Mental Well-Being (Depression, Loneliness, Insomnia, Daily Life Fatigue) during COVID-19 Related Home-Confinement—A Study from Poland

Adrian Bartoszek, Dariusz Walkowiak, Agnieszka Bartoszek and Grzegorz Kardas
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Adrian Bartoszek: Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, 90-001 Lodz, Poland
Dariusz Walkowiak: Department of Organization and Management in Health Care Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-356 Poznań, Poland
Agnieszka Bartoszek: Department of Family Medicine and Community Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
Grzegorz Kardas: Clinic of Internal Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, Medical University of Lodz, 90-001 Lodz, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 20, 1-12

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is a great threat to both physical and mental health as it may lead to psychological stress connected with an economic crisis, threat of unemployment, or fear of losing family members. Emerging data shows that the general public may be vulnerable to the pandemic-related stress and experience frequently prevalent anxiety. A study involving 471 subjects (85.6% female) was conducted online during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used the following scales: Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Revised University of California, Los Angeles (R-UCLA) Loneliness Scale, and Daily Life Fatigue scale (DLF). Women had higher mean scores of depression, loneliness, and daily life fatigue and more often than males started exercising. Among people professionally active before the pandemic, there were more cases of increased alcohol consumption than among students. No differences in alcohol consumption patterns were found between genders. People living alone had higher scores of loneliness and daily life fatigue compared to those living with someone. Respondents who started taking any new drugs during COVID-19 home confinement had higher outcomes in all questionnaires. During home confinement, high scores of depression, insomnia, loneliness, and everyday fatigue were observed.

Keywords: COVID-19; depression; loneliness; insomnia; fatigue; home confinement/isolation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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