Molde Hospital, Møre og Romsdal Hospital Trust, Norway.
Bergen Center for Brain Plasticity, Haukeland University Hospital, Norway.
Scand J Public Health. 2022 Aug;50(6):730-737. doi: 10.1177/14034948211059525. Epub 2021 Nov 30.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to major social and economic changes that could impact public mental health. The main aim of the current study was to investigate mental health in Norway during the COVID-19 outbreak (since the first confirmed case on 26 February 2020).
The results are from the first wave of the data collection (1 April-2 June 2020), which took place during the outbreak along with its initial restrictions. A total of 19,372 (11,883 students) people participated in a cross-sectional web-based survey.
A total of 21.8% scored above the cut-off for depression and 23.7% for anxiety. Severity of symptoms was associated with the accumulation of risk factors, such as possible/confirmed infection for oneself or one's family, female/other sex, students, having mental health problems, increased use of tobacco, increased use of alcohol, less exercise, losing one's job, suffering economic impact and lower education.
COVID-19 could have a negative association with public mental health, especially for certain risk groups. Future data-collection waves will provide further insight into the development of symptoms following the pandemic.
新冠疫情大流行导致了重大的社会和经济变化，可能会影响公众的心理健康。本研究的主要目的是调查新冠疫情在挪威爆发期间（自 2020 年 2 月 26 日首例确诊病例以来）的公众心理健康状况。
结果来自数据收集的第一波（2020 年 4 月 1 日至 6 月 2 日），正值疫情爆发及其初步限制期间。共有 19372 人（11883 名学生）参与了一项横断面在线调查。
共有 21.8%的人抑郁得分高于临界值，23.7%的人焦虑得分高于临界值。症状严重程度与风险因素的积累有关，例如自己或家人可能/已感染、女性/其他性别、学生、有心理健康问题、增加吸烟、增加饮酒、运动减少、失业、遭受经济影响和教育程度较低。
新冠疫情可能对公众心理健康产生负面影响，特别是对某些风险群体。未来的数据收集波次将提供有关大流行后症状发展的进一步见解。
