Home Alone: Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has induced a considerable degree of fear, emotional stress and anxiety among individuals around the world.

Objective

The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between COVID-19 virus cases per 1000 residents and mental health outcomes of individuals across the globe.

Methods

Using plausibly exogenous variation in daily country-level reports of new COVID-19 cases across the world, this study employs an individual-by-day global data set to assess the association between virus outbreak intensity and short-term measures of mental health outcomes.

Results

Results indicate that females are 20.02% (95 % CI [6.65 %, 33.39 %]) more likely than males to find life depressing, suggest

SUBMITTER: Paudel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8479491 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature