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SynthesisEuropean journal of psychotraumatology2022

Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stephen X Zhang, Saylor O Miller, Wen Xu, Allen Yin, Bryan Z Chen, Andrew Delios, Rebecca Kechen Dong, Richard Z Chen, Roger S McIntyre, Xue Wan and 2 more

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Synthesis in European journal of psychotraumatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Stephen X ZhangFaculty of Professions, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6123-1193
Saylor O MillerCollege of Business, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Wen XuBusiness School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China.
Allen YinSchool of Humanities, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
Bryan Z ChenCrescent Valley High School, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Andrew DeliosCollege of Business, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Rebecca Kechen DongBusiness School, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Richard Z ChenCrescent Valley High School, Corvallis, OR, USA.
Roger S McIntyreDepartment of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Xue WanSchool of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Senhu WangDepartment of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Jiyao ChenCollege of Business, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2192-9778
Oregon State University · USThe University of Adelaide · AUNational University of Singapore · SGSoutheast University · CNTongji University · CNUniversity of Nottingham Ningbo China · CNUniversity of South Australia · AUUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To perform a systematic and meta-analysis on the prevalence rates of mental health symptoms including anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population in Eastern Europe, as well as three select sub-populations: students, general healthcare workers, and frontline healthcare workers. Data sources: Studies in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and medRxiv up to 6 February 2021. Eligibility criteria and data analysis: Prevalence rates of mental health symptoms in the general population and key sub-populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. Data were pooled using a random-effects meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence rates of anxiety and depression. Results: The meta-analysis identifies and includes 21 studies and 26 independent samples in Eastern Europe. Poland ( Implications: The cumulative evidence from the meta-analysis reveals high prevalence rates of clinically significant symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. The findings suggest evidence of a potential mental health crisis in Eastern Europe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our synthesis also reveals a relative lack of studies in certain Eastern European countries as well as high heterogeneities among the existing studies, calling for more effort to achieve evidence-based mental healthcare in Eastern Europe.

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AnxietyCOVID-19DepressionEurope, EasternHealth PersonnelHumansStudentsCOVID-19epidemicfrontline healthcare workersgeneral populationhealthcare workerspsychiatry

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PMID35186214
PMCPMC8856103
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