dc.contributor.author | Wechsler, Theresa F. | de |
dc.contributor.author | Schmidmeier, Melissa | de |
dc.contributor.author | Biehl, Stefanie | de |
dc.contributor.author | Gerczuk, Jennifer | de |
dc.contributor.author | Guerrero-Cerda, Fiorella-Maria | de |
dc.contributor.author | Mühlberger, Andreas | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-05T06:29:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-05T06:29:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | de |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-244X | de |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/94417 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Many studies have previously compared the prevalence or sample means of distress and mental health problems from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic, while results on changes at the individual-level, and regarding multiple outcome measures are demanded. Methods: This online study investigated individual changes in stress and mental health from before the COVID-19 pandemic to the first lockdown in adults from Southeastern Germany. This region was selected as it was where SARS-CoV-2 was first documented in Germany, and also due to the implementation of strict stay-at-home orders and social contact prohibitions. From April 10–27, 2020, we collected state measures and their clinical relevance for the subareas of perceived stress: worries, tension, joy, and demands. We also collected information regarding the following mental health problems: depression, anxiety, pathological worry, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and health anxiety; as well as retrospective measures of how participants felt they have changed in comparison to before the pandemic, ranging from worse to better. Results: The analytical sample comprised 396 adult participants. On average, participants experienced increases in worries, tension, and lack of joy, and increases in mental health problems, but a decrease in demands. Perceived increases in symptoms of depression (26.0%) and PTSD (25.5%) were significantly more frequent than in symptoms of anxiety (particularly acute fear and panic) (5.6%), pathological worry (9.8%), and health anxiety (7.3%) (ps<.001). One per 10 participants (10.4%) reported an increase in depressive symptoms, and nearly two per 10 (18.4%) an increase in PTSD symptoms and additionally showed a clinically relevant symptom strain during lockdown. Interestingly, mainly non-specific PTSD symptoms associated with a general stress reaction were experienced to be increased. Conclusion: The findings suggest a dissociation of perceived changes in subareas of stress and mental health with a particular experience of increases in depressive and general stress symptoms and a decrease in external demands. This points to a need for a more differentiated view on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress and mental health, and for targeted interventions for mental health problems arising frequently during the pandemic. | de |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Psychologie | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Psychology | en |
dc.subject.other | Corona; COVID-19; Coronavirus; panic disorder; generalized anxiety; health anxiety; pathological worry; posttraumatic stress; Deutsches modifiziertes Health Anxiety Inventory (MK-HAI); ZIS 71 | de |
dc.title | Individual changes in stress, depression, anxiety, pathological worry, posttraumatic stress, and health anxiety from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic in adults from Southeastern Germany | de |
dc.description.review | begutachtet (peer reviewed) | de |
dc.description.review | peer reviewed | en |
dc.source.journal | BMC Psychiatry | |
dc.source.volume | 22 | de |
dc.publisher.country | DEU | de |
dc.source.issue | 1 | de |
dc.subject.classoz | psychische Störungen, Behandlung und Prävention | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Psychological Disorders, Mental Health Treatment and Prevention | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Stress | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | psychophysical stress | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Depression | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | depression | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Angst | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | anxiety | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Gesundheit | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | health | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | gesundheitliche Folgen | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | health consequences | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | psychische Belastung | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | psychological stress | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | psychische Gesundheit | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | mental health | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Trauma | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | trauma | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Bundesrepublik Deutschland | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Federal Republic of Germany | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Süddeutschland | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Southern Germany | en |
dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-94417-7 | |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 | de |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0 | en |
ssoar.contributor.institution | FDB | de |
internal.status | formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen | de |
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dc.type.stock | article | de |
dc.type.document | Zeitschriftenartikel | de |
dc.type.document | journal article | en |
dc.source.pageinfo | 1-20 | de |
internal.identifier.classoz | 10708 | |
internal.identifier.journal | 2014 | |
internal.identifier.document | 32 | |
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dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04148-y | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Veröffentlichungsversion | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Published Version | en |
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