TY - JOUR
T1 - The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals With and Without Mental Health Disorders
AU - Campos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini
AU - Campos, Lucas Arrais
AU - Martins, Bianca Gonzalez
AU - Valadão Dias, Filomena
AU - Ruano, Rodrigo
AU - Maroco, João
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was financed in part by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Brazil (CAPES) - Financing Code 001.
Funding Information:
The authors thank Beatriz Buda Fuller for her assistance in data collection and the people who joined and participated in the project. The authors also thank Calvin Caltvedt for revising the English grammar of the present manuscript. The authors also thank the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) (grant # 2020/08239–6).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/10
Y1 - 2022/10
N2 - Objective: To identify people with history of mental health disorders before the COVID-19 pandemic in the Brazilian population and estimate the prevalence of mood swings and the subjective distress of the pandemic among individuals with or without mental health disorders. Methods: Through an online survey, participants were asked about presence or absence of mental health disorders. In addition, they answered the Brunel Mood Scale and the Impact of Event Scale. The mean percentile of mood swing indicators and psychological impact scores were estimated, and data were analyzed by logistic regression. Results: 13,248 people participated (70.5% women, mean age 35.4 years, 31.2% with history of mental health disorder). Women and younger people were more likely to be diagnosed with mental health disorder. All participants had significant changes in mood due to the pandemic. Anger, depressed mood, mental confusion, and fatigue were higher among individuals with bipolar disorder or with combined disorders. Individuals with mental health disorders had a greater subjective distress, especially the group with bipolar disorder (OR = 4.89 [3.64–6.56]) and combined disorders (OR = 6.89 [5.21–9.10]). Conclusion: Individuals previously diagnosed with mental health disorders at some point in life are more vulnerable to psychological impact from the pandemic.
AB - Objective: To identify people with history of mental health disorders before the COVID-19 pandemic in the Brazilian population and estimate the prevalence of mood swings and the subjective distress of the pandemic among individuals with or without mental health disorders. Methods: Through an online survey, participants were asked about presence or absence of mental health disorders. In addition, they answered the Brunel Mood Scale and the Impact of Event Scale. The mean percentile of mood swing indicators and psychological impact scores were estimated, and data were analyzed by logistic regression. Results: 13,248 people participated (70.5% women, mean age 35.4 years, 31.2% with history of mental health disorder). Women and younger people were more likely to be diagnosed with mental health disorder. All participants had significant changes in mood due to the pandemic. Anger, depressed mood, mental confusion, and fatigue were higher among individuals with bipolar disorder or with combined disorders. Individuals with mental health disorders had a greater subjective distress, especially the group with bipolar disorder (OR = 4.89 [3.64–6.56]) and combined disorders (OR = 6.89 [5.21–9.10]). Conclusion: Individuals previously diagnosed with mental health disorders at some point in life are more vulnerable to psychological impact from the pandemic.
KW - COVID-19
KW - mental disorders
KW - Mental health
KW - pandemics
U2 - 10.1177/00332941211026850
DO - 10.1177/00332941211026850
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108555934
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 125
SP - 2435
EP - 2455
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
IS - 5
ER -
