/epidemiology, COVID-19, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Depression
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Open Access
Yes
Funding(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation / Careers / P2LAP3_191273
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24/06/2024 17:12
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01/10/2024 7:09