Comparison of mental health symptoms before and during the covid-19 pandemic: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 134 cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To synthesise results of mental health outcomes in cohorts before and during the covid-19 pandemic.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, medRxiv, and Open Science Framework Preprints.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Studies comparing general mental health, anxiety symptoms, or depression symptoms assessed from 1 January 2020 or later with outcomes collected from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019 in any population, and comprising ≥90% of the same participants before and during the covid-19 pandemic or using statistical methods to account for missing data. Restricted maximum likelihood random effects meta-analyses (worse covid-19 outcomes r

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992728 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature