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Published on: February 22, 2018
[Mental Health Status in the Community During the COVID-19-Pandemic]
Christine Kuehner1, Katharina Schultz1, Peter Gass1
1Abteilung Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg.
Objective:
Analysis of associations between perceived daily life strain during the COVID-19-crisis and personality aspects with current psychological wellbeing in the general population and comparison of mental health indicators with those from a previous survey in 2018.
Methods:
Written survey in a random sample from the general population (n = 721) on Corona-related assessments, personality aspects and current mental health (WHO-5, PHQ-D).
Results:
Fear for the health of close persons, strain regarding going out restrictions, increased substance use and psychological risk- and resilience factors were independently related to current mental health. Extent and frequencies of mental health symptomatology did not differ between 2018 and 2020.
Conclusion:
This is a first study in Germany reporting results from a population-based random sample on determinants of mental health during the COVID-19-crisis and a comparison of mental health symptomatology with prepandemic data from the same population.
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