Self-rated mental health, community belonging, life satisfaction and perceived change in mental health among adults during the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada

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https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.5.05

Language of the publication
English
Date
2022
Type
Accepted manuscript
Author(s)
  • Capaldi, Colin A.
  • Liu, Li
  • Ooi, Laura L.
  • Roberts, Karen C.
Publisher
The Public Health Agency of Canada

Abstract

Findings from the 2020 Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health (SCMH) suggested that the positive mental health of adults in Canada was lower during the second wave of the pandemic (fall 2020) than in 2019. With 2021 SCMH data from winter/spring 2021, we find in the current study that average life satisfaction and the prevalence of high self-rated mental health, high community belonging and perceptions of stable/improved mental health were even lower during the third wave of the pandemic as compared to the second wave in the overall adult population and in most sociodemographic groups. Highlights Fewer adults in Canada reported high self-rated mental health in winter/spring 2021 (51.5%) compared to fall 2020 (59.9%). Fewer adults reported high community belonging in winter/spring 2021 (57.3%) compared to fall 2020 (63.7%). Rated from 0 (very dissatisfied) to 10 (very satisfied), average life satisfaction was lower in winter/spring 2021 (6.9) compared to fall 2020 (7.2). Fewer adults in winter/spring 2021 (58.1%) compared to fall 2020 (66.5%) reported that their mental health was better or about the same compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Subject

  • Health

Keywords

  • COVID-19,
  • coronavirus,
  • mental health,
  • life satisfaction,
  • community belonging,
  • Canadian adults,
  • public health

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Pagination

218-225

Peer review

Yes

Open access level

Green

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ISSN
2368-738X

Article

Journal title
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada : Research, Policy and Practice
Journal volume
42
Journal issue
5

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Citation(s)

Capaldi CA, Liu L, Ooi LL, Roberts KC. Self-rated mental health, community belonging, life satisfaction and perceived change in mental health among adults during the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2022;42(5):218-25. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.5.05

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