Persistent depressive symptoms during COVID-19: a national, population-representative, longitudinal study of U.S. adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences have been associated with an increase in poor population mental health. We assessed how depressive symptoms changed among U.S. adults over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and identified the key risk factors for these symptoms.

Methods

Longitudinal panel study of a nationally representative group of U.S. adults ages 18 years and older surveyed in March-April 2020 (Time 1; N=1441) and March-April 2021 (Time 2; N=1161) in the COVID-19 and Life Stressors Impact on Mental Health and Well-being study (CLIMB). The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to define elevated depressive symptoms (cut-off ≥10) and depressive symptoms score (0-27).

Findings

The prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms persisted fr

SUBMITTER: Ettman CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8488314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature