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ArticleScientific reports2022

Association of compliance with COVID-19 public health measures with depression.

Ju An Byun, Tae Jun Sim, Tae Yoon Lim, Sung-In Jang, Seung Hoon Kim

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ju An Byun *Premedical Courses, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Tae Jun Sim *Premedical Courses, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Tae Yoon Lim *Premedical Courses, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sung-In JangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. JANGSI@yuhs.ac.
Seung Hoon KimDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. shoonkim@yuhs.ac.
Yonsei University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although previous studies have demonstrated increased depression related to COVID-19, the reasons for this are not well-understood. We investigated the association of compliance with COVID-19 public health measures with depression. Data from the 2020 Korea Community Health Survey were analyzed. The main independent variable was compliance with rules based on three performance variables (social distancing, wearing a mask in indoor facilities, and outdoors). Depression was assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores. Of 195,243 participants, 5,101 participants had depression. Bad and moderate performance scores for compliance were associated with depression (Bad score, men: adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.29-3.87; women: aOR = 2.42, 95% CI = 1.42-4.13; moderate score, men: aOR = 1.31, 95% CI = 1.02-1.68; women: aOR = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.07-1.53). In the subgroup analysis, among the quarantine rules, not wearing a mask indoors was the most prominently associated with depression. In participants with a high level of education, non-compliance with quarantine rules was significantly associated with depression. People who do not comply with public health measures are more likely to be depressed. The preparation and observance of scientific quarantine rules can help mental health in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and another infectious disease pandemic that may come.

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COVID-19DepressionFemaleHumansMalePandemicsPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35931789
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