Trajectories of change in internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal population-based study

Vallières, Frédérique; Daly, Michael; Butter, Sarah; Bentall, Richard P.; Fox, Robert; Karatzias, Thanos; MacLachlan, Malcolm; McBride, Orla; Murphy, Jamie; Murphy, David; Spikol, Eric; Shevlin, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.145

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“…Key publications relate to examining trends in the prevalence estimates of 'caseness' for common mental disorders at specific points in the pandemic [8, [17][18][19] and longitudinal changes in mental health status over time [7,[20][21][22]. For example, in the UK and Republic of Ireland, we have demonstrated that a sizeable proportion (∼65%) of the adult population has been highly resilient or have reported improvements in their mental health during the period first year of the pandemic [20,23,24], and that there were no changes in the prevalence estimates of (past two-week) nonsuicidal self-injury or attempted suicide in the Republic of Ireland between May and August 2020 [25].…”

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Sharing data to better understand one of the world's most significant shared experiences: data resource profile of the longitudinal COVID-19 psychological research consortium (C19PRC) study

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This paper serves to alert IJPDS readers to the availability of a major new longitudinal survey data resource, the COVID-19 Psychological Research Consortium (C19PRC) Study, which is being released for secondary use via the Open Science Framework. The C19PRC Study is a rich and detailed dataset that provides a convenient and valuable foundation from which to study the social, political, and health status of European adults during an unprecedented time of change as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit. Here, we provide an overview of the C19PRC Study design, with the purpose of stimulating interest about the study among social scientists and maximising use of this resource.

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Sharing data to better understand one of the world's most significant shared experiences: data resource profile of the longitudinal COVID-19 psychological research consortium (C19PRC) study

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“…Cabe, no obstante, subrayar que no es nuestro objetivo con el presente estudio patologizar la presencia de sintomatología de salud mental ante una situación de crisis como la actual, donde el aumento de este tipo de síntomas puede resultar predecible. Además, en general, las personas parecen ser resilientes y ser capaces de manejar sus problemas por sí mismas (Hyland et al, 2021). Sin embargo, la psicoterapia parece ser la primera opción de tratamiento, y además encontramos un 16.7% de la muestra que dice no haber podido tratarse por no tener dinero suficiente.…”

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Impacto del Covid-19 en la salud mental, uso y barreras en atención psicológica en España

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Resumen: La pandemia de Covid-19 ha tenido un grave impacto en la salud mental de la población, que además ha visto mermado su acceso a atención psicológica por diversas barreras. El objetivo del presente estudio es comparar el estado de salud mental de la población española al inicio del confinamiento (N = 3480) y 12 meses después (N = 550), y describir el uso de servicios de atención psicológica y sus principales barreras de acceso. Los participantes completaron una encuesta online. El 40% de la muestra reveló haber tenido problemas de salud mental desde el inicio de la pandemia, de los cuales el 23.4% señalaron haber recibido

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“…However, at least a small number of longitudinal studies have modelled heterogeneity in people's responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Data from different countries (Ireland: Hyland et al., 2021 ; Israel: Kimhi et al., 2021 ; UK: Saunders et al., 2021 ) suggest three to five subpopulations. Across studies, the most prevalent class was a ‘resilient’ class, but all studies also identified groups representing people with chronic or worsening mental health issues.…”

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“…In a review of mostly cross‐sectional studies carried out at the onset of the pandemic, Buecker and Horstmann ( 2021 ) found that, on average, mental health issues were consistently positively associated with perceived social isolation. Referring to studies that took heterogeneity in trajectories into account, we found one study that examined loneliness as a predictor of distinct trajectories (Hyland et al., 2021 ). In that study, loneliness predicted unfavourable mental health development from April to December 2020.…”

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Heterogeneity in mental health change during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Germany: The role of social factors

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The COVID‐19 pandemic constitutes a prolonged global crisis, but its effects on mental health seem inconsistent. This inconsistency highlights the importance of considering the differential impact of the pandemic on individuals. There is some evidence that mental health trajectories are heterogeneous and that both sociodemographic and personal characteristics are associated with higher risk for mental health issues. By contrast, information on the role of social factors as potential determinants of initial reactions to the pandemic and on heterogeneous trajectories over time is lacking. We analysed seven assessments of a large‐scale ( N = 2203) longitudinal study across 1.5 years, beginning in March 2020. Using self‐report data on mental health and life satisfaction, we applied latent change models to examine initial reactions and mean changes across the pandemic. In addition, we applied latent class growth analyses to investigate whether there were distinct groups with different patterns of change. Results showed that on average, levels of life satisfaction and anxiety decreased ( d = −0.31 and d = −0.11, respectively), levels of depressive symptoms increased ( d = 0.13), and stress levels remained unchanged ( d = −0.01) during the first year of the pandemic. For each outcome, we identified four distinct mental health trajectories. Between 5% (for anxiety) and 11% (for life satisfaction) of the sample reported consistently high—and even increasing—impairments in mental health and well‐being. The trajectories of a sizeable number of people covaried with the course of the pandemic, such that people experienced better mental health when the number of COVID cases was low and when fewer restrictions were placed on public life. Low emotional support, high instrumental support, and the tendency to compare oneself with others were associated with more mental health issues. Findings show that whereas a substantial portion of people were largely unaffected by the pandemic, some individuals experienced consistently high levels of psychological distress. Social factors appear to play a crucial role in the maintenance of well‐being.

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Trajectories of change in internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal population-based study

Cited by 22 publications

References 58 publications

Sharing data to better understand one of the world's most significant shared experiences: data resource profile of the longitudinal COVID-19 psychological research consortium (C19PRC) study

Sharing data to better understand one of the world's most significant shared experiences: data resource profile of the longitudinal COVID-19 psychological research consortium (C19PRC) study

Impacto del Covid-19 en la salud mental, uso y barreras en atención psicológica en España

Heterogeneity in mental health change during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Germany: The role of social factors

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