Mental health impact of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, SARS, and COVID-19: A comparative systematic review and meta-analysis

Delanerolle, Gayathri; Zeng, Yutian; Yeng, Xuzhi; Goodison, William; Shetty, Ashish; Shetty, Suchith; Haque, Nyla; Elliot, Kathryn; Ranaweera, Sandali; Ramakrishnan, Rema; Raymont, Vanessa; Rathod, Shanaya; Phiri, Peter

doi:10.5498/wjp.v12.i5.739

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“…The economic recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected many people’s mental health and created new barriers for people already suffering from mental illness [ 81 ]. This is not only limited to COVID-19 pandemic, as such negative impacts on mental health and neuropsychiatric conditions have been seen in other global or regional shocks including wars [ 82 , 83 , 84 ], natural disasters [ 85 , 86 ], or other disease outbreaks, e.g., with Ebola [ 87 , 88 ], Zika virus [ 89 ], Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS) [ 90 , 91 ], and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) [ 90 ]. Social isolation due to lockdown or quarantine may have been particularly detrimental to individuals with neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, as social interaction and exercise may be used to regulate several symptoms of these disorders [ 46 , 92 ].…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on Neuropsychiatric Disorders

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Ravanfar

Allahdadian

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Since the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), many studies have shown that besides common COVID-19 symptoms, patients may develop various neuropsychiatric conditions including anxiety, mood disorders, psychosis, neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., dementia), insomnia, and even substance abuse disorders. COVID-19 can also worsen the patients underlying neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions during or after the system phase of disease. In this review, we discuss the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on development or status of neuropsychiatric conditions during or following COVID-19.

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Impact of COVID-19 on Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Zia

Ravanfar

Allahdadian

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“…Public health emergencies are a major social problem that seriously threatens people's lives. In particular, major infectious disease outbreaks pose a constant threat to human health and social development, and their rapid development and wide impact, in addition to causing serious damage to people's physical health and serious losses to the national economy, can easily cause panic, anxiety, depression, insomnia and other adverse emotional reactions, and in serious cases can cause irreparable psychological trauma [19]. Studies have shown that when the human body is unable to adapt to new changes in the environment, a series of abnormal physiological and psychological reactions will occur, such as nervous system reactions, endocrine reactions or emotional reactions such as anxiety and fear in the psyche [20].…”

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Comparison of the levels of mental health at the different times of coronavirus disease 2019 in China college student

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Han

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Objective: Comparing levels of mental health including general psychological symptoms, stress and insomnia among college students at different times during the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in China. Methods: Two cross-sectional survey studies were conducted with 503 isolated college students through the questionnaire STAR platform. Of these, 300 students participated in February 2020 and 203 students participated in May 2022. Information collected included demographic and psychological stress measures, mental health scales including the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) to assess sleep, the Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) to assess general psychological symptoms, and the China Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS) to assess stress. ANOVAs were conducted on factors associated with mental health outcomes. Results: From 2020 to 2022, levels of insomnia (p=0.001), anxiety/depression (p=0.001) and stress (p<0.001) decreased significantly. in February 2020, 42.67% of participants exhibited symptoms of insomnia, 16.67% exhibited anxiety/depression symptoms and 96.67% exhibited stress symptoms. in May 2022, the percentage of insomnia decreased to 28.08%, anxiety/depressive symptoms to 6.90% and stressful situations to 68.97%. Conclusions: During the COVID-19 disease pandemic, college students participating in the survey had significantly better sleep, significantly lower levels of anxiety and depression, and lower levels of stress in 2022 compared to 2020. Despite this, high levels of stress remain, indicating that college students are suffering from a high psychological burden, and targeted interventions to promote mental health are recommended.

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“…Emerging infectious diseases have been shown to increase the incidence rate of suicide during outbreaks or pandemics; the 1918 influenza in the United States, the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pandemic, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa all reported an increase in suicidal ideation and an increase in the number of deaths by suicide [25][26][27]. Perceived threats to life, social isolation, and food and resource insecurity expose the entire population to trauma, and the impact on public mental health status is widespread and long-lasting [28,29]. COVID-19, the most severe pandemic since Spanish influenza, spread rapidly across the globe, and strict control measures such as isolation, lockdown, physical distance, and online learning were adopted by various countries and were believed to be effective in controlling the spread of the virus.…”

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Trajectory of suicidal ideation among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of childhood trauma

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Background The aim of this study was to understand the longitudinal trajectory of suicidal ideation (SI) among Chinese medical students and the role of childhood trauma (CT). Methods Using a whole-group sampling method, we assessed SI in 2192 (male = 834, female = 1358) medical students on three occasions over a period of one year. The Suicidal Ideation Self-Assessment Scale (SISAS) and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) were used to assess SI and CT. The growth mixture modeling (GMM) was used to classify the developmental trajectory of SI. Results A greater number of medical students were experiencing suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trajectory of SI among medical students was divided into two groups: a low risk, slowly rising group and a high risk, continuous group. The low risk, slowly rising group had a significant time effect (B = 1.57, p < 0.001) and showed a slowly increasing trend. Emotional neglect (EN), physical neglect (PN), emotional abuse (EA) and physical abuse (PA) all had significant positive predictive effects for the high risk, continuous group (B = 0.18–0.65, P < 0.01). Conclusion The trajectory of SI among medical students can be divided into a low risk, slowly rising group and a high risk, continuous group; the more EN, PN, EA and PA experienced during childhood, the more likely medical students are to develop a high risk, continuous state of SI.

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Mental health impact of the Middle East respiratory syndrome, SARS, and COVID-19: A comparative systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 25 publications

References 75 publications

Impact of COVID-19 on Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Impact of COVID-19 on Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Comparison of the levels of mental health at the different times of coronavirus disease 2019 in China college student

Trajectory of suicidal ideation among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of childhood trauma

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