Table 2. 12-month-prevalence of various mental disorders in Germany before the Covid-19 pandemic, and prevalence assessed during the lockdown in total numbers (No.) and frequencies (%).
12-month-prevalence Germany [10], N = 4484 | Observed Prevalence current sample, N = 949 | ||||
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% | 95% CI | No. | % | 95% CI | |
Any Mental Disorder | 27.7 | [26.3–29.2] | 480 | 50.6 | [47.4–53.7] |
Any Depression | 7.7 | [6.9–8.6] | 335 | 35.3 | [32.1–38.4] |
General Anxiety Disorder | 2.2 | [1.8–2.8] | 114 | 12.0 | [9.9–14.1] |
Panic Disorder | 2.0 | [1.6–2.5] | 51 | 5.4 | [4.0–6.8] |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | 3.6 | [3.1–4.4] | 203 | 21.4 | [18.8–24.0] |
Somatoform Disorder (Health anxiety) | 3.5 | [2.9–4.1] | 165 | 17.4 | [15.0–19.8] |
Annotations: CI = Confidence Interval