Table 3.
Prevalence of post-lockdown moderate/severe depression and anxiety according to pre-pandemic diagnosis of mental health disorder and sociodemographic characteristics, COVICAT study, n = 9515
| Depression | Anxiety | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Moderate | Severe | None | Moderate | Severe | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Total | 6916 (72.7) | 2037 (21.4) | 562 (5.9) | 6580 (69.2) | 1815 (19.1) | 1120 (11.8) |
| Pre-pandemic mental health diagnosis | ||||||
| No diagnosis | 6683 (74.6) | 1850 (20.7) | 419 (4.9) | 6378 (71.3) | 1667 (18.6) | 907 (10.1) |
| Any diagnosis | 233 (41.4) | 187 (33.2) | 143 (25.4) | 202 (35.9) | 148 (26.3) | 213 (37.8) |
| Depression | 89 (39.6) | 70 (31.1) | 66 (29.3) | 84 (37.3) | 56 (24.9) | 85 (37.8) |
| Anxiety | 103 (38.6) | 88 (32.9) | 76 (28.5) | 79 (29.6) | 70 (26.2) | 118 (44.2) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Women | 3907 (68.9) | 1352 (23.9) | 409 (7.2) | 3586 (63.3) | 1243 (21.9) | 839 (14.8) |
| Men | 3009 (78.2) | 685 (17.8) | 153 (3.9) | 2994 (77.8) | 572 (14.9) | 281 (7.3) |
| Age groups | ||||||
| ≤ 49 | 1801 (69.5) | 589 (22.7) | 201 (7.8) | 1700 (65.6) | 490 (18.9) | 401 (15.5) |
| 50–59 | 3107 (70.1) | 1003 (22.8) | 276 (6.3) | 2953 (67.3) | 880 (20.1) | 553 (12.6) |
| ≥ 60 | 2008 (79.1) | 445 (17.5) | 85 (3.3) | 1927 (75.9) | 445 (17.5) | 166 (6.5) |
| Education | ||||||
| Primary or lower | 759 (70.2) | 243 (22.5) | 80 (7.4) | 708 (65.4) | 228 (21.1) | 146 (13.5) |
| Secondary | 2859 (71.7) | 898 (22.3) | 264 (6.6) | 2701 (67.2) | 783 (19.5) | 537 (13.3) |
| Graduate or above | 3298 (74.8) | 896 (20.3) | 218 (4.9) | 3171 (71.8) | 804 (18.2) | 437 (9.9) |
| COVID-19 disease | ||||||
| All cases | 289 (61.6) | 133 (28.4) | 47 (10.0) | 269 (57.4) | 110 (23.5) | 90 (19.2) |
| Severe COVID-19* | 38 (64.4) | 14 (23.7) | 7 (11.9) | 32 (54.2) | 16 (27.1) | 11 (18.6) |
| No diagnosis | 6627 (73.3) | 1904 (21.1) | 515 (5.7) | 6311 (69.8) | 1705 (18.9) | 1030 (11.4) |
*Severe cases among those with positive COVID-19 diagnosis (N = 469)