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Table 4.

The overall impact of the pandemic on individual search parameters before and during the pandemic in Europe

	Changes in psychological search parameters (p-Value) before and after the confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by the WHO.
Psychological aspect of an affective disorder	Independent of population size	Weighted by population size
Anxiety	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Dejection	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Depression	<0.001^b	0.55^c
Depressed mood	0.93^c	0.48^c
Exhaustion	0.25^c	<0.019^a
Weariness	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Listlessness	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Loss of appetite	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Loss of libido	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Panic attack	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Sadness	0.19^c	0.48^c
Bad mood	0.53^c	0.33^c
Insomnia	<0.019^a	0.24^c
Sleeping problem	0.79^c	0.20^c
Worthlessness	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Guilt	0.07^c	<0.006^a
Treatment or treatment provider	Changes in treatment or treatment provider related search parameters (p-Value) before and after the confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by the WHO.
	Independent of population size	Weighted by population size
Psychology	<0.017^b	0.35^c
Psychiatry	0.51^c	0.75^c
Psychologist	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Psychotherapist	<0.001^a	<0.001^a
Psychotherapy	<0.001^a	<0.002^a
Psychological treatment	<0.037^a	0.72^c

Changes of the psychological-related search parameter increased significantly after the first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported.

Changes of the psychological-related search parameter decreased significantly after the first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported.

No significant changes.