Factors associated with change in moderate or severe symptoms of anxiety and depression in community-living adults and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

CONCLUSION: Health and socio-economic factors were associated with changes in symptoms of anxiety and depression during the pandemic, further increasing inequities in mental health needs. Public health campaigns on the importance of healthy behaviours should continue and health policies should reduce economic and social barriers to integrated substance use and mental health care.PMID:38117417 | DOI:10.17269/s41997-023-00832-y

Source: Canadian Journal of Public Health - December 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Helen-Maria Vasiliadis Jessica Spagnolo Mary Bartram Marie-Jos ée Fleury Jean-Philippe Gouin S ébastien Grenier Pasquale Roberge Grace Shen-Tu Jennifer E Vena Catherine Lamoureux-Lamarche JianLi Wang Source Type: research