Increase in prevalence of current mental disorders in the context of COVID-19: analysis of repeated nationwide cross-sectional surveys

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11120/20:43920656 RIV/00216208:11140/20:10416372

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-psychiatric-sciences/article/increase-in-prevalence-of-current-mental-disorders-in-the-context-of-covid19-analysis-of-repeated-nationwide-crosssectional-surveys/1FDE06C80D8CE44526CC016B565D79F5#" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-psychiatric-sciences/article/increase-in-prevalence-of-current-mental-disorders-in-the-context-of-covid19-analysis-of-repeated-nationwide-crosssectional-surveys/1FDE06C80D8CE44526CC016B565D79F5#</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796020000888" target="_blank" >10.1017/S2045796020000888</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Increase in prevalence of current mental disorders in the context of COVID-19: analysis of repeated nationwide cross-sectional surveys

Original language description

Aims: The United Nations warned of COVID-19 related mental health crisis; however, it is unknown whether there is an increase in prevalence of mental disorders as existing studies lack a reliable baseline analysis or they did not use a diagnostic measure. We aimed to analyse trends in the prevalence of mental disorders prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We analysed data from repeated cross-sectional surveys on a representative sample of non-institutionalized Czech adults (18+ years) from both November 2017 (n=3306; 54% females) and May 2020 (n=3021; 52% females). We used Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) as the main screening instrument. We calculated descriptive statistics and compared the prevalence of current mood and anxiety disorders, suicide risk, and alcohol related disorders at baseline and right after the first peak of COVID-19 when related lockdown was still in place in CZ. In addition, using logistic regression, we assessed the association between COVID-19-related worries and the presence of mental disorders. Results: We found an increased proportion of those experiencing symptoms of at least one current mental disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic by more than 10 % when compared to the baseline in November 2017 (20.02, 95% CI = 18.64; 21.39 in 2017 vs 29.63, 95% CI = 27.9; 31.37 in 2020). The prevalence of both major depressive disorder (3.96, 95% CI = 3.28; 4.62 vs 11.77, 95% CI = 10.56; 12.99); and suicide risk (3.88, 95% CI = 3.21; 4.52 vs 11.88, 95% CI = 10.64; 13.07) tripled and current anxiety disorders almost doubled (7.79, 95% CI = 6.87; 8.7 vs 12.84, 95% CI = 11.6; 14.05). The prevalence of alcohol use disorders in 2020 was approximately the same as in 2017 (10.84, 95% CI = 9.78; 11.89 vs 9.88, 95% CI = 8.74; 10.98); however, there was a significant increase in weekly binge drinking behaviors (4.07% vs 6.39%). Strong worries about both, health or economic consequences of COVID-19, were associated with an increased odds of having a mental disorder (1.63, 95% CI = 1.4; 1.89 and 1.42, 95% CI = 1.23; 1.63 respectively). Conclusions: This study provides evidence matching concerns that COVID-19 related mental health problems is a real concern and poses a major threat to populations, particularly considering the barriers in service provision posed during lockdown. This finding emphasizes an urgent need to scale up mental health promotion and prevention globally.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1611" target="_blank" >LO1611: Sustainability for The National Institute of Mental Health</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

ISSN

2045-7960

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

29

Issue of the periodical within the volume

e173

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

UT code for WoS article

000579800000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85092364261