Depression trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic: a secondary analysis of the impact of cognitive-appraisal processes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study characterized depression trajectories during the COVID pandemic and investigated how appraisal and changes in appraisal over time related to these depression trajectories.

Methods

This longitudinal study of the psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic included 771 people with data at three timepoints over 15.5 months. The depression index was validated using item-response-theory methods and receiver-operating-characteristic curve analysis. The Quality of Life (QOL) Appraisal Profile_v2 Short-Form assessed cognitive-appraisal processes. Sequence analysis characterized depression-trajectory groups, and random effects models examined appraisal main effects, appraisal-by-group, and appraisal-by-group-by-time interactions.

Results

Sequence

SUBMITTER: Schwartz CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10344849 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature