Depressive symptom trajectories among general population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland: a prospective cohort study (2020-2023).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While changes in the prevalence of depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic have been described across populations, few studies have incorporated multidimensional variables to characterise the varying effects of the pandemic on the population's mental health.

Methods

This cohort study included 6423 participants aged ≥18 years from the Icelandic COVID-19 National Resilience Cohort. Data on depressive symptoms and pandemic-related and non-pandemic-related factors were obtained during three pandemic assessment periods (baseline, follow-up wave 1 and follow-up wave 2; April 2020-December 2021), while health outcomes were obtained during the post-pandemic assessment period (follow-up wave 3; September 2022-February 2023). We used latent growth mixture models

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11816283 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature