Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
BMC Psychol. 2021 Apr 24;9(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s40359-021-00565-y.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic social and economic changes in daily life. First studies report an impact on mental health of the general population showing increased levels of anxiety, stress and depression. In this study, we compared the impact of the pandemic on two culturally and economically similar European countries: the UK and Germany.
Participants (UK = 241, German = 541) completed an online-survey assessing COVID-19 exposure, impact on financial situation and work, substance and media consumption, mental health using the Symptom-Check-List-27 (SCL-27) and the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire.
We found distinct differences between the two countries. UK responders reported a stronger direct impact on health, financial situation and families. UK responders had higher clinical scores on the SCL-27, and higher prevalence. Interestingly, German responders were less hopeful for an end of the pandemic and more concerned about their life-stability.
As 25% of both German and UK responders reported a subjective worsening of the general psychological symptoms and 20-50% of German and UK responders reached the clinical cut-off for depressive and dysthymic symptoms as well as anxieties, it specifically shows the need for tailored intervention systems to support large proportions of the general public.
COVID-19 大流行导致日常生活中的社会和经济发生了巨大变化。最初的研究报告显示，大流行对普通民众的心理健康产生了影响，焦虑、压力和抑郁水平有所上升。在这项研究中，我们比较了两个文化和经济上相似的欧洲国家：英国和德国。
参与者（英国=241 人，德国=541 人）完成了一项在线调查，评估了 COVID-19 的暴露情况、对财务状况和工作的影响、物质和媒体消费、使用症状清单-27 （SCL-27）和精神分裂症人格问卷评估心理健康。
我们发现这两个国家之间存在明显差异。英国的应答者报告说，健康、财务状况和家庭受到的直接影响更大。英国的应答者在 SCL-27 上的临床评分更高，患病率也更高。有趣的是，德国的应答者对大流行结束的希望较低，对生活稳定性的担忧较高。
由于 25%的英国和德国应答者报告称一般心理症状恶化，20-50%的德国和英国应答者达到抑郁和心境恶劣症状以及焦虑的临床截止值，这特别表明需要量身定制的干预系统来支持大多数公众。
