Prevalence of depressive symptoms in U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worsening of mental health among U.S. adults. However, no review to date has synthesized the overall prevalence of population depressive symptoms in the U.S. over the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to document the population prevalence of depressive symptoms and psychological distress across time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, both to identify patterns that emerged in the literature and to assess the data sources, methods, sampling, and measurement used to examine population mental health during the pandemic. In a systematic review of the peer review literature, we identified 49 articles reporting 88 prevalence points of depressive symptoms and related constructs in nationally representative samples of U.S. adults from March 2020 to June 2021. Fir

SUBMITTER: Ettman CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883077 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature