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Verfasst von: | Gottschick, Cornelia [VerfasserIn]  |
| Diexer, Sophie [VerfasserIn]  |
| Massag, Janka [VerfasserIn]  |
| Klee, Bianca [VerfasserIn]  |
| Broda, Anja [VerfasserIn]  |
| Purschke, Oliver [VerfasserIn]  |
| Binder, Mascha [VerfasserIn]  |
| Sedding, Daniel [VerfasserIn]  |
| Frese, Thomas [VerfasserIn]  |
| Girndt, Matthias [VerfasserIn]  |
| Höll, Jessica [VerfasserIn]  |
| Michl, Patrick [VerfasserIn]  |
| Gekle, Michael [VerfasserIn]  |
| Mikolajczyk, Rafael [VerfasserIn]  |
Titel: | Mental health in Germany in the first weeks of the Russo-Ukrainian war |
Verf.angabe: | Cornelia Gottschick, Sophie Diexer, Janka Massag, Bianca Klee, Anja Broda, Oliver Purschke, Mascha Binder, Daniel Sedding, Thomas Frese, Matthias Girndt, Jessica I. Hoell, Patrick Michl, Michael Gekle and Rafael Mikolajczyk |
E-Jahr: | 2023 |
Jahr: | 14 April 2023 |
Umfang: | 7 S. |
Illustrationen: | Diagramme |
Titel Quelle: | Enthalten in: BJPsych Open |
Ort Quelle: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015 |
Jahr Quelle: | 2023 |
Band/Heft Quelle: | 9(2023), 3, Artikel-ID e66, Seite 1-7 |
ISSN Quelle: | 2056-4724 |
Abstract: | Anxiety disorders; depressive disorders; epidemiology; rating scales; statistical methodology |
| Background: In the connected world, although societies are not directly involved in a military conflict, they are exposed to media reports of violence. Aims: We assessed the effects of such exposures on mental health in Germany during the military conflict in Ukraine. Method: We used the German population-based cohort for digital health research, DigiHero, launching a survey on the eighth day of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Of the 27 509 cohort participants from the general population, 19 444 (70.7%) responded within 17 days. We measured mental health and fear of the impact of war compared with other fears (natural disasters or health-related). Results: In a subsample of 4441 participants assessed twice, anxiety in the population (measured by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 screener) was higher in the first weeks of war than during the strongest COVID-19 restrictions. Anxiety was elevated across the whole age spectrum, and the mean was above the cut-off for mild anxiety. Over 95% of participants expressed various degrees of fear of the impact of war, whereas the percentage for other investigated fears was 0.47–0.82. A one-point difference in the fear of the impact of war was associated with a 2.5 point (95% CI 2.42–2.58) increase in anxiety (11.9% of the maximum anxiety score). For emotional distress, the increase was 0.67 points (0.66–0.68) (16.75% of the maximum score). Conclusions: The population in Germany reacted to the Russo-Ukrainian war with substantial distress, exceeding reactions during the strongest restrictions in the COVID-19 pandemic. Fear of the impact of war was associated with worse mental health. |
DOI: | doi:10.1192/bjo.2023.21 |
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| kostenfrei: Resolving-System: https://doi.org/10.25673/103486 |
| DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2023.21 |
| DOI: https://doi.org/10.25673/103486 |
Datenträger: | Online-Ressource |
Sprache: | eng |
K10plus-PPN: | 1848495056 |
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Mental health in Germany in the first weeks of the Russo-Ukrainian war / Gottschick, Cornelia [VerfasserIn]; 14 April 2023 (Online-Ressource)