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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022

Evaluation of COVID-19 pandemic on components of social and mental health using machine learning, analysing United States data in 2020.

Seyed-Ali Sadegh-Zadeh, Mahboobe Bahrami, Amirreza Najafi, Meisam Asgari-Ahi, Russell Campion, Amir M Hajiyavand

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Seyed-Ali Sadegh-ZadehDepartment of Computing, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.
Mahboobe BahramiBehavioral Sciences Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Amirreza NajafiDepartment of Information Technology Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Meisam Asgari-AhiDepartment of Information Technology Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Russell CampionDepartment of Computing, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.
Amir M HajiyavandDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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Background: COVID-19 was named a global pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. Governments across the world issued various restrictions such as staying at home. These restrictions significantly influenced mental health worldwide. This study aims to document the prevalence of mental health problems and their relationship with the quality and quantity of social relationships affected by the pandemic during the United States national lockdown. Methods: Sample data was employed from the COVID-19 Impact Survey on April 20-26, 2020, May 4-10, 2020, and May 30-June 8, 2020 from United States Dataset. A total number of 8790, 8975, and 7506 adults participated in this study for April, May and June, respectively. Participants' mental health evaluations were compared clinically by looking at the quantity and quality of their social ties before and during the pandemic using machine learning techniques. To predict relationships between COVID-19 mental health and demographic and social factors, we employed random forest, support vector machine, Naive Bayes, and logistic regression. Results: The result for each contributing feature has been analyzed separately in detail. On the other hand, the influence of each feature was studied to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. The overall result of our research indicates that people who had previously been diagnosed with any type of mental illness were most affected by the new constraints during the pandemic. These people were among the most vulnerable due to the imposed changes in lifestyle. Conclusion: This study estimates the occurrence of mental illness among adults with and without a history of mental disease during the COVID-19 preventative limitations. With the persistence of quarantine limitations, the prevalence of psychiatric issues grew. In the third survey, which was done under quarantine or house restrictions, mental health problems and acute stress reactions were substantially greater than in the prior two surveys. The findings of the study reveal that more focused messaging and support are needed for those with a history of mental illness throughout the implementation of restrictions.

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COVID-19 pandemicmachine learningmental healthprediction modelpsychiatry issuessocial behavioursstatistic analysis

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PMCPMC9393328

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