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Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study

The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with psychological distress. In addition to physical effects including fatigue and cognitive impairment, contracting COVID-19 itself may also be related to subsequent negative mental health outcomes. The present study reports data from a longitudinal, nation...

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Autores principales: Wilding, Sarah, O’Connor, Daryl B., Ferguson, Eamonn, Cleare, Seonaid, Wetherall, Karen, O’Carroll, Ronan E., Robb, Kathryn A., O’Connor, Rory C.
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9718764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36460665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24240-3
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author Wilding, Sarah
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Ferguson, Eamonn
Cleare, Seonaid
Wetherall, Karen
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O’Connor, Rory C.
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with psychological distress. In addition to physical effects including fatigue and cognitive impairment, contracting COVID-19 itself may also be related to subsequent negative mental health outcomes. The present study reports data from a longitudinal, national survey of the UK adult population investigating whether contracting suspected or confirmed COVID-19 at the early stages of the pandemic (March–May 2020) was associated with poorer mental health outcomes in May/June 2020, October/November 2020 and June/July 2021. A quota survey design and a sampling frame that permitted recruitment of a national sample (n = 3077) were utilised. Experience of contracting COVID-19 during the first UK lockdown was assessed along with levels of depression, anxiety, mental wellbeing and loneliness. Around 9% of participants reported contracting COVID-19 in March/May 2020 (waves 1–3) with just under 13% of the overall sample reporting COVID-19 at any one of the first three time points. Compared to those without probable COVID-19 infection, participants with probable COVID-19 had poorer mental health outcomes at follow-up with these effects lasting up to 13 months (e.g., May/June 2020:OR(depression) = 1.70, p < 0.001; OR(anxiety) = 1.61, p = 0.002; Oct/Nov 2020, OR(depression) = 1.82, p < 0.001; OR(anxiety) 1.56, p = 0.013; June/July 2021, OR(depression) = 2.01, p < 0.001; OR(anxiety) = 1.67, p = 0.008). Having a pre-existing mental health condition was also associated with greater odds of having probable COVID-19 during the study (OR = 1.31, p = 0.016). The current study demonstrates that contracting probable COVID-19 at the early stage of the pandemic was related to long-lasting associations with mental health and the relationship between mental health status and probable COVID-19 is bidirectional.
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spelling pubmed-97187642022-12-04 Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study Wilding, Sarah O’Connor, Daryl B. Ferguson, Eamonn Cleare, Seonaid Wetherall, Karen O’Carroll, Ronan E. Robb, Kathryn A. O’Connor, Rory C. Sci Rep Article The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with psychological distress. In addition to physical effects including fatigue and cognitive impairment, contracting COVID-19 itself may also be related to subsequent negative mental health outcomes. The present study reports data from a longitudinal, national survey of the UK adult population investigating whether contracting suspected or confirmed COVID-19 at the early stages of the pandemic (March–May 2020) was associated with poorer mental health outcomes in May/June 2020, October/November 2020 and June/July 2021. A quota survey design and a sampling frame that permitted recruitment of a national sample (n = 3077) were utilised. Experience of contracting COVID-19 during the first UK lockdown was assessed along with levels of depression, anxiety, mental wellbeing and loneliness. Around 9% of participants reported contracting COVID-19 in March/May 2020 (waves 1–3) with just under 13% of the overall sample reporting COVID-19 at any one of the first three time points. Compared to those without probable COVID-19 infection, participants with probable COVID-19 had poorer mental health outcomes at follow-up with these effects lasting up to 13 months (e.g., May/June 2020:OR(depression) = 1.70, p < 0.001; OR(anxiety) = 1.61, p = 0.002; Oct/Nov 2020, OR(depression) = 1.82, p < 0.001; OR(anxiety) 1.56, p = 0.013; June/July 2021, OR(depression) = 2.01, p < 0.001; OR(anxiety) = 1.67, p = 0.008). Having a pre-existing mental health condition was also associated with greater odds of having probable COVID-19 during the study (OR = 1.31, p = 0.016). The current study demonstrates that contracting probable COVID-19 at the early stage of the pandemic was related to long-lasting associations with mental health and the relationship between mental health status and probable COVID-19 is bidirectional. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9718764/ /pubmed/36460665 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24240-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Robb, Kathryn A.
O’Connor, Rory C.
Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study
title Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study
title_full Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study
title_fullStr Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study
title_full_unstemmed Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study
title_short Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study
title_sort probable covid-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the uk covid-19 mental health and wellbeing study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9718764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36460665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24240-3
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