Long-term trajectories of densely reported depressive symptoms during an extended period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland: Social worries matter
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- Probst-Hensch, N. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland
- Imboden, M. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland
- Jeong, A. University of Basel, Switzerland
- Keidel, D. University of Basel, Switzerland
- Vermes, T. University of Basel, Switzerland
- Witzig, M. University of Basel, Switzerland
- Cullati, S. ORCID University of Fribourg
- Tancredi, S. University of Fribourg
- Noor, N. ORCID University of Fribourg
- Rodondi, P.-Y. University of Fribourg
- Harju, E. University of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Michel, G. ORCID University of Lucerne, Switzerland
- Frank, I. Cantonal Hospital Luzern, Switzerland
- Kahlert, C. Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Cusini, A. Cantonal Hospital of Grisons, Chur, Switzerland
- Rodondi, N. ORCID University of Bern, Switzerland
- Chocano-Bedoya, P.O. ORCID University of Bern, Switzerland
- Bardoczi, J.B. University of Bern, Switzerland
- Stuber, M.J. ORCID University of Bern, Switzerland
- Vollrath, F. Swiss School of Public Health, Zurich, Switzerland
- Fehr, J. Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
- Frei, A. Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
- Kaufmann, M. Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
- Geigges, M. Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
- von Wyl, V. ORCID University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Puhan, M.A. Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
- Albanese, E. Universit`a Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Crivelli, L. ORCID Universit`a Della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
- Lovison, G.F. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland
- 2024
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- Comprehensive Psychiatry. - Amsterdam : Elsevier BV. - 2024, vol. 130, p. 1-8
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Mental health
COVID-19
Depression
Population-based
Cohort
Longitudinal
Latent Growth Models
English
Previous mental health trajectory studies were mostly limited to the months before access to vaccination. They are not informing on whether public mental health has adapted to the pandemic. The aim of this analysis was to 1) investigate trajectories of monthly reported depressive symptoms from July 2020 to December 2021 in Switzerland, 2) compare average growth trajectories across regions with different stringency phases, and 3) explore the relative impact of self-reported worries related to health, economic and social domains as well as socio-economic indicators on growth trajectories. As part of the population-based Corona Immunitas program of regional, but harmonized, adult cohorts studying the pandemic course and impact, participants repeatedly reported online to the DASS-21 instrument on depressive symptomatology. Trajectories of depressive symptoms were estimated using a latent growth model, specified as a generalised linear mixed model. The time effect was modelled parametrically through a polynomial allowing to estimate trajectories for participants' missing time points. In all regions level and shape of the trajectories mirrored those of the KOF Stringency-Plus Index, which quantifies regional Covid-19 policy stringency. The higher level of average depression in trajectories of those expressing specific worries was most noticeable for the social domain. Younger age, female gender, and low household income went along with higher mean depression score trajectories throughout follow-up. Interventions to promote long-term resilience are an important part of pandemic preparedness, given the observed lack of an adaptation in mental health response to the pandemic even after the availability of vaccines in this high-income context.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Master en médecine
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Pathology, clinical medicine
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Open access status
- gold
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152457
- ISSN 0010-440X
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/327917
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