Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnoses of common mental health disorders in adults in Catalonia, Spain: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how trends in incidence of anxiety and depressive disorders have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Population-based cohort study.

Setting

Retrospective cohort study from 2018 to 2021 using the Information System for Research in Primary Care (SIDIAP) database in Catalonia, Spain.

Participants

3 640 204 individuals aged 18 or older in SIDIAP on 1 March 2018 with no history of anxiety and depressive disorders.

Primary and secondary outcomes measures

The incidence of anxiety and depressive disorders during the prelockdown period (March 2018-February 2020), lockdown period (March-June 2020) and postlockdown period (July 2020-March 2021) was calculated. Forecasted rates over the COVID-19 periods were estimated using negati

SUBMITTER: Raventos B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8995576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature