@article{2997212,
    title = "Suicidal ideation during COVID-19 lockdown in Greece: Prevalence in the community, risk and protective factors",
    author = "Papadopoulou, A. and Efstathiou, V. and Yotsidi, V. and Pomini, V. and Michopoulos, I. and Markopoulou, E. and Papadopoulou, M. and Tsigkaropoulou, E. and Kalemi, G. and Tournikioti, K. and Douzenis, A. and Gournellis, R.",
    journal = "Psychiatry Research",
    year = "2021",
    volume = "297",
    publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
    issn = "0165-1781",
    doi = "10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113713",
    keywords = "adult;  anxiety;  Article;  attitude to health;  clinical assessment tool;  community sample;  Connor Davidson resilience scale;  controlled study;  coronavirus disease 2019;  cross-sectional study;  depression;  divorced person;  epidemic;  epidemiological data;  family functioning;  female;  friend;  functional disease;  Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale;  Greece;  health status;  health survey;  high risk population;  human;  lockdown;  major clinical study;  male;  medical history;  mental health;  online analysis;  pandemic;  patient health questionnaire;  prevalence;  preventive medicine;  priority journal;  protection;  psychological resilience;  public health problem;  questionnaire;  risk assessment;  risk factor;  self report;  single (marital status);  social interaction;  suicidal ideation;  symptom;  Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation 15;  adolescent;  communicable disease control;  depression;  mental stress;  middle aged;  pandemic;  prevalence;  protection;  psychological resilience;  psychology;  risk factor;  suicidal ideation, Adolescent;  Adult;  Anxiety;  Communicable Disease Control;  COVID-19;  Depression;  Female;  Greece;  Humans;  Male;  Mental Health;  Middle Aged;  Pandemics;  Prevalence;  Protective Factors;  Resilience, Psychological;  Risk Factors;  SARS-CoV-2;  Stress, Psychological;  Suicidal Ideation;  Surveys and Questionnaires",
    abstract = "The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of suicidal ideation in the community as well as the risk and protective factors of suicidal ideation during restriction measures in Greece, after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Α web-based anonymous survey was conducted during the first lockdown period. Participants completed the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-2), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2), the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation (SCORE-15), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISK-2), and a self-report questionnaire for COVID-19 pandemic-related data. From a total of 5,116 adults included in the study, 5.20% reported suicidal thoughts, 14.17% were potential clinical cases of anxiety, and 26.51% of depression. Participants presented significantly higher suicidal ideation rates during the last two weeks of the lockdown compared to its previous two weeks. Unmarried or divorced marital status, mental health history, poor perceived quality of physical health, impaired family functioning, anxiety and depression symptoms were independently associated with higher odds of suicidal ideation, whereas higher resilience, positive feelings with regard to the lockdown measures, relationship with friends, and faith in a Supreme Being were associated with lower suicidal ideation odds. According to the findings, suicidal ideation prevalence might be considered elevated and its increase during the lockdown period alarming. The risk and protective factors identified in the study offer valuable information for the development of preventive strategies against suicidal ideation, especially in times of crisis. © 2021"
}