Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the general population (COMET-G) study

Abstract

Introduction: There are few published empirical data on the effects of COVID-19 on mental health, and until now, there is no large international study. Material and methods: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an online questionnaire gathered data from 55,589 participants from 40 countries (64.85% females aged 35.80 ±13.61; 34.05% males aged 34.90 ±13.29 and 1.10% other aged 31.64 ±13.15). Distress and probable depression were identified with the use of a previously developed cut-offand algorithm respectively. Statistical analysis: Descriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square tests, multiple forward stepwise linear regression analyses and Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) tested relations among variables.