Depression and anxiety symptoms in young adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a Canadian population-based cohort
| dc.rights.license | open | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | WATKINS-MARTIN, Kia | |
| hal.structure.identifier | Bordeaux population health [BPH] | |
| dc.contributor.author | ORRI, Massimiliano | |
| dc.contributor.author | PENNESTRI, Marie-Helene | |
| dc.contributor.author | CASTELLANOS-RYAN, Natalie | |
| dc.contributor.author | LAROSE, Simon | |
| dc.contributor.author | GOUIN, Jean-Philippe | |
| dc.contributor.author | OUELLET-MORIN, Isabelle | |
| dc.contributor.author | CHADI, Nicholas | |
| dc.contributor.author | PHILIPPE, Frederick | |
| dc.contributor.author | BOIVIN, Michel | |
| dc.contributor.author | TREMBLAY, Richard | |
| hal.structure.identifier | Bordeaux population health [BPH] | |
| dc.contributor.author | COTE, Sylvana
ORCID: 0000-0001-7944-0647 | |
| dc.contributor.author | GEOFFROY, Marie-Claude | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-08T10:41:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-08T10:41:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09-08 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1744-859X (Print) 1744-859x | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/123773 | |
| dc.description.abstractEn | BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised that the COVID-19 pandemic could increase risk for adverse mental health outcomes, especially in young adults, a vulnerable age group. We investigated changes in depression and anxiety symptoms (overall and severe) from before to during the pandemic, as well as whether these changes are linked to COVID-19-related stressors and pre-existing vulnerabilities in young adults followed in the context of a population-based cohort. METHOD: Participants (n = 1039) from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development reported on their depression (Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, short form) and anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale) symptoms and completed a COVID-19 questionnaire during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020 (age 22 years). Assessments at age 20 (2018) were used to estimate pre-pandemic depression and anxiety symptom severity. RESULTS: While mean levels of depression and anxiety symptoms did not change from before to during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., the mean of depressive symptoms was 9.30 in 2018 and 9.59 in 2020), we observed a slight increase in rates of severe depression (scores ≥ 21) from before (6.1%) to during (8.2%) the pandemic. Most COVID-19-related variables (e.g., loss of education/occupation, frequent news-seeking) - except living alone - and most pre-existing vulnerabilities (e.g., low SES, low social support) were not associated with changes in depression or anxiety symptoms. However, results varied as a function of pre-pandemic levels of depression and anxiety: depression and anxiety symptoms increased among adults with the lowest levels of symptoms before the pandemic, while they decreased among those with the highest levels of symptoms, possibly reflecting a regression to the mean. CONCLUSIONS: Depression and anxiety symptoms in young adults from Québec in Summer 2020 were mostly comparable to symptoms reported in 2018. Most COVID-19-related stressors and pre-existing vulnerabilities were not associated with changes in symptoms, except living alone and pre-existing symptoms of depression and anxiety. However, the increased rate of severe depression warrants further investigation. | |
| dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.subject.en | COVID-19 | |
| dc.subject.en | Mental health | |
| dc.subject.en | Depression | |
| dc.subject.en | Anxiety | |
| dc.subject.en | Young adults | |
| dc.title.en | Depression and anxiety symptoms in young adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a Canadian population-based cohort | |
| dc.type | Article de revue | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12991-021-00362-2 | en_US |
| dc.subject.hal | Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pubmed | 34496901 | en_US |
| bordeaux.journal | Annals of General Psychiatry | en_US |
| bordeaux.page | 42 | en_US |
| bordeaux.volume | 20 | en_US |
| bordeaux.hal.laboratories | Bordeaux Population Health Research Center (BPH) - UMR 1219 | en_US |
| bordeaux.issue | 1 | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | Université de Bordeaux | en_US |
| bordeaux.institution | INSERM | en_US |
| bordeaux.team | HEALTHY_BPH | |
| bordeaux.peerReviewed | oui | en_US |
| bordeaux.inpress | non | en_US |
| hal.identifier | hal-03419049 | |
| hal.version | 1 | |
| hal.date.transferred | 2021-11-08T10:41:22Z | |
| hal.export | true | |
| dc.rights.cc | Pas de Licence CC | en_US |
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