Time from COVID-19 shutdown, gender-based violence exposure, and mental health outcomes among a state representative sample of California residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is increasing evidence of the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant shutdowns on mental health. This issue may be of particular concern to those affected by intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis using data from a California state-representative online survey conducted in the two weeks following the state stay-at-home order, enacted March 19, 2020 (unweighted N = 2081). We conducted a series of multivariate multinomial logistic regressions to assess the associations between a) time since stay-at-home order and b) partner and sexual violence exposure ever with our outcomes of interest: depression and/or anxiety symptoms in the past two weeks. Covariates included demographics

SUBMITTER: Raj A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444602 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature