Symptoms of anxiety and depression in Denmark during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A two-wave matched-control study
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Symptoms of anxiety and depression in Denmark during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic : A two-wave matched-control study. / Strizzi, Jenna Marie; Pavan, Silvia; Frederiksen, Elizabeth Lerche; Andersson, Mikael; Graugaard, Christian; Frisch, Morten; Hald, Gert Martin.
I: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Bind 64, Nr. 5, 2023, s. 563-573.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Symptoms of anxiety and depression in Denmark during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - A two-wave matched-control study
AU - Strizzi, Jenna Marie
AU - Pavan, Silvia
AU - Frederiksen, Elizabeth Lerche
AU - Andersson, Mikael
AU - Graugaard, Christian
AU - Frisch, Morten
AU - Hald, Gert Martin
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology published by Scandinavian Psychological Associations and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Subsequent to the restriction measures taken to curb the COVID-19 infection rate, researchers theorized these would have detrimental mental health consequences. This two-wave matched-control study investigates depression and anxiety symptoms during the first 12 months of the pandemic (March 2020–March 2021) in Denmark with data from the I-SHARE and Project SEXUS studies. The I-SHARE study includes 1,302 (Time period 1 only n = 914, Time period 2 only n = 304, both time periods 1 and2 n = 84) Danish participants, and the sex and birth year-matched control participants from the Project SEXUS study comprise 9,980 Danes. During the first year of the pandemic, the study populations' anxiety and depression symptom mean levels did not significantly differ from pre-pandemic matched controls. Younger age, female gender, fewer children in the same household (depression only), lower education level, and not being in a relationship (depression only) were associated with increased anxiety and depression symptom scores. The key COVID-19-related variable linked with significantly higher anxiety and depression symptom scores was COVID-19-related loss of income. Contrary to initial concerns, we did not find a significant effect of the pandemic on anxiety and depression symptom scores. However, the results underscore the importance of structural resources to prevent income loss to safeguard mental health during crises such as a pandemic.
AB - Subsequent to the restriction measures taken to curb the COVID-19 infection rate, researchers theorized these would have detrimental mental health consequences. This two-wave matched-control study investigates depression and anxiety symptoms during the first 12 months of the pandemic (March 2020–March 2021) in Denmark with data from the I-SHARE and Project SEXUS studies. The I-SHARE study includes 1,302 (Time period 1 only n = 914, Time period 2 only n = 304, both time periods 1 and2 n = 84) Danish participants, and the sex and birth year-matched control participants from the Project SEXUS study comprise 9,980 Danes. During the first year of the pandemic, the study populations' anxiety and depression symptom mean levels did not significantly differ from pre-pandemic matched controls. Younger age, female gender, fewer children in the same household (depression only), lower education level, and not being in a relationship (depression only) were associated with increased anxiety and depression symptom scores. The key COVID-19-related variable linked with significantly higher anxiety and depression symptom scores was COVID-19-related loss of income. Contrary to initial concerns, we did not find a significant effect of the pandemic on anxiety and depression symptom scores. However, the results underscore the importance of structural resources to prevent income loss to safeguard mental health during crises such as a pandemic.
KW - Anxiety
KW - COVID-19
KW - depression
KW - mental health
KW - vaccine hesitancy
U2 - 10.1111/sjop.12924
DO - 10.1111/sjop.12924
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37137485
AN - SCOPUS:85156167799
VL - 64
SP - 563
EP - 573
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
SN - 0036-5564
IS - 5
ER -
ID: 346449751