COVID-19 and common mental health symptoms in the early phase of the pandemic: An umbrella review of the evidence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There remains uncertainty about the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental health. This umbrella review provides a comprehensive overview of the association between the pandemic and common mental disorders. We qualitatively summarized evidence from reviews with meta-analyses of individual study-data in the general population, healthcare workers, and specific at-risk populations.

Methods and findings

A systematic search was carried out in 5 databases for peer-reviewed systematic reviews with meta-analyses of prevalence of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during the pandemic published between December 31, 2019 until August 12, 2022. We identified 123 reviews of which 7 provided standardized mean di

SUBMITTER: Witteveen AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10129001 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature