Stressors and Other Pandemic-related Predictors of Prospective Changes in Psychological Distress.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous studies have documented mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Few studies included pre-pandemic levels of mental health or were comprehensive in assessing factors likely associated with longer-term mental health impacts.

Methods

Analyses used prospective data from a subset of participants in the nationwide Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) United States cohort (N=2,359; 1,534 women; 825 men) who completed surveys in 2018 and during the COVID-19 pandemic (July-September 2020). Logistic regressions examined associations of pandemic-related stressors, sociodemographic and other predictors with (i) overall psychological distress (PD) and depression and anxiety separately during the COVID-19 pandemic and (ii) change in PD from 2018 to during t

SUBMITTER: Leach CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427739 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature