Mental illness and COVID-19 vaccination: a multinational investigation of observational & register-based data.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with mental illness are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. However, previous studies on the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in this population have reported conflicting results. Using data from seven cohort studies (N = 325,298) included in the multinational COVIDMENT consortium, and the Swedish registers (N = 8,080,234), this study investigates the association between mental illness (defined using self-report measures, clinical diagnosis and prescription data) and COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Results from the COVIDMENT cohort studies were pooled using meta-analyses, the majority of which showed no significant association between mental illness and vaccination uptake. In the Swedish register study population, we observed a very small reduction in the uptake of both the

SUBMITTER: Barker MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427681 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature