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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

The Impact of Mental Health and Sociodemographic Characteristics on Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction during the Second Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic-Results of a Population-Based Survey in Germany.

Alina Geprägs, David Bürgin, Jörg M Fegert, Elmar Brähler, Vera Clemens

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alina GeprägsHospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, 89075 Ulm, Germany.
David BürginHospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, 89075 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0856-1342
Jörg M FegertHospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, 89075 Ulm, Germany.
Elmar BrählerDepartment for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, 55131 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2648-2728
Vera ClemensHospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, 89075 Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5485-4691
Universität Ulm · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEUniversity of Basel · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A decreased quality of life was shown for numerous factors at the beginning of the pandemic. However, it is important to identify people who are at-risk for long-term impairments during the pandemic and its aftermath. Within this study, we aimed to investigate quality of life within a German population-based sample (2515 participants; 51.6% female; mean age 50.09 years) during the second year of the pandemic (2021). Our results showed that the majority reported no pandemic-associated change in quality of life at this state of the pandemic. Higher life satisfaction was associated with fewer mental health problems, no pre-existing somatic and psychiatric disorders, higher income, no income loss during the pandemic, living with others, and younger age. In contrast, in a high-risk group encompassing participants with lower quality of life, only mental health, pre-existing somatic disorders, and living alone had significant associations with quality of life, indicating a smaller scope for improvement in this high-risk group. Age, income loss, and depressive symptoms predicted a decrease in quality of life since the beginning of the pandemic. Our results highlight the importance of mental health, especially in times of pandemic, and underline the need for low-threshold mental health support.

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COVID-19FemaleGermanyHumansMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedPandemicsPersonal SatisfactionQuality of LifeCOVID-19depressive symptomslife satisfactionmental healthpandemicquality of life

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