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Estimation of the prevalence of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis of meta-analyses.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The prevalence of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- An umbrella review of the prevalence of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: Call to action for post-COVID-19 at the global level.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- A Spatial-Temporal Epidemiology of Anxiety Incidence Rates in Iran (2010-2021): An Ecological Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Effectiveness and acceptability of exercise treatments for adults with anxiety disorders: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
- Association Between Depression, Anxiety, Quality of Life and Burnout Syndrome with Symptoms of Insomnia in Healthcare Professionals in Montenegro During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Effects of General Mental Health Symptomatology, COVID Anxiety, and Sociodemographic Factors on Pandemic-Induced Negative and Positive Trauma Effects: A Polish Survey from the Late Stages of the Pandemic.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Widespread Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Iraq's General Population: A Systematic Review.SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
backgroundPandemics such as COVID-19, can lead to psychiatric symptoms like anxiety. It seems that meta-analysis of meta-analysis studies can provide more comprehensive information regarding the needs for post-COVID-19 services. Therefore, this umbrella review and meta-analysis of meta-analyses aimed to estimate the precise prevalence of anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsPubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for published meta-analyses using relevant keywords, such as Anxiety, Prevalence, COVID-19, and Meta-analysis up to November 1, 2023. Google Scholar, reference check, citation check, and grey literature were manually searched. A random-effect model was used for the analysis. All analyses were conducted using STATA: 17.
resultsOut of the 4263 records, Finally, 75 meta-analyses were included. The overall prevalence of anxiety was 30.4% [95% CI: 29-31.8] with a high heterogeneity (I
conclusionsConsidering the prevalence of anxiety among patients, students, pregnant women, and healthcare workers, special attention should be paid to these groups in case of the re-occurrence of COVID-19 or occurrence of other pandemics. As quarantine due to pandemics causes reduced social interactions, reduced income, and increased worry about severe illness and death, there is a need for large-scale mobilization of political measures.
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