Worry and mental health in the Covid-19 pandemic: vulnerability factors in the general Norwegian population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an urgent need for knowledge about the mental health consequences of the ongoing pandemic. The aim of this study was to identify vulnerability factors for psychological distress and reduced life satisfaction in the general population. Furthermore, we aimed to assess the role of COVID-related worries for psychological distress and life satisfaction.

Methods

A presumed representative sample for the Norwegian population (n = 1041, response rate = 39.9%) responded to a web-survey in May 2020. The participants were asked about potential vulnerability factors including increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19 (underlying illness, older age), socioeconomic disadvantage (living alone, unemployment, economic problems), and pre-existing mental health vulnera

SUBMITTER: Blix I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127278 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature