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Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France

(1) Background: Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted social support and loneliness over time and how this may predict subsequent mental health problems. This study aims to determine longitudinal trajectories of social support and loneliness in the French general population du...

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Autores principales: Laham, Sandy, Bertuzzi, Leticia, Deguen, Séverine, Hecker, Irwin, Melchior, Maria, Patanè, Martina, Pinucci, Irene, Sijbrandij, Marit, van der Waerden, Judith
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886402
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312677
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author Laham, Sandy
Bertuzzi, Leticia
Deguen, Séverine
Hecker, Irwin
Melchior, Maria
Patanè, Martina
Pinucci, Irene
Sijbrandij, Marit
van der Waerden, Judith
author_facet Laham, Sandy
Bertuzzi, Leticia
Deguen, Séverine
Hecker, Irwin
Melchior, Maria
Patanè, Martina
Pinucci, Irene
Sijbrandij, Marit
van der Waerden, Judith
author_sort Laham, Sandy
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description (1) Background: Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted social support and loneliness over time and how this may predict subsequent mental health problems. This study aims to determine longitudinal trajectories of social support and loneliness in the French general population during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and study whether variations in these trajectories are associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety; (2) Methods: Analyses were based on data from 681 French participants in the international COVID-19 Mental Health Study (COMET) study, collected at four periods of time between May 2020 and April 2021. Group-based trajectory modelling (GBTM) was used to determine social support and loneliness trajectories. Associations between the identified trajectories and symptoms of depression and anxiety, measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), were tested through multivariate linear regression models; (3) Results: Social support trajectories revealed four stable groups: ‘poor’ (17.0%), ‘moderate’ (42.4%), ‘strong’ (35.4%) and ‘very strong’ (5.1%). Loneliness trajectories also identified four groups: ‘low stable’ (17.8%), ‘low rising’ (40.2%), ‘moderate stable’ (37.6%) and ‘high rising’ (5.0%). Elevated symptoms of depression were associated with poor social support as well as all identified loneliness trajectories, while high levels of anxiety were associated with moderate stable and high rising loneliness trajectories; (4) Conclusions: High and increasing levels of loneliness are associated with increased symptoms of depression and anxiety during the pandemic. Interventions to address loneliness are essential to prevent common mental health problems during the pandemic and afterwards.
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spelling pubmed-86568192021-12-10 Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France Laham, Sandy Bertuzzi, Leticia Deguen, Séverine Hecker, Irwin Melchior, Maria Patanè, Martina Pinucci, Irene Sijbrandij, Marit van der Waerden, Judith Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted social support and loneliness over time and how this may predict subsequent mental health problems. This study aims to determine longitudinal trajectories of social support and loneliness in the French general population during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and study whether variations in these trajectories are associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety; (2) Methods: Analyses were based on data from 681 French participants in the international COVID-19 Mental Health Study (COMET) study, collected at four periods of time between May 2020 and April 2021. Group-based trajectory modelling (GBTM) was used to determine social support and loneliness trajectories. Associations between the identified trajectories and symptoms of depression and anxiety, measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7), were tested through multivariate linear regression models; (3) Results: Social support trajectories revealed four stable groups: ‘poor’ (17.0%), ‘moderate’ (42.4%), ‘strong’ (35.4%) and ‘very strong’ (5.1%). Loneliness trajectories also identified four groups: ‘low stable’ (17.8%), ‘low rising’ (40.2%), ‘moderate stable’ (37.6%) and ‘high rising’ (5.0%). Elevated symptoms of depression were associated with poor social support as well as all identified loneliness trajectories, while high levels of anxiety were associated with moderate stable and high rising loneliness trajectories; (4) Conclusions: High and increasing levels of loneliness are associated with increased symptoms of depression and anxiety during the pandemic. Interventions to address loneliness are essential to prevent common mental health problems during the pandemic and afterwards. MDPI 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8656819/ /pubmed/34886402 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312677 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Laham, Sandy
Bertuzzi, Leticia
Deguen, Séverine
Hecker, Irwin
Melchior, Maria
Patanè, Martina
Pinucci, Irene
Sijbrandij, Marit
van der Waerden, Judith
Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France
title Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France
title_full Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France
title_fullStr Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France
title_short Impact of Longitudinal Social Support and Loneliness Trajectories on Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in France
title_sort impact of longitudinal social support and loneliness trajectories on mental health during the covid-19 pandemic in france
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8656819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34886402
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312677
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