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a person who is stressed People in England continued to experience high levels of psychological distress even after all legal Covid restrictions ended in February 2022, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and King's College London. The findings, part of the Covid-19 Rapid Survey of Adherence to Interventions and Responses (CORSAIR) study, were published in Journal of Psychiatric Research and examined data collected from online surveys of over 41,000 participants over the age of 16 years between April 2020 until April 2022. The study found that psychological distress was consistently higher than normal throughout the pandemic and broadly mirrored the pattern of restrictions and Covid-19 case numbers. However, there were notable exceptions which indicated that other factors may have been at play. Between April 2020 and April 2022, approximately 50%-60% of women and 40%-50% of men reported signs of psychological distress as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire 4*, such as uncontrollable worrying, little interest or pleasure in doing things and feeling depressed or anxious. This is compared to 25%-30% of women and 20%-25% of men prior to the pandemic. Emotional wellbeing also deteriorated throughout the pandemic and was lowest in the first and third lockdown.
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