Differences and similarities between the impact of the first and the second COVID-19-lockdown on mental health and safety behaviour in Germany
| Autor: | Hannah Kohler, Venja Musche, Sheila Moradian, Benjamin Weismüller, Eva-Maria Skoda, Nora Dörrie, Madeleine Fink, Martin Teufel, Alexander Bäuerle, Adam Schweda, Anke-Verena Benecke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Short Report Medizin lockdown 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine pandemic fatigue Argument Germany Pandemic medicine Humans AcademicSubjects/MED00860 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Government SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 General Medicine Mental health Distress Mental Health Safety behaviour Communicable Disease Control depression Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England) |
| ISSN: | 1741-3850 1741-3842 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/pubmed/fdab037 |
| Popis: | Background Governmental restrictions of daily life are key elements in reducing the transmission of COVID-19, but they have also put a strain on people’s mental health. Preventive policies differ all over the world as well as over different periods of time, and depend mostly on current infection rates. In Germany, there were two periods of restraint of varying severity, during which the government used different combinations of containment and mitigation measures to protect risk groups and to lower the number of hospitalizations. Methods In two online studies, we aimed to determine differences and similarities in COVID-19-related fear, generalized anxiety, depression and distress levels, as well as in the adherence to safety behaviour between the first lockdown in March and April and the second lockdown in November. Results This study showed continued high psychological burden and even increased levels of depression symptoms, as well as less safety behaviour in the second phase of restrictions. Conclusions The results hint at a prolonged negative impact on people’s mental health and their safety behaviour despite lesser restrictions in the second lockdown, which may be interpreted as pandemic fatigue and hence strengthens the argument for a low-threshold access to psychological care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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