Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general population: A systematic review
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Xiong, Jiaqi
Lipsitz, Orly
Nasr, Flora
Lui, Leanna M.W.
Gill, Hartej
Phan, Lee
Chen-Li, David
Iacobucci, Michelle
Ho, Roger
Majeed, Amna
McIntyre, Roger S.
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Background: As a major virus outbreak in the 21st century, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has led to unprecedented hazards to mental health globally. While psychological support is
being provided to patients and healthcare workers, the general public’s mental health requires significant
attention as well. This systematic review aims to synthesize extant literature that reports on the effects of
COVID-19 on psychological outcomes of the general population and its associated risk factors.
Methods: A systematic search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus
from inception to 17 May 2020 following the PRISMA guidelines. A manual search on Google Scholar
was performed to identify additional relevant studies. Articles were selected based on the predetermined
eligibility criteria.
Results: Relatively high rates of symptoms of anxiety (6.33% to 50.9%), depression (14.6% to 48.3%),
post-traumatic stress disorder (7% to 53.8%), psychological distress (34.43% to 38%), and stress (8.1% to
81.9%) are reported in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic in China, Spain, Italy, Iran,
the US, Turkey, Nepal, and Denmark. Risk factors associated with distress measures include female
gender, younger age group (≤40 years), presence of chronic/psychiatric illnesses, unemployment, student
status, and frequent exposure to social media/news concerning COVID-19.
Limitations: A significant degree of heterogeneity was noted across studies.
Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with highly significant levels of psychological
distress that, in many cases, would meet the threshold for clinical relevance. Mitigating the hazardous
effects of COVID-19 on mental health is an international public health priority.
Palabras clave
Mental health; General population; Anxiety; Depression; Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); COVID-19Link para o recurso
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