Reduced physical activity and weight gain are associated with an increase of depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. A general practitioners' prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to assess associations between depressive symptoms, lifestyle, and somatic symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

A prospective, observational study using a self-designed questionnaire.

Setting

Three general practitioners' (GP) offices in rural Germany.

Participants

271 adult patients without manifest cardiovascular or pulmonary disease with (n = 82) and without (n = 189) hypertension reporting to our GP offices.

Main outcome measures

The reported increase of depressive symptoms (loneliness, sleeplessness, joylessness, listlessness) prior to the first documented case in Germany on 27.01.2020 (t₀) as opposed to patients' health perception during the Corona pandemic (t₁) was the primary outcome measure. The

SUBMITTER: Wernhart S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8495516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature