Mental health during and after the COVID-19 pandemic - a longitudinal study over 42 months in five European countries.

ABSTRACT: Background: The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is well documented. However, only a few studies investigated mental health in later phases of the pandemic and after its official end. Moreover, little is known about people's psychological burden related to the pandemic and other global crises post-pandemic.Objective: Study's first objective was to compare mental health outcomes in the general population over the course of the pandemic and ten months post-pandemic. The second objective was to explore people's psychological burden regarding the pandemic, in comparison to current wars, climate crises, inflation, and poor government management and/or corruption in the post-pandemic era.Method: Participants from the general population of Austria, Croatia, Germa

SUBMITTER: Zrnic Novakovic I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12016253 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature