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The relationship between anxiety, health, and potential stressors among adults in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

Parcesepe, A.; Robertson, M.; Berry, A.; Maroko, A. R.; Zimba, R.; Grov, C.; Westmoreland, D.; Kulkarni, S.; Rane, M.; Salgado-You, W.; Mirzayi, C.; Waldron, L.; Nash, D.

2020-11-04 infectious diseases
10.1101/2020.10.30.20221440 medRxiv
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ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of anxiety symptoms and the association between moderate or severe anxiety symptoms and health and potential stressors among adults in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic MethodsThis analysis includes data from 5,250 adults in the Communities, Households and SARS/CoV-2 Epidemiology (CHASING) COVID Cohort Study surveyed in April 2020. Poisson models were used to estimate the association between moderate or severe anxiety symptoms and health and potential stressors among U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. ResultsGreater than one-third (35%) of participants reported moderate or severe anxiety symptoms. Having lost income due to COVID-19 (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR] 1.27 (95% CI 1.16, 1.30), having recent COVID-like symptoms (aPR 1.17 (95% CI 1.05, 1,31), and having been previously diagnosed with depression (aPR 1.49, (95% CI 1.35, 1.64) were positively associated with anxiety symptoms. ConclusionsAnxiety symptoms were common among adults in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Strategies to screen and treat individuals at increased risk of anxiety, such as individuals experiencing financial hardship and individuals with prior diagnoses of depression, should be developed and implemented.

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