COVID-19 stressors and one-year changes in depression and anxiety in a longitudinal cohort of low-income adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Emerging data suggest that adults with low income are at highest risk for COVID-19-related stressors and mental health disorders. This study aimed to determine if COVID-19-related stressors were associated with worsening depression and anxiety in a cohort of low-income adults one year after the start of the pandemic. Participants included 253 Medicaid and commercial accountable care organization recipients from 5 community health centers around Boston, MA who enrolled December 2019-March 2020 in a larger longitudinal study of a Medicaid program. Participants completed surveys at baseline and one-year follow-up that measured depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-8 [PHQ-8]) and anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 [GAD-7]) symptoms. Follow-up surveys assessed COVID-19-related stressors

SUBMITTER: Thorndike AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8824255 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature