A longitudinal observation of general psychopathology before the COVID-19 outbreak and during lockdown in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Italy has been largely involved by the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed at evaluating the impact of the lockdown during the pandemic on mental health adopting both a longitudinal and a cross-sectional design. Accordingly, the study investigated general psychopathology a few weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak (T0) and during lockdown (T1), and the associations between lockdown-related environmental conditions, self-perceived worsening in daily living and psychopathology.

Methods

130 subjects (aged 18-60 years) were included in the longitudinal design, and an additional subsample of 541 subjects was recruited for the in-lockdown evaluation. Socio-demographic data and the Brief Symptom Inventory were collected both at T0 and T1. Moreover, at T1 an online sur

SUBMITTER: Castellini G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716728 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature