General Mental Health, Loneliness, and Life Satisfaction in the Context of COVID-19 Policies:A 2-Year Cohort Study in the Netherlands, April 2020–January 2022

Objective: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has affected mental health, understanding who has been affected most and why is incomplete. We sought to understand changes in mental health in the context of transmission numbers and pandemic (social) restrictions and whether changes in mental health varied among population groups. Methods: We analyzed data from 92 062 people (aged ≥16 years and able to read Dutch) who participated in the Corona Behavioral Unit cohort study at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, the Netherlands, from April 17, 2020, through January 25, 2022.... Mehr ...