Publication date: Sep 05, 2024
PURPOSE : To assess gender differences in COVID-19 related changes in home and work responsibilities longitudinally, and determine whether these differences, together with other potential risk and protective factors, are associated with depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD were measured using an online survey instrument, between May 2020 and April 2021, in four waves completed at 3-monthly intervals. Analyses were based on data from the COvid MEntal healTh (COMET) survey which investigated the mental health effects of the COVID-19 outbreak spanning 13 countries on five continents in N = 7,909 participants. From the first to the last wave, women reported a greater increase in home and work responsibilities, and had higher depression, anxiety and PTSD scores compared to men. Women who reported a reduction in income due to the pandemic had higher depression scores. Working harder and experiencing a reduction in income were also associated with higher anxiety scores in women but not in men. Women were more likely to score above the cut-off for depression (32. 5% vs 23. 6%, p
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Concepts | Keywords |
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April | Anxiety |
Comet | COVID-19 |
Pandemic | Depression |
Womens | Mental health |
Semantics
Type | Source | Name |
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disease | MESH | Covid-19 pandemic |
disease | MESH | depression |
disease | MESH | anxiety |
disease | MESH | post-traumatic stress disorder |
drug | DRUGBANK | Coenzyme M |
disease | MESH | education level |
disease | MESH | substance use |
disease | IDO | process |
drug | DRUGBANK | Trestolone |
drug | DRUGBANK | Diethylstilbestrol |
drug | DRUGBANK | Megestrol acetate |
drug | DRUGBANK | Creatinolfosfate |
disease | IDO | country |
disease | MESH | anxiety disorders |
drug | DRUGBANK | D-Alanine |
disease | MESH | interpersonal violence |
disease | MESH | Loneliness |
disease | IDO | symptom |
disease | MESH | causality |
drug | DRUGBANK | Isoxaflutole |
pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
disease | MESH | obsessive compulsive disorder |
disease | MESH | obsessions |
disease | MESH | tic |
disease | MESH | psychological stress |
disease | MESH | Suicide |
drug | DRUGBANK | Carboxyamidotriazole |
disease | MESH | psychological distress |
drug | DRUGBANK | Ethanol |
disease | MESH | Mental Disorders |
disease | IDO | intervention |