The short and long-term impact of COVID-19 restrictions on women's mental health in Mwanza, Tanzania: A longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak had a profound impact on all countries in the world, leading governments to impose various forms of restrictions on social interactions and mobility, including complete lockdowns. While the impact of lockdowns on the emerging mental health crisis has been documented in high income countries, little is known whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic also effected mental health in settings with few or no COVID-19 restrictions in place. Our study therefore aimed to explore the impact of few and no COVID19 restrictions on the self-reported mental health of women in Mwanza, Tanzania. The longitudinal study integrated a nested phone survey with two time points into an existing longitudinal study in Mwanza, Tanzania. In total, 415 women who were part of an existing longitudinal

SUBMITTER: Stockl H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10292709 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature