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Table 3 Lifetime psychiatric diagnoses, increased severity and attribution to COVID-19

From: Age-specific determinants of psychiatric outcomes after the first COVID-19 wave: baseline findings from a Canadian online cohort study

 

Child by parent-report

(< 8 year)

Youth by parent-report

(8–18 year)

Youth self-report

(8–18 year)

Young adult self-report

(19–29 year)

Other adult self-report

(30 + year)

N = 192

N = 289

N = 137

N = 586

N = 1,936

GAD

 Lifetime diagnosis

6 (3.1%)

43 (15%)

16 (12%)

193 (33%)

339 (18%)

 Increased severity

5 (83%)

33 (77%)

14 (88%)

155 (80%)

241 (71%)

 Increase due to COVID-19

5 (100%)

26 (79%)

7 (50%)

119 (77%)

192 (80%)

Depression

 Lifetime diagnosis

0 (0%)

28 (9.7%)

12 (8.8%)

200 (34%)

496 (26%)

 Increased severity

NA

18 (64%)

11 (92%)

143 (72%)

331 (67%)

 Increase due to COVID-19

NA

16 (89%)

7 (64%)

109 (76%)

259 (78%)

OCD

 Lifetime diagnosis

1 (0.5%)

20 (6.9%)

10 (7.3%)

43 (7.3%)

47 (2.4%)

 Increased severity

0 (0%)

15 (75%)

5 (50%)

29 (67%)

24 (51%)

 Increase due to COVID-19

NA

12 (80%)

3 (60%)

23 (79%)

14 (58%)

Other psychiatric disorder1

 Lifetime diagnosis

6 (3.1%)

48 (17%)

19 (14%)

189 (32%)

383 (20%)

 Increased severity

3 (75%)

21 (48%)

16 (84%)

103 (58%)

192 (54%)

 Increase due to COVID-19

3 (100%)

13 (62%)

13 (81%)

75 (73%)

138 (72%)

Any psychiatric disorder2

 Any lifetime diagnosis

10 (5.2%)3

79 (27%)3

30 (22%)3

286 (49%)4

659 (34%)4

 Increase severity of any

5 (50%)

49 (62%)

19 (63%)

212 (74%)

450 (68%)

 Increase in any due to COVID-19

5 (100%)

37 (76%)

11 (58%)

173 (82%)

364 (81%)

  1. Note. “Worsening due to COVID-19” is only asked of those reporting increased severity
  2. 1Comprising other anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, tic, psychosis, and bipolar disorders
  3. 2Comprising all disorders above
  4. 3Ontario Child Health Survey reference for GAD, depression, any psychiatric disorder, respectively: 4–11 y: 3.4%, 1.1%, 18.1%; 12–17 y: parent-report 5.5%, 5.2%, 18.2%; self-report 9.7%, 7.3%, 21.8%
  5. 4Statistics Canada reference for GAD, depression, any psychiatric disorder, respectively: 15–24 y: 2.4%, 7.1%, 18.5%; 25–64 y: 3.0%, 5.0%, 9.8%