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To evaluate longitudinal changes in mental and physical health among adults before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in France, identifying key risk and resilience factors.

March 22, 2021Globalization and HealthOpen Access

A longitudinal study of mental health before and during COVID-19 lockdown in the French population

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LRLeila RamizUniversité de Bordeaux BCBenjamin ContrandUniversité de Bordeaux MCMadelyn Yiseth Rojas CastroUniversité de Bordeaux

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Longitudinal cohort study observes worsening mental health alongside improved physical health during lockdown, highlighting vulnerability in crowded living spaces.

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To evaluate longitudinal changes in mental and physical health among adults before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in France, identifying key risk and resilience factors.
Conducted a secondary analysis of an established web-based French cohort, comparing lockdown health measures with baseline data collected an average of 4.8 years earlier.
Distributed online surveys on April 15, 2020, to 9,598 previous participants, resulting in 1,237 respondents evaluating living environments, PHQ-9 depression scores, and GAD-7 anxiety scores during the national lockdown (March 17 to May 11, 2020).
Anxiety symptoms rose from 17.3% at recruitment to 20.1% during lockdown, and average self-rated mental health decreased from 7.77 to 7.58, with women, younger individuals, and older adults showing elevated vulnerability.
Living in less than 30 m² was associated with increased depression symptoms on the PHQ-9, while poorer pre-lockdown physical health was linked to heightened anxiety on the GAD-7.
Average self-rated physical health increased from 7.44 at baseline to 7.94 during lockdown, with the share of participants rating their physical health at 9 or 10 climbing from 25.7% to 43.1%.

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Ramiz et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a76b60ec5ab23c76cec1d2f https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00682-8

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Longitudinal cohort study observes worsening mental health alongside improved physical health during lockdown, highlighting vulnerability in crowded living spaces.

A longitudinal study of mental health before and during COVID-19 lockdown in the French population

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A longitudinal study of mental health before and during COVID-19 lockdown in the French population

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