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Meta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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dc.contributor.authorZhang, S.X.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, S.O.
dc.contributor.authorXu, W.
dc.contributor.authorYin, A.
dc.contributor.authorChen, B.Z.
dc.contributor.authorDelios, A.
dc.contributor.authorDong, R.K.
dc.contributor.authorChen, R.Z.
dc.contributor.authorMcIntyre, R.S.
dc.contributor.authorWan, X.
dc.contributor.authorWang, S.
dc.contributor.authorChen, J.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractTo perform a systematic and meta-analysis on the prevalence rates of mental health symptoms including anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population in Eastern Europe, as well as three select sub-populations: students, general healthcare workers, and frontline healthcare workers.<h4>Data sources</h4>Studies in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, and medRxiv up to 6 February 2021.<h4>Eligibility criteria and data analysis</h4>Prevalence rates of mental health symptoms in the general population and key sub-populations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. Data were pooled using a random-effects meta-analysis to estimate the prevalence rates of anxiety and depression.<h4>Results</h4>The meta-analysis identifies and includes 21 studies and 26 independent samples in Eastern Europe. Poland (<i>n</i> = 4), Serbia (<i>n</i> = 4), Russia (<i>n</i> = 3), and Croatia (<i>n</i> = 3) had the greatest number of studies. To our knowledge, no studies have been conducted in eleven Eastern European countries including Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The pooled prevalence of anxiety in 18 studies with 22 samples was 30% (95% CI: 24-37%) pooled prevalence of depression in 18 studies with 23 samples was 27% (95% CI: 21-34%).<h4>Implications</h4>The cumulative evidence from the meta-analysis reveals high prevalence rates of clinically significant symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe. The findings suggest evidence of a potential mental health crisis in Eastern Europe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our synthesis also reveals a relative lack of studies in certain Eastern European countries as well as high heterogeneities among the existing studies, calling for more effort to achieve evidence-based mental healthcare in Eastern Europe.
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022; 13(1):2000132-2000132
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/20008198.2021.2000132
dc.identifier.issn2000-8066
dc.identifier.issn2000-8066
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/27472
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rightsCopyright 2022 Oregon State University. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Access Condition Notes: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.2000132
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectepidemic
dc.subjectfrontline healthcare workers
dc.subjectgeneral population
dc.subjecthealthcare workers
dc.subjectpsychiatry
dc.titleMeta-analytic evidence of depression and anxiety in Eastern Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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