New-onset mental disorders increase among patients with metabolic diseases after the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: There is limited information on new-onset mental disorders in adults with metabolic diseases following the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we aimed to examine the changes in mental health following the COVID-19 pandemic and identify factors associated with the development of new-onset mental disorders. Among 90,580 UK Biobank participants diagnosed with COVID-19 between Jan 31, 2020 and Oct 31, 2022, those who completed both baseline and follow-up mental health questionnaires in 2016-2017 and 2022-2023 were included in the analysis. New-onset depression, anxiety, and alcohol use disorder following the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as changes in mental health scores, were assessed. Furthermore, their association with sociodemographic, clinical, and self-perceived emotional state-related exposures was

SUBMITTER: Cho JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12062292 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature