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One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought about several features that increased the sense of fear and confusion, such as quarantine and financial losses among other stressors, which may have led to adverse psychosocial outcomes. The influence of such stressors took place within...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697775/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33202706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228390 |
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author | Généreux, Mélissa Schluter, Philip J. Hung, Kevin KC Wong, Chi Shing Pui Yin Mok, Catherine O’Sullivan, Tracey David, Marc D. Carignan, Marie-Eve Blouin-Genest, Gabriel Champagne-Poirier, Olivier Champagne, Éric Burlone, Nathalie Qadar, Zeeshan Herbosa, Teodoro Ribeiro-Alves, Gleisse Law, Ronald Murray, Virginia Chan, Emily Ying Yang Pignard-Cheynel, Nathalie Salerno, Sébastien Lits, Grégoire d’Haenens, Leen Coninck, David De Matthys, Koenraad Roy, Mathieu |
author_facet | Généreux, Mélissa Schluter, Philip J. Hung, Kevin KC Wong, Chi Shing Pui Yin Mok, Catherine O’Sullivan, Tracey David, Marc D. Carignan, Marie-Eve Blouin-Genest, Gabriel Champagne-Poirier, Olivier Champagne, Éric Burlone, Nathalie Qadar, Zeeshan Herbosa, Teodoro Ribeiro-Alves, Gleisse Law, Ronald Murray, Virginia Chan, Emily Ying Yang Pignard-Cheynel, Nathalie Salerno, Sébastien Lits, Grégoire d’Haenens, Leen Coninck, David De Matthys, Koenraad Roy, Mathieu |
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description | The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought about several features that increased the sense of fear and confusion, such as quarantine and financial losses among other stressors, which may have led to adverse psychosocial outcomes. The influence of such stressors took place within a broader sociocultural context that needs to be considered. The objective was to examine how the psychological response to the pandemic varied across countries and identify which risk/protective factors contributed to this response. An online survey was conducted from 29 May 2020–12 June 2020, among a multinational sample of 8806 adults from eight countries/regions (Canada, United States, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Zealand). Probable generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depression episode (MDE) were assessed. The independent role of a wide range of potential factors was examined using multilevel logistic regression. Probable GAD and MDE were indicated by 21.0% and 25.5% of the respondents, respectively, with an important variation according to countries/regions (GAD: 12.2–31.0%; MDE: 16.7–32.9%). When considered together, 30.2% of the participants indicated probable GAD or MDE. Several factors were positively associated with a probable GAD or MDE, including (in descending order of importance) weak sense of coherence (SOC), lower age, false beliefs, isolation, threat perceived for oneself/family, mistrust in authorities, stigma, threat perceived for country/world, financial losses, being a female, and having a high level of information about COVID-19. Having a weak SOC yielded the highest adjusted odds ratio for probable GAD or MDE (3.21; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.73–3.77). This pandemic is having an impact on psychological health. In some places and under certain circumstances, however, people seem to be better protected psychologically. This is a unique opportunity to evaluate the psychosocial impacts across various sociocultural backgrounds, providing important lessons that could inform all phases of disaster risk management. |
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spelling | pubmed-76977752020-11-29 One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults Généreux, Mélissa Schluter, Philip J. Hung, Kevin KC Wong, Chi Shing Pui Yin Mok, Catherine O’Sullivan, Tracey David, Marc D. Carignan, Marie-Eve Blouin-Genest, Gabriel Champagne-Poirier, Olivier Champagne, Éric Burlone, Nathalie Qadar, Zeeshan Herbosa, Teodoro Ribeiro-Alves, Gleisse Law, Ronald Murray, Virginia Chan, Emily Ying Yang Pignard-Cheynel, Nathalie Salerno, Sébastien Lits, Grégoire d’Haenens, Leen Coninck, David De Matthys, Koenraad Roy, Mathieu Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought about several features that increased the sense of fear and confusion, such as quarantine and financial losses among other stressors, which may have led to adverse psychosocial outcomes. The influence of such stressors took place within a broader sociocultural context that needs to be considered. The objective was to examine how the psychological response to the pandemic varied across countries and identify which risk/protective factors contributed to this response. An online survey was conducted from 29 May 2020–12 June 2020, among a multinational sample of 8806 adults from eight countries/regions (Canada, United States, England, Switzerland, Belgium, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Zealand). Probable generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depression episode (MDE) were assessed. The independent role of a wide range of potential factors was examined using multilevel logistic regression. Probable GAD and MDE were indicated by 21.0% and 25.5% of the respondents, respectively, with an important variation according to countries/regions (GAD: 12.2–31.0%; MDE: 16.7–32.9%). When considered together, 30.2% of the participants indicated probable GAD or MDE. Several factors were positively associated with a probable GAD or MDE, including (in descending order of importance) weak sense of coherence (SOC), lower age, false beliefs, isolation, threat perceived for oneself/family, mistrust in authorities, stigma, threat perceived for country/world, financial losses, being a female, and having a high level of information about COVID-19. Having a weak SOC yielded the highest adjusted odds ratio for probable GAD or MDE (3.21; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.73–3.77). This pandemic is having an impact on psychological health. In some places and under certain circumstances, however, people seem to be better protected psychologically. This is a unique opportunity to evaluate the psychosocial impacts across various sociocultural backgrounds, providing important lessons that could inform all phases of disaster risk management. MDPI 2020-11-13 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7697775/ /pubmed/33202706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228390 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Généreux, Mélissa Schluter, Philip J. Hung, Kevin KC Wong, Chi Shing Pui Yin Mok, Catherine O’Sullivan, Tracey David, Marc D. Carignan, Marie-Eve Blouin-Genest, Gabriel Champagne-Poirier, Olivier Champagne, Éric Burlone, Nathalie Qadar, Zeeshan Herbosa, Teodoro Ribeiro-Alves, Gleisse Law, Ronald Murray, Virginia Chan, Emily Ying Yang Pignard-Cheynel, Nathalie Salerno, Sébastien Lits, Grégoire d’Haenens, Leen Coninck, David De Matthys, Koenraad Roy, Mathieu One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults |
title | One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults |
title_full | One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults |
title_fullStr | One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults |
title_short | One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Adults |
title_sort | one virus, four continents, eight countries: an interdisciplinary and international study on the psychosocial impacts of the covid-19 pandemic among adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7697775/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33202706 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228390 |
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