Lifestyle and mental health disruptions during COVID-19

Giuntella, Osea; Hyde, Kelly; Saccardo, Silvia; Sadoff, Sally

doi:10.1073/pnas.2016632118

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“…This vulnerable group was not solely defined by the usual risk factors of poor health. These findings closely resemble previous findings from the UK, where one out of four individuals reported depressive symptoms and one out of five individuals suffered from anxiety (O’Connor et al ., 2021). Using the same data as in our study and group-based latent growth mixture models on depressive symptoms, an outcome closely related to our measure of psychological distress, Iob et al .…”

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Heterogeneous Mental Health Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom

Ellwardt

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2021

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Aim. The COVID-19 pandemic and the mitigation measures by governments have upended the economic and social lives of many, leading to widespread psychological distress. However, how distress developed during the pandemic and who was most affected is poorly understood. We explore heterogeneity in trajectories of psychological distress during the first six months of the pandemic in the United Kingdom and relate this heterogeneity to socio-demographic and health factors. Subjects and Methods. We analyze six waves of longitudinal, nationally representative survey data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (N = 15,218), covering the first lockdown in 2020. First, latent class mixture modelling (LCCM) is used to identify trajectories of psychological distress. Second, associations of the trajectories with covariates are tested with multinomial logistic regressions. Results. We find four different trajectories of distress: continuously low, continuously moderate, temporarily elevated, and continuously elevated distress. One-fifth of the population experienced severely elevated risks of distress. Long-term exposure was highest among younger people, women, those who lost income, and those with previous health conditions or COVID-19 symptoms. Conclusion. Given the threat of persistent stress on health, policy measures should be sensitized to the unintended yet far-reaching consequences of non-pharmaceutical interventions.

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Heterogeneous Mental Health Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom

Ellwardt

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2021

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“…Replicated in an independent test data set, our results show that social cognitive predictors outweigh the effect of negative emotionality on COVID-19-related safety behavior in young adults. We find that the pandemic in conjunction with the mandated containment measures indeed induced negative emotional reactions in young adults, as demonstrated by others (Gao et al, 2020;Giuntella, Hyde, Saccardo, & Sadoff, 2021;Qiu et al, 2020). For example, 28.4% of the current sample's participants reached scores ≥3 in the PHQ-2, which has been suggested to indicate the presence of a depressive disorder (Löwe et al, 2005).…”

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Social cognitive factors outweigh negative emotionality in predicting COVID-19 related safety behaviors

Hein¹,

Gamer²,

Gall³

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Objective: Emotion-motivation models propose that behaviors, including compliance with safety behaviors, should be predicted by the same variables that also predict negative affect since emotional reactions should induce a motivation to avoid threatening situations. In contrast, social cognitive models propose that safety behaviors are predicted by a different set of variables that mainly reflect cognitive and socio-structural aspects. Methods: Here, we directly tested these opposing hypotheses in young adults (N = 4,134) in the context of COVID-19-related safety behaviors to prevent infections. In each participant, we collected measures of negative affect as well as cognitive and socio-structural variables during the lockdown in the first infection wave in Germany. Results: We found a negative effect of the pandemic on emotional responses. However, this was not the main predictor for young adults’ willingness to comply with COVID-19- related safety measures. Instead, individual differences in compliance were mainly predicted by cognitive and socio-structural variables. These results were confirmed in an independent data set. Conclusions: This study shows that individuals scoring high on negative affect during the pandemic are not necessarily more likely to comply with safety regulations. Instead, political measures should focus on cognitive interventions and the societal relevance of the health issue. These findings provide important insights into the basis of health-related concerns and feelings as well as behavioral adaptations.

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“…Increased physical activity, and earlier and shorter sleep upon reopening after lockdown, reflect a partial reversal of the robust lockdown-related changes in lifestyle as reported in a rapidly growing literature 4,5,9,10,12,18,28,38,39 . Interestingly, smartphone usage was not significantly reduced upon reopening and there was also a slight increase in experienced stress, and a worsening of evening mood.…”

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“…Furthermore, with face-to-face communication severely limited, people have turned to digital technology to stay connected for social interaction, work/education, and entertainment [14][15][16][17] . Many of these acute changes were associated with a negative impact on health and mental wellbeing [18][19][20][21][22] .…”

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The influence of working-from-home and digital device use on sleep, physical activity, and wellbeing following COVID-19 lockdown and reopening

Massar¹,

Ng²,

Cs³

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The COVID-19 pandemic imposed massive changes to daily lives worldwide. While lockdowns arrived abruptly, the continuation of social-distancing measures like working from home could have longer-term influences. We longitudinally tracked lifestyle behaviors (sleep/physical activity/phone use) and mental wellbeing through lockdown and reopening in Singapore. Earlier sleep and increased physical activity benefited from offices reopening for in-person work. However, this was offset by higher stress and poorer mood. Changes were proportional to the degree of hybrid work adoption. Counter to expectation, smartphone usage did not decrease after reopening, and usage around bedtime increased marginally. Cluster analysis showed that while heavier bedtime smartphone use was associated with later sleep initiation and lower physical activity, intermediate bedtime usage was associated with more favorable wellbeing indicators. As hybrid work arrangements and expanded e-device use will likely persist during the pandemic and its aftermath, our findings could inform strategies on adapting to new societal norms.

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Lifestyle and mental health disruptions during COVID-19

Cited by 447 publications

References 46 publications

Heterogeneous Mental Health Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom

Heterogeneous Mental Health Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom

Social cognitive factors outweigh negative emotionality in predicting COVID-19 related safety behaviors

The influence of working-from-home and digital device use on sleep, physical activity, and wellbeing following COVID-19 lockdown and reopening

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