Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Nader Salari,Amin Hosseinian-Far,Rostam Jalali,Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani,Shna Rasoulpoor,Masoud Mohammadi,Shabnam Rasoulpoor,Behnam Khaledi-Paveh +7 more
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
This systematic review and meta-analysis of existing research works and findings in relation to the prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic found that it is essential to preserve the mental health of individuals and to develop psychological interventions that can improve themental health of vulnerable groups during the pandemic.Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on public mental health Therefore, monitoring and oversight of the population mental health during crises such as a panedmic is an immediate priority The aim of this study is to analyze the existing research works and findings in relation to the prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic In this systematic review and meta-analysis, articles that have focused on stress and anxiety prevalence among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic were searched in the Science Direct, Embase, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science (ISI) and Google Scholar databases, without a lower time limit and until May 2020 In order to perform a meta-analysis of the collected studies, the random effects model was used, and the heterogeneity of studies was investigated using the I2 index Moreover data analysis was conducted using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) software The prevalence of stress in 5 studies with a total sample size of 9074 is obtained as 296% (95% confidence limit: 243–354), the prevalence of anxiety in 17 studies with a sample size of 63,439 as 319% (95% confidence interval: 275–367), and the prevalence of depression in 14 studies with a sample size of 44,531 people as 337% (95% confidence interval: 275–406) COVID-19 not only causes physical health concerns but also results in a number of psychological disorders The spread of the new coronavirus can impact the mental health of people in different communities Thus, it is essential to preserve the mental health of individuals and to develop psychological interventions that can improve the mental health of vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemicread more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic by population: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Haitham Jahrami,Ahmed S. BaHammam,Nicola Luigi Bragazzi,Zahra Saif,MoezAlIslam Faris,Michael V. Vitiello +5 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of sleep problems during the COVID-19 pandemic is high and approximately affect 40% of people from the general and healthcare populations.
Journal ArticleDOI
The prevalence of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances in COVID-19 patients: a meta-analysis
Jiawen Deng,Fangwen Zhou,Wenteng Hou,Zachary Silver,Chi Yi Wong,Oswin Chang,Emma Huang,Qi Kang Zuo +7 more
TL;DR: A systematic review and random‐effects meta‐analysis to assess the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances in COVID‐19 patients found no significant differences in the prevalence estimates between different genders; however, the depression and anxiety prevalence estimates varied based on different screening tools.
Journal ArticleDOI
The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns: a review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies and natural experiments.
TL;DR: The psychological impact of COVID-19 lockdowns is small in magnitude and highly heterogeneous, suggesting that lockdowns do not have uniformly detrimental effects on mental health and that most people are psychologically resilient to their effects.
Journal ArticleDOI
Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
Michael L. Tee,Cherica A. Tee,Joseph P. Anlacan,Katrina Joy G. Aligam,Patrick Wincy C Reyes,Vipat Kuruchittham,Roger C.M. Ho +6 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and factors contributing to psychological impact in the Philippines are examined and factors identified can be used to devise effective psychological support strategies.
Journal ArticleDOI
The prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression within front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-regression.
Nader Salari,Habibolah Khazaie,Amin Hosseinian-Far,Behnam Khaledi-Paveh,Mohsen Kazeminia,Masoud Mohammadi,Shamarina Shohaimi,Alireza Daneshkhah,Soudabeh Eskandari +8 more
TL;DR: The results of this study clearly demonstrate that the prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression within front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients is high and the health policy-makers should take measures to control and prevent mental disorders in the Hospital staff.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study
Nanshan Chen,Min Zhou,Xuan Dong,Jie-Ming Qu,Fengyun Gong,Yang Han,Yang Qiu,Jingli Wang,Ying Liu,Yuan Wei,Jia'an Xia,Ting Yu,Xinxin Zhang,Li Zhang +13 more
TL;DR: Characteristics of patients who died were in line with the MuLBSTA score, an early warning model for predicting mortality in viral pneumonia, and further investigation is needed to explore the applicability of the Mu LBSTA scores in predicting the risk of mortality in 2019-nCoV infection.
Journal ArticleDOI
The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence.
Samantha K Brooks,Rebecca K. Webster,Louise E. Smith,Lisa Woodland,Simon Wessely,Neil Greenberg,Gideon James Rubin +6 more
TL;DR: A review of the psychological impact of quarantine using three electronic databases is presented in this article, where the authors report negative psychological effects including post-traumatic stress symptoms, confusion, and anger.
Journal ArticleDOI
Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China.
Cuiyan Wang,Riyu Pan,Xiaoyang Wan,Yilin Tan,Linkang Xu,Cyrus S.H. Ho,Roger C.M. Ho,Roger C.M. Ho +7 more
TL;DR: The findings identify factors associated with a lower level of psychological impact and better mental health status that can be used to formulate psychological interventions to improve the mental health of vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 epidemic.
Journal ArticleDOI
A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern.
Journal ArticleDOI
First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States.
Michelle Holshue,Chas DeBolt,Scott Lindquist,Kathy H Lofy,John Wiesman,Hollianne Bruce,Christopher Spitters,Keith M. Marzilli Ericson,Sara Wilkerson,Ahmet Tural,George Diaz,Amanda C. Cohn,LeAnne Fox,Anita Patel,Susan I. Gerber,Lindsay Kim,Suxiang Tong,Xiaoyan Lu,Steve Lindstrom,Mark A. Pallansch,William C. Weldon,Holly M. Biggs,Timothy M. Uyeki,Satish K. Pillai +23 more
TL;DR: This case highlights the importance of close coordination between clinicians and public health authorities at the local, state, and federal levels, as well as the need for rapid dissemination of clinical information related to the care of patients with this emerging infection.
Related Papers (5)
Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.
Emily A. Holmes,Emily A. Holmes,Rory C. O'Connor,V. Hugh Perry,Irene Tracey,Simon Wessely,Louise Arseneault,Clive Ballard,Helen Christensen,Roxane Cohen Silver,Ian P. Everall,Tamsin Ford,Ann John,Thomas Kabir,Kate King,Ira Madan,Susan Michie,Andrew K. Przybylski,Roz Shafran,Angela Sweeney,Carol M. Worthman,Lucy Yardley,Katherine Cowan,Claire Cope,Matthew Hotopf,Edward T. Bullmore +25 more