The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients
Introduction The crisis caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of billions of people across the world. Individuals with mental illness are suspected to be particularly affected by the societal consequences of the pandemic, but there is very limited data on this important as...
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Introduction
The crisis caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of billions of people across the world. Individuals with mental illness are suspected to be particularly affected by the societal consequences of the pandemic, but there is very limited data on this important aspect.
Objectives
The aim of this study is to gauge the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being and symptom levels of individuals receiving treatment for mental disorder in psychiatric hospital services.
Methods
We are in the process of conducting a two-wave, questionnaire-based survey among patients with mental disorders receiving treatment in the psychiatric hospital services of the Central Denmark Region. The first wave was conducted in July 2020 and had 1180 respondents representing all major diagnostic categories. The main finding was that the majority of the respondents reported that their mental health had deteriorated during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently planning the second wave of the survey, which will be fielded in the fall of 2020. Here, we will reassess the mental health of the respondents from wave 1.
Results
Will be presented at the meeting.
Conclusions
Longitudinal studies of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic of mental health are lacking. We therefore expect that the findings of this study will be of significant interest to the field.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-23a5b880621c45fca049950f8ecb79812023-11-17T05:06:33ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852021-04-0164S92S9210.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.270The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patientsY. Gil0M. Speed1O. Jefsen2P. Kølbæk3S. Østergaard4Department Of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus N, DenmarkDepartment Of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus N, DenmarkInstitut For Klinisk Medicin - Transitional Neuropsychiatry, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, DenmarkPsychosis Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus N, DenmarkDepartment Of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Introduction The crisis caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of billions of people across the world. Individuals with mental illness are suspected to be particularly affected by the societal consequences of the pandemic, but there is very limited data on this important aspect. Objectives The aim of this study is to gauge the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being and symptom levels of individuals receiving treatment for mental disorder in psychiatric hospital services. Methods We are in the process of conducting a two-wave, questionnaire-based survey among patients with mental disorders receiving treatment in the psychiatric hospital services of the Central Denmark Region. The first wave was conducted in July 2020 and had 1180 respondents representing all major diagnostic categories. The main finding was that the majority of the respondents reported that their mental health had deteriorated during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently planning the second wave of the survey, which will be fielded in the fall of 2020. Here, we will reassess the mental health of the respondents from wave 1. Results Will be presented at the meeting. Conclusions Longitudinal studies of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic of mental health are lacking. We therefore expect that the findings of this study will be of significant interest to the field. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821002704/type/journal_articlepandemicSurveyMental illnessBenchmark |
| spellingShingle | Y. Gil M. Speed O. Jefsen P. Kølbæk S. Østergaard The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients European Psychiatry pandemic Survey Mental illness Benchmark |
| title | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients |
| title_full | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients |
| title_fullStr | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients |
| title_short | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness: A two-wave survey of 1180 patients |
| title_sort | impact of the covid 19 pandemic on individuals with mental illness a two wave survey of 1180 patients |
| topic | pandemic Survey Mental illness Benchmark |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933821002704/type/journal_article |
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