Mental Health In Germany Before, During And After The COVID-19 Pandemic
Year:
2025Published in:
PLoS OneBased on nationally representative panel data (N person-years = 40,020; N persons = 18,704; Panel Labour Market and Social Security; PASS) from 2018 to 2022, we investigate how mental health changed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. We employ time-distributed fixed effects regressions to show that mental health (Mental Health Component Summary Score of the SF-12) decreased from the first COVID-19 wave in 2020 onward, leading to the most pronounced mental health decreases during the Delta wave, which began in August 2021. In the summer of 2022, mental health had not returned to baseline levels. An analysis of the subdomains of the mental health measure indicates that long-term negative mental health changes are mainly driven by declines in psychological well-being and calmness. Furthermore, our results indicate no clear patterns of heterogeneity between age groups, sex, income, education, migrant status, childcare responsibilities or pre-COVID-19 health status. Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had a uniform effect on mental health in the German adult population and did not lead to a widening of health inequalities in the long run.
Related by author
31 publications found
Health in Ukraine: Prioritise Health Care Reform Across the Ukraine Health System for Recovery and Stable Peace
Publisher: Imperial Institute of Global Health Innovation
Authors: O'Brien Niki, Khanyk Nataliia, Pavlenko Dmytro, Maksym Obrizan, Abbara Aula, Sullivan Richard
Evidence from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk
Publisher: Kyiv School of Economics
Authors: Maksym Obrizan, Tom Coupe
Health Consequences of the War in Eastern Ukraine: Comparing 2015‑16 to 2012‑13
Publisher: Journal of Comparative Economics
Authors: Maksym Obrizan, Pavlo Iavorskyi
Recent Hospitalization and the Risk of Hip Fracture Among Older Americans
Publisher: The Journals of Gerontology
Authors: Fredric D Wolinsky, Suzanne Bentler, Li Liu, Maksym Obrizan, Elizabeth A Cook, Kara B Wright, John F Geweke, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Claire E Pavlik, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Michael P Jones, Kelly K. Richardson, Gary E Rosenthal, Robert B Wallace
Quantifying the Gap in Self‑Rated Health for Transition Countries Over 1989‑2014
Publisher: Comparative Economic Studies
Authors: Maksym Obrizan
A Taxonomy for the Financing of Health for All
Publisher: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Authors: Maksym Obrizan, Vanessa Huang, Juan Jardon-Pina
Violence and Socio‑Economic Outcomes of Ukrainians in Poland and Ukraine
Publisher: VOX Ukraine
Authors: Maksym Obrizan, Jan Fidrmuc, Piotr Stanek
Unpaid Work, Gender Equity and Health: How Can Ukraine Benefit from Time‑use Data?
Publisher: VOX Ukraine
Authors: Maksym Obrizan
Prior Hospitalization and the Risk of Heart Attack in Older Adults: A 12‑Year Prospective Study of Medicare Beneficiaries
Publisher: The Journals of Gerontology
Authors: Fredric D Wolinsky, Suzanne Bentler, Li Liu, Michael P Jones, Brian Kaskie, Jason Hockenberry, Elizabeth A Chrischilles, Kara B Wright, John F Geweke, Maksym Obrizan, Robert L Ohsfeldt, Gary E Rosenthal, Robert B Wallace
The Macroeconomic Impact of the 1918‑19 Influenza Pandemic in Sweden
Publisher: The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics
Authors: Maksym Obrizan, Mykhailo Matvieiev, Martin Karlsson