Mental Health Burden of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Germany: Predictors of Mental Health Impairment

Bäuerle, Alexander; Steinbach, Jasmin; Schweda, Adam; Beckord, Jil; Hetkamp, Madeleine; Weismüller, Benjamin; Kohler, Hannah; Musche, Venja; Dörrie, Nora; Teufel, Martin; Skoda, Eva Maria

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“…For instance, Bäuerle et al . [ 32 ] found a significant increase in distress, anxiety and depression symptoms and a decrease in health status since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak in a cross-sectional study with more than 15,000 participants. These mental health effects were predicted by pandemic-related fear, while trust in the government's actions and subjective level of information predicted a weaker increase in mental strain.…”

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Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

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Healthcare staff have been at the centre of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, facing diverse work-related stressors. Building upon studies from various countries, we aimed to investigate (1) the prevalence of various work-related stressors among healthcare professionals in Germany specific to the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) the psychological effects of these stressors in terms of clinical symptoms, and (3) the healthcare professionals' help-seeking behaviour. To this end, N = 300 healthcare professionals completed an online survey including the ICD-10 Symptom Rating checklist (ISR), event-sampling questions on pandemic-related stressors and self-formulated questions on help-seeking behaviour. Participants were recruited between 22 May and 22 July 2020. Findings were analysed using t tests, regressions and comparisons to large clinical and non-clinical samples assessed before and during the pandemic. Results show that healthcare professionals were most affected by protective measures at their workplace and changes in work procedures. Psychological symptoms, particularly anxiety and depression, were significantly more severe than in a non-clinical pre-pandemic sample and in the general population during the pandemic. At the same time, most professionals indicated that they would not seek help for psychological concerns. These findings indicate that healthcare employers need to pay greater attention to the mental health of their staff.

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Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

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“…Perceived stress can be defined as an understanding of a person of the amount of stress he or she is exposed to in a given point of time or in a specific period [ 14 ]. Bäuerle et al [ 15 ] assessed mental health and health status of 15,037 German adults before and after the COVID-19 outbreak. The level of distress became higher after the outbreak compared to before the outbreak: the frequency of elevated levels of distress changed from 51.8% to 65.2% of respondents.…”

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“…The level of distress became higher after the outbreak compared to before the outbreak: the frequency of elevated levels of distress changed from 51.8% to 65.2% of respondents. Their results indicate an increased prevalence of mental health burden during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 15 ].…”

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Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hungarian Adults

Szabó

Pukánszky

Kemény

2020

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We aimed to explore psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Hungarian adults in the time of the national quarantine situation in May 2020.We conducted a cross-sectional observational study with the use of an anonymous online questionnaire that consisted of 65 items. The following measuring instruments were used: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10); The General Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD)-2; The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-2; European Quality of Life Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS); Self-administered inventory of complaints (Hungarian questionnaire); Shortened (Hungarian) version of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire; 2 open-ended questions to examine the participants’ mood and ways of coping during the pandemic. The data of 431 participants were analyzed, their average age was 47.53 ± 11.66 years, and the percentage of females was 90%. The mean of participants’ scores were the following: 19.34 ± 7.97 for perceived stress, 73.05 ± 21.73 for health status, and 8.68 ± 4.65 for neurotic complaints. Thirty-four and one-tenth percent of participants were depressed, 36.2% were anxious, and they tended to use problem-focused coping strategies more frequently than emotion-focused ones. We found significant correlations between all of the seven examined psychological variables. Our results highlight the importance of stress management in the psychological support of healthy adults in quarantine situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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“…During the nationwide lockdown, people were socially isolated (8), and experienced negative emotions such as fear and stress (9)(10)(11) and lifestyle changes including reduced physical activity and increased sedentary time (12)(13)(14). The lockdown due to the epidemic of COVID-19 had a negative effect on mental health for both patients with COVID-19 (15)(16)(17) and general populations (17)(18)(19)(20)(21), also re ected by the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (22,23).…”

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Quality of life during the epidemic of COVID-19 and its associated factors among enterprise workers in East China

Chen¹,

Xu²,

Lin

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Background: The COVID-19 related lockdown and home confinement might have an important impact on the quality of life in enterprise workers. We investigated the quality of life during the epidemic in enterprise workers who just returned to work, and assessed its potential influencing factors to have a better understanding of the impact of COVID-19 epidemic lockdown and home confinement. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of enterprise workers conducted in Deqing and Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The Chinese version of EQ5D was used to assess life quality, and information about general characteristics and COVID-19 related factors was collected by a structured questionnaire, which was distributed through the social application “WeChat”. Results: A total of 2,435 participants were enrolled, 59.5% of which worked in Deqing. About 50% of the participants reported worries about the COVID-2019 epidemic and 40.1% had a centralized or home quarantine during the epidemic. The mean EQ-5D score and VAS were 0.990 and 93.5. Multiple logistic regression showed that the quality of life measures was related to physical activities (ORad=0.46) and keeping home ventilation (ORad=0.04) in Deqing, and were related to wearing a mask when going out (ORad=0.35), keeping home ventilation (ORad=0.16), unmarried status (ORad=2.38) and having a centralized or home quarantine (ORad=1.64) in Taizhou,Conclusions: The quality of life for returning enterprise workers in areas with different risks of COVID-19 was affected by different factors. Associated factors identified from this study would help develop proper intervention measures for enterprise workers to reduce the impact of large-scale public health events like the COVID-19 on their quality of life.

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Mental Health Burden of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Germany: Predictors of Mental Health Impairment

Cited by 137 publications

References 30 publications

Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Depression and anxiety in healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hungarian Adults

Quality of life during the epidemic of COVID-19 and its associated factors among enterprise workers in East China

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