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Global prevalence and determinants of mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Associations between psychological inflexibility and mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: A three-level meta-analytic review.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Pooled it
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- Prevalence and factors contributing to mental health challenges among school-going adolescents: a case of a climate-vulnerable Manafwa Watershed in Uganda.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Relevance of spirituality and perceived social support to mental health of people with pre-existing mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal investigation.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Depression and associated factors among Brazilian adults: the 2019 national healthcare population-based study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Psychology Meets Biology in COVID-19: What We Know and Why It Matters for Public Health.Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences · 2023Article
- Sense of coherence and social support as predictors of mental health during COVID-19 pandemic.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
- Targeting the Arginine Vasopressin VNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Review
- Characterization of gut microbiota profile in Iranian patients with bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- A Survey of Mobile Apps for the Care Management of Patients with Dementia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Mental health status of early married girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study in the southwestern region of Bangladesh.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Coronavirus Anxiety, COVID Anxiety Syndrome and Mental Health: A Test Among Six Countries During March 2021.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected more than 5 million and lost the lives of more than 300 thousand people globally. It is the first-ever deadly pandemic with a significant degree of fear, worry and concern in the population at large. Therefore, this Meta-Analysis aims to assess the global prevalence and determinants of mental health disorders.
methodsA three-stage search strategy was conducted on PubMed/Medline, Science direct LILACS and PsycINFO databases. The Heterogeneity among the included studies was checked with forest plot, χ2 test, I2 test, and the p-values. Publication bias was checked with a funnel plot and the objective diagnostic test was conducted with Egger's correlation, Begg's regression tests, and Trim and fill method.
resultsThe Meta-Analysis revealed that the pooled prevalence of anxiety and depression 33.59% (95% confidence interval (CI): 27.21 to 39.97, 30 studies, 88,543 participants) and 29.98% (95% confidence interval (CI): 25.32 to 34.64, 25 studies, 78,191 participants) respectively.
conclusionThe review revealed that more than thirty percent of patients developed anxiety and depression during COVID-19 Pandemic. This presages the health care stakeholders to prevent and intervene in mental health disorders. REGISTRATION: This review was registered in Prospero international prospective register of systematic reviews (CRD42020183146).
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