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COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence
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Highlights • COVID-19 patients displayed high levels of PTSS and increased levels of depression.• Patients with preexisting psychiatric disorders reported worsening of psychiatric symptoms.• Higher levels of psychiatric symptoms were found among health care workers.• A decrease in psychological well-being was observed in the general public.• However, well conducted large-scale studies are highly needed.
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“No difference in PTSS was observed (Sun et al., 2020)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress among health care workers
What the sources say
- Disputedcites Sun et al., 2020 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The paper reports the opposite of the attributed claim. In “Associated factors for the severity of PTSD,” it states that PCL-5 scores differed significantly by population classification (p < 0.001), with health care workers reporting lower symptom levels than both low-risk and high-risk public groups. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“lower education (Liu et al., 2020)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of PTSS, psychological distress and affected general mental health
What the sources say
- Disputedcites Liu et al., 2020 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In Results > Related factors of the occurrence of PTSS (page unavailable), the initial regression shows lower PTSS scores for respondents with high-school education or below than for those with university or college education. That difference is not significant in the final model. Results > The prevalence and demographic characteristics likewise reports a lower mean PTSS score for the lower-education group, not the higher risk claimed. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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In the paper
“The risk of PTSS were positively associated with female gender (Sun et al., 2020, Liu et al., 2020)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of PTSS, psychological distress and affected general mental health
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Sun et al., 2020 source
The paper’s ‘Predictive and risk factors for PTSD’ section reports that gender was a significant predictor (p < 0.001) and that females reported higher PTSD levels. Table 3 also shows a positive coefficient for female versus male on the PCL-5 symptom score. (LLM, conf=0.94)
- Supportedcites Liu et al., 2020 source
The Results section (‘The gender difference in the PTSS’; page not specified) reports higher PTSS symptom prevalence in females than males, with significant differences in several symptom domains. This supports the claimed positive association with female gender. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“one study found no difference between being in quarantine (n = 1443) or not (n = 836) (Zhu et al., 2020).”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress among the general public
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Zhu et al., 2020 source
The paper reports 1,443 participants with quarantine and 836 without it (Abstract; page not specified). It states that quarantine was not related to the prevalence of mental health problems, supporting the cited comparison in the context of mental health. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Poor-self rated health (Wang et al., 2020a, Gao et al., 2020, Wang et al., 2020b)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of anxiety and depression
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Wang et al., 2020a
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Supportedcites Gao et al., 2020 source
The Results section (‘Depression and SME’; page not provided) says that declining self-rated health was significantly associated with increased odds of depression. The ‘Anxiety and SME’ and ‘Combination of depression and anxiety and SME’ sections also report higher adjusted odds for participants with less-than-excellent self-rated health. (LLM, conf=0.91)
- Not matchedcites Wang et al., 2020b
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
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“Working in frontline compared to second line (Lu et al., 2020b, Lai et al., 2020)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of anxiety and depression
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Lu et al., 2020b
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Supportedcites Lai et al., 2020 source
The Results section (Risk Factors of Mental Health Outcomes, Table 5) compares frontline with second-line workers and reports higher adjusted odds of severe depression (OR 1.52) and anxiety (OR 1.57) among frontline workers. This supports the claimed association, though the study describes symptoms rather than clinical diagnoses. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“living in Hubei province (Sun et al., 2020, Liu et al., 2020)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of PTSS, psychological distress and affected general mental health
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Sun et al., 2020 source
The Discussion (page not supplied) reports that Hubei residents had the highest level of PTSD symptoms. The Associated factors for the severity of PTSD section also reports a statistically significant difference in PCL-5 scores by location. (LLM, conf=0.92)
- Partly supportedcites Liu et al., 2020 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (page not provided) report significantly higher PCL-5 scores among respondents currently or previously in Wuhan than among those outside Wuhan. The Methods identify the study area as Wuhan and surrounding cities in Hubei, but the paper does not establish an association for living anywhere in Hubei province versus living outside the province. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“Current medical disease (including psychiatric disorders and substance abuse) (Zhang et al., 2020b, Wang et al., 2020a, Ozdin and Bayrak Ozdin, 2020), and a past medical history (including psychiatric history and substance abuse) (Wang et al., 2020a, Mazza et al., 2020, Li et al., 2020c, Ozdin and Bayrak Ozdin, 2020) were associated with/increased the risk of depression and/or anxiety.”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of anxiety and depression
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Zhang et al., 2020b
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Not matchedcites Wang et al., 2020a
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Partly supportedcites Ozdin and Bayrak Ozdin, 2020 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results report higher depression scores among participants with current psychiatric illness or chronic disease, and higher anxiety scores among those with current psychiatric illness. The paper does not identify substance abuse as a studied condition, and its adjusted analysis does not establish current medical disease as a risk factor for depression or anxiety; the claim is supported as an association, not across every condition it names. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“relatives/friends/acquaintance suspected of/acquired COVID-19 (Cao et al., 2020, Mazza et al., 2020, Du et al., 2020, Li et al., 2020c, Ozdin and Bayrak Ozdin, 2020, Kang et al., 2020a)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of anxiety and depression
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Cao et al., 2020 source
The Results (Factors influencing college students’ anxiety) report that having a relative or acquaintance infected with COVID-19 was associated with greater anxiety among Chinese college students (OR = 3.007). This supports the cited association through the infection-and-anxiety alternatives in the claim. (LLM, conf=0.90)
- Partly supportedcites Mazza et al., 2020 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion reports that having an acquaintance infected with COVID-19 was associated with increased depression, while having an infected relative was associated with increased anxiety. The survey methods ask about acquaintances and loved ones who were or had been infected; the cited paper does not establish the claimed association for merely suspected cases or separately for friends. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Not matchedcites Du et al., 2020
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“while two papers found no difference (compared to the general public (Huang and Zhao, 2020) and non-frontline workers (Liang et al., 2020)).”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress among health care workers
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Huang and Zhao, 2020
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Supportedcites Liang et al., 2020 source
The study results report no statistically significant difference in depression (SDS) or anxiety (SAS) scores between staff in COVID-19-associated departments and staff in other departments. That supports the part of the citing sentence attributed to Liang et al.; the general-public comparison is attributed to a different paper. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“One study found no significant difference in any items between workers/technical staff (n = 551) and management/executive staff (n = 122) (all P > 0.05) (Tan et al., 2020)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress among the general public
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Tan et al., 2020 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results section on immediate mental health status reports no significant differences between the groups in PTSD symptoms, depression, anxiety, stress or insomnia (p > 0.05). But “any items” and “all P > 0.05” overstate the finding: the Results also report a difference in worries about young children’s health (p = 0.028), and Table 4 reports differences in some prevention measures (p = 0.040 and 0.048). Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“female gender (Zhang et al., 2020b, Lai et al., 2020, Mazza et al., 2020, Wang et al., 2020b, Ozdin and Bayrak Ozdin, 2020) was reported frequently, but was not consistent (Chen et al., 2020, Gao et al., 2020)”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Risk factors of anxiety and depression
What the sources say
- Not matchedcites Zhang et al., 2020b
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Supportedcites Lai et al., 2020 source
The Results (Risk Factors of Mental Health Outcomes, Table 5) associate being a woman with severe depression and anxiety among surveyed health care workers. In the citing sentence, Lai et al. supports the reported association; the statement that findings were inconsistent is attributed to Chen et al. and Gao et al., not to Lai et al. (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Supportedcites Mazza et al., 2020 source
Mazza et al. report in the Results (§§4.1–4.2) that female gender was associated with higher depression and anxiety levels. The citing sentence attaches Mazza et al. to the frequently reported association; it cites Chen and Gao, not Mazza, for inconsistent findings. Page numbers are not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Among health care workers depression/depressive symptoms (six papers) and anxiety (eight papers) were increased”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress among health care workers
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Chen et al., 2020 source
The study’s results report significantly higher anxiety and depression scale scores among pediatric medical staff than general Chinese population norms during the COVID-19 outbreak. This supports the cited sentence’s increased-symptoms finding for this study’s population. (LLM, conf=0.92)
- Not matchedcites Mo et al., 2020
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- Not matchedcites Lu et al., 2020b
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“Furthermore a study of parents of children hospitalized during the epidemic period had significant higher scores of anxiety, depression and dream anxiety compared to parents of children hospitalized in the non-epidemic period (all p < 0.001) (Yuan et al., 2020).”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress among the general public
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Yuan et al., 2020 source
Table 1 reports higher anxiety, depression, and dream anxiety scores for parents of children hospitalized during the epidemic than for those in the non-epidemic period. Each comparison has p < 0.001. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“Among health care workers depression/depressive symptoms (six papers) and anxiety (eight papers) were increased”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Psychiatric symptoms/psychological distress among health care workers
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Chen et al., 2020 source
The study’s results report that pediatric medical staff had significantly higher self-rated depression scores than the general Chinese population norm during the COVID-19 outbreak. This supports the claim’s comparison with norms; the other listed comparators are not needed for this citation. (LLM, conf=0.92)
- Not matchedcites Mo et al., 2020
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- Not matchedcites Lu et al., 2020b
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“Taken together this indicates that SARS-CoV-2 could be neurotrophic entering the brain through the olfactory bulb, leading to an increase in neuropsychiatric symptoms among the patients surviving COVID-19.”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Discussion > Potential biological mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 and the effect on psychiatric symptoms
What the sources say
- Partly supportedcites Troyer et al., 2020 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The “Viral infiltration into the central nervous system” section describes possible coronavirus entry via the olfactory nerve and discusses SARS-CoV-2 neuroinvasion. The “Sub-acute to chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae” section says long-term outcomes in COVID-19 survivors were still unknown. The paper does not specifically identify the olfactory bulb as the entry route or establish that this route would increase neuropsychiatric symptoms in survivors. (LLM, conf=0.84)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Netland et al., 2008 source
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“This higher risk could be due to the corona-virus affecting the brain directly or indirectly by inducing a massive cytokine response affecting the brain (Troyer et al., 2020).”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Discussion > Psychiatric symptoms among COVID-19 patients
What the sources say
- Supportedcites Troyer et al., 2020 source
The ‘Depression, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders’ section discusses depression after coronavirus infection and says it is unclear whether psychiatric risks arise from infection itself or the host immune response. The ‘Cytokine network dysregulation’ section proposes that peripheral cytokines may cause neuropsychiatric symptoms even without viral entry into the brain. Together with the paper’s discussion of direct CNS infiltration, these passages support the citing sentence’s tentative explanation, not an established cause of depression in COVID-19 patients. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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In the paper
“The second study showed that the prevalence of depression (29.2%) was elevated (p = 0.016) among 57 patients newly recovered from COVID-19 compared to participants in quarantine (9.8%), while no difference in anxiety level was found (P = 0.154).”
- Also stated in: § Psychiatric symptoms among COVID-19 patients · plain
“The risk of depression was also found to be higher among patients with COVID-19 (Zhang et al., 2020a).”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Results > Patients with COVID-19
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- Not matchedcites Zhang et al., 2020a
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- Also stated in: § Psychiatric symptoms among COVID-19 patients · plain
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“Firstly, the majority of the studies were conducted in Asia (only four studies from Europe and none from other continents), limiting the current generalization of the results.”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Discussion > Strengths and limitations
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“Secondly, most of the studies were not case-control studies no (35/43) and with a variety of reported outcomes, measuring of outcomes and statistical analysis was revealed.”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Discussion > Strengths and limitations
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“The strength of this review is that it was systematically conducted.”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Discussion > Strengths and limitations
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“Regarding the indirect effects of COVID-19 on general mental health there seems to be evidence of an increase in depressive and anxiety symptoms along with negative impact on general mental health, particularly among health care workers.”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Conclusion and perspectives
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“Due to the altered living conditions many of the identified risk factors will increase most likely leading to an increase in patients.”
§ COVID-19 pandemic and mental health consequences: Systematic review of the current evidence > Discussion > Risk factors of psychiatric symptoms in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vindegaard, N., & Benros, M. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Benros, Michael Eriksen
- Venue
- Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 89
- Pages
- 531-542
- ISSN
- 0889-1591 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7260522
- OpenAlex
- W3030352285
- Semantic Scholar
- 8a38f13dce8d78d0fbc6d177afa5e432bf13e6f7
- Cited by
- 3,221
- References
- 106
- Citations by year
- 2026: 112 · 2025: 198 · 2024: 328 · 2023: 602 · 2022: 853 · 2021: 905 · 2020: 216
- FWCI
- 50.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Brain Behavior and Immunity (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Lundbeckfonden
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, psychiatric symptoms, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, anxiety, psychological distress, sleep quality, healthcare workers, psychological well-being, risk factors, gender differences
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, Psychological Distress, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Anxiety, Mental Disorders, Depression, Health Personnel, Humans, Mental Health, Pneumonia, Viral, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Coronavirus Infections, Disease Progression, Persons with Psychiatric Disorders, Pandemics
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