Trends in Psychological Distress Among Adults in England, 2020-2022.
Trends in Psychological Distress Among Adults in England, 2020-2022.
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DOI:
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21959
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发表时间:
2023-07-03
影响因子:
13.8
通讯作者:
Brose, Leonie
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作者:
Jackson, Sarah E.;Brown, Jamie;Shahab, Lion;McNeill, Ann;Munafo, Marcus R.;Brose, Leonie
How has the prevalence of psychological distress in the adult population of England changed since 2020? This survey study of 51 861 adults found that the proportion reporting severe levels of distress increased steadily by 46%, from an already elevated baseline, since the start of the pandemic. This increase in severe distress occurred across all population subgroups, with the exception of older adults (aged ≥65 years), and was most pronounced in young adults (aged 18-24 years). These findings provide evidence of a growing mental health crisis in England and underscore an urgent need to address its cause and to adequately fund mental health services. This survey study examines trends in psychological distress among adults in England from April 2020 to December 2022 and examines differences by key potential moderators. In the last 3 years, people in England have lived through a pandemic and cost-of-living and health care crises, all of which may have contributed to worsening mental health in the population. To estimate trends in psychological distress among adults over this period and to examine differences by key potential moderators. A monthly cross-sectional, nationally representative household survey of adults aged 18 years or older was conducted in England between April 2020 and December 2022. Past-month distress was assessed with the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. Time trends in any distress (moderate to severe, scores ≥5) and severe distress (scores ≥13) were modeled, and interactions with age, gender, occupational social grade, children in the household, smoking status, and drinking risk status were tested. Data were collected from 51 861 adults (weighted mean [SD] age, 48.6 [18.5] years; 26 609 women [51.3%]). There was little overall change in the proportion of respondents reporting any distress (from 34.5% to 32.0%; prevalence ratio [PR], 0.93; 95% CI, 0.87-0.99), but the proportion reporting severe distress increased by 46%, from 5.7% to 8.3% (PR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.21-1.76). Although trends differed by sociodemographic characteristics, smoking, and drinking, the increase in severe distress was observed across all subgroups (with PR estimates ranging from 1.17 to 2.16), with the exception of those aged 65 years and older (PR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.43-1.38); the increase was particularly pronounced since late 2021 among those younger than 25 years (increasing from 13.6% in December 2021 to 20.2% in December 2022). In this survey study of adults in England, the proportion reporting any psychological distress was similar in December 2022 to that in April 2020 (an extremely difficult and uncertain moment of the COVID-19 pandemic), but the proportion reporting severe distress was 46% higher. These findings provide evidence of a growing mental health crisis in England and underscore an urgent need to address its cause and to adequately fund mental health services.
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