Table 2.
Mental and behavioral health before and during the pandemic.
| Compared with how you were doing before COVID-19, how much have you been bothered by the following: | No change | A lot more than usual | A little more than usual | A little less than usual | A lot less than usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeling stressed | 15.2% (39) | 31.1% (80) | 49.8% (128) | 3.1% (8) | .8% (2) |
| Feeling nervous or anxious | 24.5% (63) | 24.9% (64) | 45.9% (118) | 4.3% (11) | .4% (1) |
| Not being able to stop worrying | 45% (116) | 14.4% (37) | 35.8% (92) | 4.3% (11) | .4% (1) |
| Feeling sad | 43.2% (111) | 17.5% (45) | 35.4% (91) | 3.5% (9) | .4% (1) |
| Feeling annoyed or irritable | 24.6% (63) | 24.2% (62) | 48% (123) | 3.1% (8) | 0 |
| Experiencing lack of motivation | 37% (95) | 18.7% (48) | 39.3% (101) | 3.5% (9) | 1.6% (4) |
| Feeling lonely | 33.9% (87) | 26.1% (67) | 35% (90) | 3.9% (10) | 1.2% (3) |
| How often did you do the following in the 6 months before COVID-19… | Daily | 3–4 days a week | 1–2 days a week | 1–3 days a month | Never |
| Exercise | 28.1% (72) | 41% (105) | 20.3% (52) | 8.2% (21) | 2.3% (6) |
| Get together with friends | 0.8% (2) | 11.8% (30) | 44.5% (113) | 39.4% (100) | 3.5% (9) |
| Get together with family | 11.3% (29) | 4.3% (11) | 28.1% (72) | 46.5% (119) | 9.8% (25) |
| Drink alcohol | 7.8% (20) | 16.8% (39) | 34% (86) | 28% (70) | 15% (37) |
| How often did you do the following in the past month… | Daily | 3–4 days a week | 1–2 days a week | 1–3 days a month | Never |
| Exercise | 24.5% (62) | 31.6% (80) | 26.9% (68) | 11.5% (29) | 5.5% (14) |
| Get together with friends in person | ND | 1.6% (4) | 18.1% (46) | 54.3% (138) | 26% (66) |
| Get together with friends virtually | 4% (1) | 1.6% (4) | 15.3% (39) | 45.5% (116) | 37.3% (95) |
| Get together with family in person | 9.8% (25) | 4.7% (12) | 8.6% (22) | 52.9% (135) | 23.9% (61) |
| Get together with family virtually | 3.6% (9) | 7.1% (18) | 20.6% (52) | 40.9% (103) | 27.8% (70) |
| Drink alcohol | 14.5% (37) | 19.9% (51) | 23% (59) | 23% (59) | 19.5% (50) |
| Burnout | I enjoyed my work. I had no symptoms of burnout. | Occasionally I felt under stress, and I didn’t always have as much energy as I once did, but I didn’t feel burned out. | I was definitely burning out and had one or more symptoms of burnout, such as physical and emotional exhaustion. | The symptoms of burnout wouldn’t go away. | I felt completely burned out and often wondered if I could go on. I was at the point where I needed some changes or needed to seek some sort of help. |
| Burnout 6 months pre-COVID-19 | 16% (41) | 67.7% (174) | 14% (36) | 1.9% (5) | 0.4% (1) |
| Burnout past month | 10.5% (27) | 48.6% (125) | 31.9% (82) | 4.7% (12) | 4.3% (11) |
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.