Longitudinal impact of the COVID19 pandemic on mental health in a general population sample in France: Evidence from the COMET Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To study the longitudinal impact of co-occurring mental health problems, and to identify vulnerable groups in need of mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Analyses were based on data from 681 French participants in the international COVID-19 Mental Health Study, collected at four times (05/2020-04/2021). Symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and the PTSD Check List for DSM-5. We performed k-means for longitudinal data to build trajectories of adults' depression, anxiety and PTSD symptoms and identify subgroups psychologically vulnerable. We then assessed whether mental health trajectories were predicted by lockdown r

SUBMITTER: Moulin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9525187 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature