Decreasing mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study among Danes before and during the pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on people's lives and may influence mental health in the general population. In a unique representative Danish longitudinal study, we examined mental well-being measured just before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Danish Health and Wellbeing Survey is the Danish contribution to the European Health Interview Survey. In this study, we included the wave from autumn 2019, which we re-invited in the autumn 2020. The study population consisted of 4,234 persons. The main outcome was mental well-being measured by the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (SWEMWBS). Linear and logistic regression models were conducted to evaluate change in SWEMWBS between 2019 and 2020. The SWEMWBS distribution was similar in 2019 and 2020, although the di

SUBMITTER: Thygesen LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8460161 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature