Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The mental health of the UK population declined at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Convenience sample surveys indicate that recovery began soon after. Using a probability sample, we tracked mental health during the pandemic to characterise mental health trajectories and identify predictors of deterioration.

Methods

This study was a secondary analysis of five waves of the UK Household Longitudinal Study (a large, national, probability-based survey that has been collecting data continuously since January, 2009) from late April to early October, 2020 and pre-pandemic data taken from 2018-19. Mental health was assessed using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). We used latent class mixed models to identify discrete mental health trajectories and fixe

SUBMITTER: Pierce M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9764381 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature