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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Mental health and COVID-19 in a general population cohort in Spain (COVICAT study)
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Volume 57, No. 12, Year 2022
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Purpose: Mental health conditions may affect outcome of COVID-19 disease, while exposure to stressors during the pandemic may impact mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine these factors in relation to ocurrence of depression and anxiety after the first outbreak in Spain. Methods: We contacted 9515 participants from a population-based cohort study in Catalonia between May and October 2020. We drew blood samples to establish infection to the virus. Pre-pandemic mental health conditions were confirmed through Electronic Health Registries. We used the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to assess severe depression and anxiety post-pandemic. Exposure to proximal, financial and wider environment stressors during the lockdown were collected. We calculated Relative Risks (RR), adjusting for individual- and contextual covariates. Results: Pre-pandemic mental health disorders were not associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection , but were associated with severity of COVID-19 disease. People with pre-existing mental health disorders showed higher prevalence of severe depression (25.4%) and anxiety (37.8%) than those without prior mental disorders (4.9% and 10.1%). Living alone was a strong predictor of severe depression among mental health patients (RR = 1.6, 95% CI 1.2–2.2). Among those without prior mental health disorders, post-lockdown depression and anxiety were associated with household interpersonal conflicts (RR = 2.6, 95% CI 2.1–3.1; RR = 2.1, 95% CI 1.9–2.4) and financial instability (RR = 2.2, 95% CI 1.8–2.9; 1.9, 95% CI 1.6–2.2). Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown were associated with increased post-lockdown depression and anxiety. Patients with pre-existing mental health conditions are a vulnerable group for severe COVID-19 disease. © 2022, The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Castaño-Vinyals, Gemma
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Institut Municipal D'investigacio Medica
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
Espinosa, Ana
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Institut Municipal D'investigacio Medica
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
Carreras, Anna
Spain, Badalona
Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute Igtp
Sicuri, Elisa
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
O'Callaghan-Gordo, Cristina
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Moncunill, Gemma
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Dobaño, Carlota
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Cortés, Beatriz
Spain, Badalona
Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute Igtp
Pleguezuelos, Vanessa
Spain, Barcelona
Centro de Transfusion y Banco de Tejidos
Straif, Kurt
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
United States, Chestnut Hill
Boston College
Garcia-Aymerich, Judith M.
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
de Cid, Rafael
Spain, Badalona
Germans Trias I Pujol Research Institute Igtp
Cardis, E. S.C.
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Institut Municipal D'investigacio Medica
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
Kogevinas, Manolis
Spain, Barcelona
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Institut Municipal D'investigacio Medica
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 13
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00127-022-02303-0
ISSN:
09337954
Research Areas
Covid
Health System And Policy
Mental Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Approach
Quantitative