Table 2.
Accessing asynchronous virtual mental health (AVMH) resources across indicators of self-reported mental health impact.
| Mental health indicator | Used AVMH resource, n (%) | Did not use AVMH resource, n (%) | |
| Compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions in Canada, how would you say your mental health is now?a | |||
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About the same or better (n=1874) | 19 (1.0) | 1855 (99.0) |
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Worse (n=1121) | 40 (3.6) | 1081 (96.4) |
| Overall, how well do you think you are coping with stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic?a | |||
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Fairly or very well (n=2439) | 36 (1.5) | 2403 (98.5) |
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Not well (n=400) | 22 (5.5) | 378 (94.5) |
| Felt panicked as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past 2 weeksb | |||
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Yes (n=231) | 10 (4.3) | 221 (95.7) |
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No (n=2769) | 49 (1.8) | 2720 (98.2) |
| Felt anxious or worried as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past 2 weeksa | |||
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Yes (n=1361) | 38 (2.8) | 1323 (97.2) |
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No (n=1639) | 21 (1.3) | 1618 (98.7) |
| Felt hopeless as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past 2 weeksa | |||
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Yes (n=353) | 16 (4.5) | 337 (95.5) |
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No (n=2647) | 43 (1.6) | 2604 (98.4) |
| Felt stressed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past 2 weeksa | |||
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Yes (n=1103) | 32 (2.9) | 1071 (97.1) |
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No (n=1897) | 27 (1.4) | 1870 (98.6) |
| Felt depressed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the past 2 weeksa | |||
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Yes (n=676) | 29 (4.3) | 647 (95.7) |
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No (n=2324) | 30 (1.3) | 2294 (98.7) |
| Experienced suicidal thoughts/feelings in the past 2 weeksa | |||
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Yes (n=176) | 14 (8) | 162 (92) |
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No (n=2792) | 43 (1.5) | 2749 (98.5) |
| Deliberately hurt myself in the past 2 weeksa | |||
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Yes (n=48) | 5 (10.4) | 43 (89.6) |
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No (n=2936) | 52 (1.8) | 2884 (98.2) |
aP<.01, based on chi-square analyses or exact test (Fischer or Fisher-Freeman-Halton).
bP<.05, based on chi-square analyses or exact test (Fischer or Fisher-Freeman-Halton).