Patterns and predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms within a population-based sample of adults diagnosed with COVID-19 in Michigan

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PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide-ranging impacts on mental health, however, less is known about predictors of mental health outcomes among adults who have experienced a COVID-19 diagnosis. We examined the intersection of demographic, economic, and illness-related predictors of depressive and anxiety symptoms within a population-based sample of adults diagnosed with COVID-19 in the U.S. state of Michigan early in the pandemic.

METHODS: Data were from a population-based survey of Michigan adults who experienced a COVID-19 diagnosis prior to August 1, 2020 (N = 1087). We used weighted prevalence estimates and multinomial logistic regression to examine associations between mental health outcomes (depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and comorbid depressive/anxiety symptoms) and demographic characteristics, pandemic-associated changes in accessing basic needs (accessing food/clean water and paying important bills), self-reported COVID-19 symptom severity, and symptom duration.

RESULTS: Relative risks for experiencing poor mental health outcomes varied by sex, age, race/ethnicity, and income. In adjusted models, experiencing a change in accessing basic needs associated with the pandemic was associated with higher relative risks for anxiety and comorbid anxiety/depressive symptoms. Worse COVID-19 symptom severity was associated with a higher burden of comorbid depressive/anxiety symptoms. "Long COVID" (symptom duration greater than 60 days) was associated with all outcomes.

CONCLUSION: Adults diagnosed with COVID-19 may face overlapping risk factors for poor mental health outcomes, including pandemic-associated disruptions to household and economic wellbeing, as well as factors related to COVID-19 symptom severity and duration. An integrated approach to treating depressive/anxiety symptoms among COVID-19 survivors is warranted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology - 58(2023), 7 vom: 14. Juli, Seite 1099-1108

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Titus, Andrea R [VerfasserIn]
Mezuk, Briana [VerfasserIn]
Hirschtick, Jana L [VerfasserIn]
McKane, Patricia [VerfasserIn]
Elliott, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Fleischer, Nancy L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
COVID-19
Depression
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Mental health

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Date Completed 14.06.2023

Date Revised 15.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00127-023-02453-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35422851X