Psychological well-being and symptoms of depression and anxiety across age groups during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

[...]our studies based on the COVID-19 Consequences Denmark Panel Survey 2020 (CCDPS 2020) have documented co-variation between the pandemic pressure (positive cases of coronavirus infection/COVID-19-related deaths/societal restrictions and lockdowns) and the psychological well-being of the Danish population (Sønderskov et al., 2020a; Sønderskov et al., 2020b; Sønderskov et al., 2021). [...]we investigated the correlation (Pearson’s) between changes in each of the six anxiety/depression symptom levels and changes in the WHO-5 total scores from wave 2 to wave 4. Discussion The take-home message from this study based on the CCDPS 2020 is that the unfolding of the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have had a particularly negative impact on young adults compared to older adults, although alternative explanations (e.g. seasonal changes) can of course not be ruled out due to the observational design (for a discussion of this aspect see Sønderskov et al.