Psychological Distress Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Adults in the United Kingdom Based on Coordinated Analyses of 11 Longitudinal Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

How population mental health has evolved across the COVID-19 pandemic under varied lockdown measures is poorly understood, and the consequences for health inequalities are unclear.

Objective

To investigate changes in mental health and sociodemographic inequalities from before and across the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 11 longitudinal studies.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included adult participants from 11 UK longitudinal population-based studies with prepandemic measures of psychological distress. Analyses were coordinated across these studies, and estimates were pooled. Data were collected from 2006 to 2021.

Exposures

Trends in the prevalence of poor mental health were assessed in the prepandemic period (time perio

SUBMITTER: Patel K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9034408 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature