Self-reported changes in anxiety, depression and suicidality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are only a few published empirical data on COVID-19's effects on the mental health.

Material and methods

During lockdown, an online questionnaire registered demographic, health data, previous psychiatric history, current anxiety, depression and suicidality, believing in conspiracy theories and other domains. Data from 3399 persons were used (81.08% females; aged 34.02 ± 9.72 and 18.27% males; aged 36.38±10.33). Distress and clinical depression were identified with the use of cut-off and a previously developed algorithm respectively.

Statistical analysis

A post-stratification method was used; descriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested

SUBMITTER: Fountoulakis KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7605790 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature