Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Occup Environ Med. 2022 Apr;79(4):259-267. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2021-107667. Epub 2021 Oct 21.
To characterise the baseline King's College London Coronavirus Health and Experiences of Colleagues at King's cohort and describe patterns of probable depression and anxiety among staff and postgraduate research students at a large UK university in April/May 2020.
An online survey was sent to current staff and postgraduate research students via email in April 2020 (n=2590). Primary outcomes were probable depression and anxiety, measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7, respectively. Secondary outcomes were alcohol use and perceived change in mental health. Outcomes were described using summary statistics and multivariable Poisson regression was used to explore associations with six groups of predictors: demographics and prior mental health, living arrangements, caring roles, healthcare, occupational factors and COVID-19 infection. All analyses were weighted to account for differences between the sample and target population in terms of age, gender, and ethnicity.
Around 20% of staff members and 30% of postgraduate research students met thresholds for probable depression or anxiety on the questionnaires. This doubled to around 40% among younger respondents aged <25. Other factors associated with probable depression and anxiety included female gender, belonging to an ethnic minority group, caregiving responsibilities and shielding or isolating. Around 20% of participants were found to reach cut-off for hazardous drinking on Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, while 30% were drinking more than before the pandemic.
Our study shows worrying levels of symptoms of depression, anxiety and alcohol use disorder in an occupational sample from a large UK university in the months following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
描述伦敦国王学院冠状病毒健康状况和同事经验队列的基线特征，并描述 2020 年 4/5 月英国一所大型大学员工和研究生研究人员中可能出现的抑郁和焦虑模式。
2020 年 4 月，通过电子邮件向在职员工和研究生研究人员发送了在线调查（n=2590）。主要结局指标是使用患者健康问卷-9 和广泛性焦虑症-7 分别衡量的可能抑郁和焦虑。次要结局指标是酒精使用和感知到的心理健康变化。使用汇总统计数据描述结果，并使用多变量泊松回归探索与六组预测因素的关联：人口统计学和先前的心理健康、居住安排、照顾角色、医疗保健、职业因素和 COVID-19 感染。所有分析均进行了加权，以考虑样本与目标人群在年龄、性别和种族方面的差异。
约 20%的员工和 30%的研究生研究人员在问卷上达到可能抑郁或焦虑的阈值。在年龄<25 岁的年轻受访者中，这一比例增加到约 40%。其他与可能的抑郁和焦虑相关的因素包括女性性别、属于少数族裔群体、照顾责任以及屏蔽或隔离。约 20%的参与者在酒精使用障碍识别测试中达到危险饮酒的临界值，而 30%的人饮酒量比大流行前增加。
我们的研究表明，在 COVID-19 大流行爆发后的几个月内，英国一所大型大学的职业样本中出现了令人担忧的抑郁、焦虑和酒精使用障碍症状水平。
