Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts
- Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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Grant number: C19-IUC-277
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Funder
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)Principal Investigator
Alex KwongResearch Location
United KingdomLead Research Institution
University of BristolResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures
Research Subcategory
Indirect health impacts
Special Interest Tags
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Study Type
Unspecified
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Unspecified
Vulnerable Population
WomenVulnerable populations unspecified
Occupations of Interest
Unspecified
Abstract
Researchers from the University of Bristol used data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and Generation Scotland to Evidence to find out how mental health has changed from pre-pandemic levels to during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether there are groups at greater risk of poorer mental health during the pandemic? there was evidence that anxiety and lower wellbeing but not depression, had increased in COVID-19. The percentage of individuals with probable anxiety disorder was almost double during COVID-19. Depression and anxiety were greater in younger populations, women, those with pre-existing mental and physical health conditions, those living alone and in socio-economic adversity.