Changes in anxiety and depression symptoms during the Covid-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. The moderating role of pre-existing mental health, employment situation and alcohol consumption

Mangot-Sala, Lluís; Smidt, Nynke; Liefbroer, Aart C.

doi:10.1007/s00127-023-02480-6

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“…Regarding anxiety, depression, and insomnia, contextual factors, such as country-specific governmental restrictions, though not formally studied, probably influenced these measures, contributing to inconclusive results. For example, the strictest COVID-19 lockdown in the Netherlands coincided with our second measurement and a peak in depressive symptoms in the general population ( 27 , 28 ). This peak may explain the observed increase in continuous depression scores, which, on average, remained below the clinical threshold.…”

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Prevalence and trajectories of neuropsychological post-COVID-19 symptoms in initially hospitalized patients

Klinkhammer,

Duits,

Horn

et al. 2024

JRM

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Objective: To investigate the prevalence and trajectories of post-COVID-19 neuropsychological symptoms. Design: Prospective longitudinal multicentre cohort study. Subjects: A total of 205 patients initially hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Methods: Validated questionnaires were administered at 9 months (T1) and 15 months (T2) post-hospital discharge to assess fatigue, cognitive complaints, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Results: Analyses included 184 out of 205 patients. Approximately 50% experienced high cognitive complaints at T1 and T2, while severe fatigue affected 52.5% at T1 and 55.6% at T2. Clinically relevant insomnia scores were observed in 25% of patients at both time-points. Clinically relevant anxiety scores were present in 18.3% at T1 and 16.7% at T2, depression in 15.0% at T1 and 18.9% at T2, and PTSD in 12.4% at T1 and 11.8% at T2. Most symptoms remained stable, with 59.2% of patients experiencing at least 1 persistent symptom. In addition, 31.5% of patients developed delayed-onset symptoms. Conclusion: Post-COVID-19 cognitive complaints and fatigue are highly prevalent and often persist. A subgroup develops delayed symptoms. Emotional distress is limited. Screening can help identify most patients experiencing long-term problems. Future research should determine risk factors for persistent and delayed onset symptoms.

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Prevalence and trajectories of neuropsychological post-COVID-19 symptoms in initially hospitalized patients

Klinkhammer,

Duits,

Horn

et al. 2024

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“…For many people, the level of loneliness during the containment period is very high ( Bu et al, 2020 ). In the Netherlands, especially during the winter of 2021, the most stringent blockade period, depression and anxiety symptoms will increase significantly; Blockades have increased symptoms of depression and anxiety among people ( Mangot-Sala et al, 2023 ).…”

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Coping methods of college students with different personality traits when facing COVID-19 from the anxiety psychology perspective

Fu,

Mao,

Tian

2024

Front. Psychol.

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ObjectiveBased on a survey of anxiety among college students during the epidemic, this study takes anxiety as an example to study the coping methods of college students with different personality traits. Thus predicting the behavioral tendencies of college students and proposing some appropriate suggestions for the current psychological education work of college students. Method: The study was carried out during the large-scale outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, and the investigation lasted one month. Using the Self Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Simplified Chinese Version (EPQ-RSC), and Trait Coping Style Scale (TCSQ), an online questionnaire survey was conducted on 932 college students to analyze the mutual effects of different grades, genders, personality traits, coping methods, and other factors.ResultsThe research found that there was a significant gender difference in negative coping methods and anxiety among college students. Grade differences: In the comparative study of personality traits, there are gender differences in introversion and concealment dimensions and grade differences in neuroticism and concealment dimensions. There is a pairwise correlation between personality traits, coping methods, and anxiety. There is a significant positive correlation between the dimensions of psychoticism, neuroticism and anxiety; There is a significant negative correlation between introversion, concealment, and anxiety. Positive coping methods are significantly negatively correlated with anxiety, while negative coping methods are significantly positively correlated with anxiety. The positive coping style is significantly negatively correlated with the dimensions of psychoticism and neuroticism and positively correlated with the dimensions of introversion, introversion, and concealment; Negative coping methods are significantly positively correlated with the dimensions of psychoticism and neuroticism and negatively correlated with the dimensions of introversion, introversion, and concealment.ConclusionThe research results indicate that the mental health issues of college students need to be taken seriously to prevent the spread of anxiety.

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antidepressant consumption in the Central region of Portugal: interrupted time series

Negrão,

Coelho,

Castel-Branco

et al. 2024

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Purpose To evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the consumption of antidepressive agents in Central Portugal. Methods To estimate the causal effect of the pandemic an interrupted time series analysis was conducted. Data of antidepressant drugs monthly dispensed in community pharmacies between Jan-2010 and Dec-2021 were provided by the regional Health Administration. Anti-Parkinson dopaminergic agents and statins, theoretically not influenced by COVID-19 pandemics, were used as comparator series. The number of packages was converted into defined daily doses and presented as defined daily doses/1000 inhabitants/day. A Bayesian structural time-series model with CausalImpact on R/RStudio was used to predict the counterfactual. Analyses with different geographical granularity (9 sub-regions and 78 municipalities) were performed. Results When compared to counterfactual, regional consumption non-significantly increased after the pandemic declaration, with a relative effect of + 1.30% [95%CI -1.6%:4.2%]. When increasing the granularity, differences appeared between sub-region with significant increases in Baixo Mondego + 6.5% [1.4%:11.0%], Guarda + 4.4% [1.1%:7.7%] or Cova da Beira + 4.1% [0.17%:8.3%], but non-significant variation in the remaining 6 sub-regions. Differences are more obvious at municipality level, ranging from increases of + 37.00% [32.00%:42.00%] to decreases of -11.00% [-17.00%:-4.20%]. Relative impact positively correlated with percentage of elderly in the municipality (r = 0.301; p = 0.007), and negatively with population density (r=-0.243; p = 0.032). No other predicting variables were found. Conclusion Antidepressant consumption suffered very slight variations at regional level after the COVID-19 pandemic declaration. Analysis with higher granularity allowed identifying municipalities with higher impact (increase or decrease). The absence of clear association patterns suggests other causal hypotheses of the differences.

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Changes in anxiety and depression symptoms during the Covid-19 lockdown in the Netherlands. The moderating role of pre-existing mental health, employment situation and alcohol consumption

Cited by 6 publications

References 44 publications

Prevalence and trajectories of neuropsychological post-COVID-19 symptoms in initially hospitalized patients

Prevalence and trajectories of neuropsychological post-COVID-19 symptoms in initially hospitalized patients

Coping methods of college students with different personality traits when facing COVID-19 from the anxiety psychology perspective

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antidepressant consumption in the Central region of Portugal: interrupted time series

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