The COVID-19 pandemic impacted just about every part of people’s lives. Quarantining, social distancing, societal disruptions, and an ever-shifting, uncertain landscape of rules and restrictions and variants created stress and isolation that impacted the mental health of millions of Americans. No
A recent study conducted on approximately 136,000 patients from Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City revealed that the severity of depression and depressive symptoms were significant among all patients in the study, irrespective of whether they were infected with COVID-19 or not.pandemic impacted just about every part of people’s lives.
In the study, results of which were presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 2023 scientific session in New Orleans on March 4, Intermountain researchers found that depression symptoms rose significantly during the pandemic, with more than half of all patients reporting some degree of clinically-relevant depressive symptoms.. We found increased rates of depression and depression severity across the board,” said Heidi T.
In the Intermountain study, researchers examined 135,864 patients who completed their first Patient Healthcare Questionnare-9 , which is used to screen for depression, in a primary care setting from January 1, 2016, to April 20, 2022.The researchers found a significant increase in PHQ-9 scores, with the mean PHQ-9 score rising by 1.5 points.
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