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Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic

OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic and meta-analysis on the prevalence rates of mental health symptoms including anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population in Eastern Europe, as well as three select sub-populations: students, general healthcare workers, and frontli...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Stephen X., Miller, Saylor O., Xu, Wen, Yin, Allen, Chen, Bryan Z., Delios, Andrew, Dong, Rebecca Kechen, Chen, Richard Z., McIntyre, Roger S., Wan, Xue, Wang, Senhu, Chen, Jiyao
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8856103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.2000132
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author Zhang, Stephen X.
Miller, Saylor O.
Xu, Wen
Yin, Allen
Chen, Bryan Z.
Delios, Andrew
Dong, Rebecca Kechen
Chen, Richard Z.
McIntyre, Roger S.
Wan, Xue
Wang, Senhu
Chen, Jiyao
author_facet Zhang, Stephen X.
Miller, Saylor O.
Xu, Wen
Yin, Allen
Chen, Bryan Z.
Delios, Andrew
Dong, Rebecca Kechen
Chen, Richard Z.
McIntyre, Roger S.
Wan, Xue
Wang, Senhu
Chen, Jiyao
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description OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic and meta-analysis on the prevalence rates of mental health symptoms including anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population in Eastern Europe, as well as three select sub-populations: students, general healthcare workers, and frontline healthcare workers. DATA SOURCES: Studies in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and medRxiv up to 6 February 2021. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND DATA ANALYSIS: Prevalence rates of mental health symptoms in the general population and key sub-populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. Data were pooled using a random-effects meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence rates of anxiety and depression. RESULTS: The meta-analysis identifies and includes 21 studies and 26 independent samples in Eastern Europe. Poland (n = 4), Serbia (n = 4), Russia (n = 3), and Croatia (n = 3) had the greatest number of studies. To our knowledge, no studies have been conducted in eleven Eastern European countries including Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The pooled prevalence of anxiety in 18 studies with 22 samples was 30% (95% CI: 24–37%) pooled prevalence of depression in 18 studies with 23 samples was 27% (95% CI: 21–34%). IMPLICATIONS: The cumulative evidence from the meta-analysis reveals high prevalence rates of clinically significant symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. The findings suggest evidence of a potential mental health crisis in Eastern Europe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our synthesis also reveals a relative lack of studies in certain Eastern European countries as well as high heterogeneities among the existing studies, calling for more effort to achieve evidence-based mental healthcare in Eastern Europe.
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spelling pubmed-88561032022-02-19 Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic Zhang, Stephen X. Miller, Saylor O. Xu, Wen Yin, Allen Chen, Bryan Z. Delios, Andrew Dong, Rebecca Kechen Chen, Richard Z. McIntyre, Roger S. Wan, Xue Wang, Senhu Chen, Jiyao Eur J Psychotraumatol Review Article OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic and meta-analysis on the prevalence rates of mental health symptoms including anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population in Eastern Europe, as well as three select sub-populations: students, general healthcare workers, and frontline healthcare workers. DATA SOURCES: Studies in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and medRxiv up to 6 February 2021. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND DATA ANALYSIS: Prevalence rates of mental health symptoms in the general population and key sub-populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. Data were pooled using a random-effects meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence rates of anxiety and depression. RESULTS: The meta-analysis identifies and includes 21 studies and 26 independent samples in Eastern Europe. Poland (n = 4), Serbia (n = 4), Russia (n = 3), and Croatia (n = 3) had the greatest number of studies. To our knowledge, no studies have been conducted in eleven Eastern European countries including Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The pooled prevalence of anxiety in 18 studies with 22 samples was 30% (95% CI: 24–37%) pooled prevalence of depression in 18 studies with 23 samples was 27% (95% CI: 21–34%). IMPLICATIONS: The cumulative evidence from the meta-analysis reveals high prevalence rates of clinically significant symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. The findings suggest evidence of a potential mental health crisis in Eastern Europe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our synthesis also reveals a relative lack of studies in certain Eastern European countries as well as high heterogeneities among the existing studies, calling for more effort to achieve evidence-based mental healthcare in Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis 2022-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8856103/ /pubmed/35186214 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.2000132 Text en © 2022 Oregon State University. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Xu, Wen
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Chen, Bryan Z.
Delios, Andrew
Dong, Rebecca Kechen
Chen, Richard Z.
McIntyre, Roger S.
Wan, Xue
Wang, Senhu
Chen, Jiyao
Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic
title Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in eastern europe during the covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8856103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.2000132
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