1.5 years pandemic - Psychological burden over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: A nine-wave longitudinal community study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The dynamic COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with mental strain. However, most studies focused primarily on the beginning of the pandemic and rarely took into account the long-term course. The aim of this prospective-longitudinal study was to investigate levels and changes of pandemic-related fears, unspecific anxiety, depressive symptoms, and psychosocial-behavioral factors over the first 1.5 years of the pandemic.

Methods

We conducted a nine-wave longitudinal online-survey from March 2020 to October 2021 with a total of 8148 participants of the adult general population in Germany. Descriptive examination and multilevel analysis were carried out to assess psychological burden, risk-bearing and protective psychosocial-behavioral factors, and associations with

SUBMITTER: Bendau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9507788 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature