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ArticleBMJ open2020

Impact of COVID-19 and other pandemics and epidemics on people with pre-existing mental disorders: a systematic review protocol and suggestions for clinical care.

Anjali Sergeant, Emma Alaine van Reekum, Nitika Sanger, Alexander Dufort, Tea Rosic, Stephanie Sanger, Sandra Lubert, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

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Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Anjali Sergeant *Undergraduate Medical Education Program, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2076-8901
Emma Alaine van Reekum *Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Nitika SangerMedical Science Graduate Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5883-1873
Alexander DufortDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Tea RosicDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7406-4056
Stephanie SangerHealth Sciences Library, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Sandra LubertCommunity member, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Lawrence MbuagbawDepartment of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5855-5461
Lehana ThabaneDepartment of Health Research, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Zainab SamaanDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada samaanz@mcmaster.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-5974-9361

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe current COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in high rates of infection and death, as well as widespread social disruption and a reduction in access to healthcare services and support. There is growing concern over how the pandemic, as well as measures put in place to curb the pandemic, will impact people with mental disorders. We aim to study the effect of pandemics and epidemics on mental health outcomes for people with premorbid mental disorders. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: With our predefined search strategy, we will search five databases for studies reporting on mental health outcomes in people with pre-existing mental disorders during pandemic and epidemic settings. Search dates are planned as follows: 5 May 2020 and 23 July 2020. The following databases will be searched: MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, MedRxiv and EMBASE. Data will be screened and extracted in duplicate by two independent reviewers. Studies involving non-clinical populations or patients diagnosed with a mental disorder ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: No ethical approval is required for this protocol and proposed systematic review as we will only use data from previously published papers that have themselves received ethics clearance and used proper informed consent procedures. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020179611.

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Coronavirus InfectionsMental DisordersMental HealthPneumonia, ViralBetacoronavirusCommunicable Disease ControlCOVID-19Health Services AccessibilityHumansMental Health ServicesPandemicsResearch DesignSARS-CoV-2Systematic Reviews as Topicadult psychiatryanxiety disordersCOVID-19depression & mood disorderspsychiatrypublic health

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PMID32873685
PMCPMC7467512

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