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Getting the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine resulted in significant improvements in U.S. adults' mental health

09.08.21 | PLOS

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Getting the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine resulted in significant improvements in U.S. adults' mental health
Mental distress before and after receiving the first dose. Note. PHQ-4 scores are standardized to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1. Residuals are taken from a linear regression of standardized PHQ-4 scores against wave dummy variables and an indicator for ever vaccinated. For the ever vaccinated, the residual is plotted against the number of days before or since receiving the first dose. Observations are grouped by wave. Vertical line denotes the date when a vaccination dose was fi Credit: Perez-Arce et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Getting the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine resulted in significant improvements in U.S. adults' mental health.

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Article Title: COVID-19 vaccines and mental distress

Author Countries: United States of America

Funding: A.K. the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-016365 A.K 5U01AG054580 National Institute on Aging under grant. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.


Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0256406

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0256406

Data/statistical analysis

People

COVID-19 vaccines and mental distress

8-Sep-2021

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Covid 19 Data Analysis Mental Health Social Sciences Vaccination

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0256406
Method of Research
Data/statistical analysis
Subject of Research
People
Article Publication Date
2021-09-08
Article Title
COVID-19 vaccines and mental distress
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Charlotte Bhaskar
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2021, September 8). Getting the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine resulted in significant improvements in U.S. adults' mental health. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8Y444OKL/getting-the-first-dose-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-resulted-in-significant-improvements-in-us-adults-mental-health.html
MLA:
"Getting the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine resulted in significant improvements in U.S. adults' mental health." Brightsurf News, Sep. 8 2021, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8Y444OKL/getting-the-first-dose-of-a-covid-19-vaccine-resulted-in-significant-improvements-in-us-adults-mental-health.html.