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Oct 2, 2020 · Stress has a psychological impact that can manifest as irritability or aggression, a feeling of loss of control, insomnia, fatigue or exhaustion, sadness or tears, concentration or memory problems, or more. Continued stress can lead to other problems, such as depression, anxiety or burnout.
The pandemic has impacted the mental health of Canadians, with youth experiencing the greatest declines. Since COVID-19, fewer Canadians report having excellent or very good mental health – 55% (July 2020) down from 68% (2019). Prior to COVID-19, youth aged 15-24 were the least likely to report excellent or very good mental health.
Sep 22, 2023 · Using data from the 2022 Mental Health and Access to Care Survey, this article provides updated prevalence estimates for some of the most common mental disorders, including mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders.
- Ellen Stephenson
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Strengths and Limitations
- Conclusions
Background
Mental health among Canadians has worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to identify profiles of mental health difficulties and to quantify the relationships between mental health profiles, negative impacts related to the pandemic and suicidal ideation.
Data and methods
Participants were 22,721 adults (18 years and older) from the 2020 and 2021 Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health. Latent profile analysis was used to identify patterns of anxiety, depression and psychological distress. The relationships between mental health profiles, negative impacts and suicidal ideation were examined using logistic regression models.
Results
Three mental health profiles were identified. Individuals were classified as having no mental health difficulties (Profile 1, 65.70%), low-to-moderate mental health difficulties (Profile 2, 25.52%) and severe mental health difficulties (Profile 3, 8.78%). Individuals in Profiles 2 and 3 were at greater odds than individuals in Profile 1 of experiencing emotional distress; the death of a family member, friend or colleague; difficulty in meeting financial obligations or essential needs; the los...
Many Canadians have experienced worse mental health since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Note 1Note 2Note 3Note 4 In May 2020, 38% of survey respondents in Canada indicated a deterioration in mental health since COVID-19 began.Note 3 Identified emotional challenges linked with deterioration in mental health included feeling anxious and worried ...
Data source
Data were from the Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health (SCMH),Note 15 a cross-sectional, nationally representative, rapid response survey led by Statistics Canada. The purpose of the SCMHwas to assess the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health and well-being of Canadians. The first cycle of data collection took place in the fall of 2020, and the second cycle took place in the spring of 2021. The target population included individuals aged 18 years and older from all provinces and territori...
Measures
Anxiety: Anxiety was assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7).Note 16 The GAD-7 includes seven items that assess the presence and severity of generalized anxiety disorder. Items are rated on a four-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). Responses to each item were summed to provide a single score ranging from 0 to 21, with higher scores indicating greater levels of anxiety. A score of 10 or higher represents a reasonable cut point score fo...
Analysis
All analyses were conducted in RStudio 4.0.5. Missing values (less than 1%) were imputed using multiple imputation with fully conditional specification. Twenty-five imputed datasets were generated using the mice (multivariate imputation via chained equation) package.Note 21 The imputed datasets included all exposures, outcomes and covariates. All model results were pooled using Rubin’s standard rules.Note 22 Latent profile analysis was conducted using the mclust package.Note 23 Latent profile...
Latent profile analysis: Table 1 presents fit indices of latent profile models with an increasing number of mental health profiles. Results showed that a three-profile solution was optimal. The entropy values for Profile 4 and Profile 5 did not meet the recommended threshold, and the smallest class in Profile 5 contained less than 5% of the sample....
The objective of this cross-sectional study with approximately 23,000 Canadian adults was to examine mental health profiles and their associations with negative impacts and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Latent profile analysis indicated that a three-profile solution best fit the data. Individuals were classified into three concept...
Strengths of our study include the large, representative sample and the inclusion of several covariates in the logistic regression models. Applying multiple imputation to treat missing values—rather than traditional listwise deletion—helped preserve power, increase precision and reduce bias. Furthermore, the use of latent profile analysis to identi...
This study is among the first to investigate shared symptom patterns of anxiety, depression and psychological distress among Canadian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of the sample was classified as experiencing no mental health difficulties (65.70%; Profile 1), followed by low-to-moderate mental health difficulties (25.52%; Profil...
Jan 26, 2022 · Anxiety and feelings of depression and loneliness among adult Canadians are at their highest levels — especially among women and frontline workers — since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a...
January 25, 2022 (Toronto) — Adult Canadians are reporting levels of moderate to severe anxiety, loneliness and feelings of depression as high as early in the pandemic, according to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) ninth survey of Canadians’ pandemic health and substance use, conducted in collaboration with research ...
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