Mental health outcomes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: Prevalence and risk factors in a southern US state.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the functioning of individuals and institutions around the world. This cross-sectional registry-based study examined some of the burdens of the pandemic, the prevalence of mental health difficulties, and risk factors for psychosocial morbidity among community residents in Arkansas. The study focused on a period of gradual reopening but rising infection rates. The investigation included validated screening measures of depressive symptoms (PHQ-9), generalized anxiety (GAD-7), trauma-related symptoms (PCL-5), and alcohol use (AUDIT-C). A notable percentage of participants reported elevated symptoms on each of these outcomes. In separate multivariable analyses that accounted for a number of demographic and pandemic-related covariates, individu

SUBMITTER: Sherman AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7513769 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature