Publication - Research and analysis

Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health tracker study - wave 2 report

Published: 15 February 2021
From: Director-General Health and Social Care
Directorate: Population Health Directorate
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland, Health and social care
ISBN: 9781800046498

Wave 2 findings (data collected from 17 July and 17 August 2020) indicate increased rates of suicidal thoughts, no significant changes in rates of depression or anxiety, and an improvement in most other indicators of mental health and wellbeing, compared to Wave 1 (data from 28 May to 21 June 2020)

Supporting documents

Annex 1. Descriptive analysis of data with weights on and weights off

Table A: Percentages and means with weights on and off for main study variables for all study participants
	Weights off		Weights on
%	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2
Depressive symptoms	19.79	19.32	25.51	24.06
Anxiety symptoms	13.74	13.74	19.26	16.90
Suicidal ideation	6.58	9.65	10.32	13.35
GHQ-12 cut-off	28.07	26.37	35.84	28.78
Wellbeing	21.98	22.14	21.27	21.66
Loneliness	4.94	4.60	5.18	4.70
Defeat	3.55	3.41	4.03	3.72
Entrapment	3.20	3.08	3.74	3.41
Resilience	10.77	10.99	10.30	10.62
Social support	14.60	14.53	14.24	14.44
Distress	2.39	2.22	2.81	2.46
Life satisfaction	6.47	6.46	6.31	6.36

*Wave 1 data includes only those who completed Wave 1 and Wave 2

Table B1: Weights on percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Wave 1 and Wave 2
			Depressive symptoms		Anxiety symptoms		Suicidal ideation		GHQ-12 cut-off
			Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2
Gender		N
	Men	1198	20.0	24.4	13.8	15.7	10.2	16.3	38.7	25.4
	Women	1269	27.0	23.7	18.6	18.0	9.1	10.5	26.2	32.0
Age
	18-29	541	40.3	42.3	25.9	32.3	18.7	26.2	45.5	41.6
	30-59	1178	24.3	23.5	17.5	16.0	10.6	13.9	34.2	30.6
	60+	749	10.5	11.8	7.4	7.2	1.9	3.7	21.3	16.7
Mental health
	No MH	2059	17.9	18.9	11.6	13.4	7.6	10.2	28.4	25.6
	MH	307	63.5	60.3	49.5	41.7	25.2	36.7	62.5	51.3
SEG
	Low	924	27.5	29.4	19.6	22.4	13.3	17.1	35.6	32.2
	High	1442	21.3	20.9	14.4	13.8	7.4	11.1	30.9	26.8
Dependents
	No dependents <16	1791	24.0	24.6	16.8	17.0	9.3	12.8	32.5	28.7
	Dependents <16	575	21.9	22.1	14.6	16.7	10.8	15.5	33.1	29.0
Key worker
	Not a key worker	1943	23.3	23.4	15.5	16.2	9.1	12.5	31.8	28.5
	Key worker	459	24.5	27.0	19.6	19.6	11.9	17.1	36.7	30.0
Rural
	Rural	481	20.2	20.7	16.2	15.1	7.8	11.0	34.4	28.7
	Urban	1921	24.4	24.9	16.3	17.3	10.0	14.0	32.2	28.8
Physical health
	No PH	1992	20.8	20.7	14.5	15.4	9.0	12.5	31.0	26.8
	PH	480	34.7	37.4	23.0	22.8	12.0	16.7	39.4	36.7
Carer
	Not a carer	2038	22.1	23.2	15.1	16.4	9.0	13.0	30.5	27.1
	Carer	349	32.7	29.5	23.2	20.3	13.2	16.0	45.7	38.6
Live alone
	Not alone	1860	23.8	23.8	16.8	17.7	9.6	13.3	34.9	31.4
	Alone	543	22.8	24.8	14.6	14.1	9.6	13.6	25.1	19.8
Change to working status
	No change	1270	20.9	21.3	14.3	14.6	7.9	10.6	28.6	24.6
	Change	1132	26.5	27.1	18.5	19.4	11.5	16.5	37.1	33.4

Table B2: Weights on percentages of cut-offs for mental health and wellbeing indicators for each subgroup for Wave 1 and Wave 2
			Depressive symps		Anxiety symps		Suicidal ideation		GHQ-12 cut
			Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2
Gender		N
	Men	840	14.05	15.36	9.40	10.36	7.52	9.59	38.03	31.01
	Women	861	25.44	23.23	18.00	17.07	6.11	9.72	21.61	21.67
Age
	18-29	177	40.11	36.72	27.12	27.68	16.46	20.73	45.83	38.42
	30-59	872	23.51	22.13	16.86	16.40	8.98	12.32	33.66	29.93
	60+	654	9.33	10.86	5.96	6.42	1.55	3.29	20.61	18.35
Ethnicty
	White	1654	19.04	18.86	13.54	13.18	6.44	9.22	29.84	25.94
	BAME	49	44.90	34.69	20.41	32.65	20.45	25.00	31.11	40.82
Mental health
	No MH	1506	14.28	14.01	9.36	10.29	4.99	7.18	25.53	22.84
	MH	197	61.93	59.90	47.21	40.10	21.55	30.11	63.74	53.30
SEG
	Low	572	25.00	12.66	17.48	24.83	9.51	12.66	33.46	29.55
	High	1131	17.15	8.14	11.85	16.53	5.50	8.14	28.06	24.76
Carer 5+
	Not a carer 5+	1522	18.59	18.20	12.61	12.75	5.91	9.01	28.20	25.10
	Carer 5+	170	31.18	30.00	24.12	22.94	14.81	16.05	45.34	38.24
Dependents
	No dependents <16	1354	18.91	19.05	13.15	13.00	6.18	8.58	28.42	25.92
	Dependents <16	349	23.21	20.34	16.05	16.62	9.28	13.81	35.74	28.08
Key worker
	Not a key worker	1394	18.72	18.44	12.84	12.84	6.10	8.60	29.14	25.18
	Key worker	309	24.60	23.30	17.80	17.80	10.03	14.29	33.22	31.72

Table C1 Weights on means for primary mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 and Wave 2
			Wellbeing		Loneliness		Defeat		Entrapment
			Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2
Gender		N
	Men	1198	21.68	21.90	4.92	4.56	3.53	3.43	3.24	3.34
	Women	1269	21.14	21.45	5.24	4.83	4.26	3.99	3.88	3.48
Age
	18-29	541	19.21	19.74	5.77	5.10	5.00	4.91	4.79	4.64
	30-59	1178	20.93	21.10	5.11	4.84	4.35	4.11	4.06	3.77
	60+	749	23.65	23.89	4.56	4.19	2.42	2.27	1.94	1.98
Mental health
	No MH	2059	21.13	22.28	4.90	4.51	3.24	3.11	2.88	2.81
	MH	307	16.2	17.29	6.4	6.00	8.57	7.99	8.43	7.67
SEG
	Low	924	20.45	20.90	5.32	4.93	4.41	4.14	4.12	3.93
	High	1442	21.95	22.11	4.95	4.56	3.60	3.48	3.24	3.11
Physical health
	No PH	1992	21.6	21.94	5.03	4.58	3.66	3.43	3.32	3.07
	PH	480	20.54	20.52	5.33	5.17	4.89	4.90	4.57	4.79
Dependents
	No dependents <16	1791	21.51	21.75	5.11	4.72	3.89	3.76	3.6	3.46
	Dependents <16	575	20.97	21.35	5.01	4.61	3.96	3.59	3.49	3.25
Key worker
	Not a key worker	1943	21.48	21.74	5.11	4.69	3.94	3.74	3.56	3.44
	Key worker	459	21.02	21.29	4.99	4.73	3.74	3.63	3.64	3.30
Rural
	Rural	481	21.51	21.57	5.08	4.85	4.00	3.91	3.68	3.31
	Urban	1921	21.36	21.68	5.09	4.66	3.88	3.68	3.54	3.44
Carer
	Not a carer	2038	21.45	21.67	5.09	4.71	3.79	3.63	3.45	3.34
	Carer	349	21.12	21.54	5.08	4.66	4.62	4.30	4.27	3.89
Live alone
	Not alone	1860	21.42	21.55	4.96	4.57	3.94	3.76	3.52	3.38
	Alone	543	21.29	22.05	5.54	5.14	3.77	3.59	3.75	3.54
Change to working status
	No change	1270	21.78	22.01	4.9	4.61	3.6	3.46	3.28	3.08
	Change	1132	20.96	21.27	5.29	4.80	4.24	4.02	3.89	3.78

Table C2: Weights off means for primary mental health wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 and Wave 2
			Wellbeing		Loneliness		Defeat		Entrapment
			Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2
Gender		N
	Men	840	22.54	22.73	4.68	4.40	2.91	2.86	2.62	2.70
	Women	861	21.44	21.57	5.20	4.79	4.17	3.95	3.76	3.45
Age
	18-29	177	19.16	19.83	5.84	5.19	4.99	4.86	4.99	4.54
	30-59	872	21.26	21.29	5.05	4.77	4.16	3.98	3.83	3.64
	60+	654	23.69	23.90	4.56	4.21	2.34	2.27	1.87	1.93
Mental health
	No MH	1506	22.63	22.77	4.76	4.42	2.94	2.85	2.56	2.50
	MH	197	16.94	17.35	6.31	5.94	8.20	7.74	8.03	7.46
SEG
	Low	572	21.00	21.20	5.24	4.85	4.17	3.91	3.84	3.63
	High	1131	22.47	22.61	4.79	4.47	3.23	3.16	2.87	2.79
Physical health
	No PH	1329	22.20	22.43	4.84	4.47	3.29	3.10	2.94	2.73
	PH	374	21.19	21.10	5.29	5.05	4.45	4.51	4.09	4.30
Dependents
	No dependents <16	1354	22.20	22.32	4.95	4.61	3.44	3.35	3.10	2.99
	Dependents <16	349	21.11	21.42	4.93	4.57	3.95	3.67	3.55	3.39
Key worker
	Not a key worker	1394	22.15	22.28	4.95	4.57	3.52	3.34	3.12	3.04
	Key worker	309	21.21	21.48	4.92	4.72	3.65	3.74	3.54	3.23
Rural
	Rural	389	22.23	22.45	4.95	4.66	3.47	3.37	3.00	2.82
	Urban	1314	21.90	22.05	4.94	4.58	3.57	3.43	3.26	3.15
Carer
	Not a carer	1412	22.10	22.21	4.95	4.62	3.43	3.28	3.06	2.96
	Carer	280	21.46	21.76	4.90	4.51	4.16	4.11	3.90	3.67
Live alone
	Not alone	1306	22.08	22.24	4.77	4.42	3.48	3.36	3.13	3.03
	Alone	397	21.63	21.80	5.52	5.17	3.76	3.57	3.41	3.22
Change to working status
	No change	952	22.34	22.53	4.80	4.50	3.29	3.16	2.94	2.79
	Change	751	21.52	21.64	5.12	4.72	3.88	3.73	3.52	3.43

Table D1: Weights on means for additional mental wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 and Wave 2
			Resilience		Social support		Life satisfaction		Distress
			Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2
Gender		N
	Men	1198	10.59	10.83	14.33	14.49	6.28	6.34	2.29	2.17
	Women	1269	10.21	10.43	14.66	14.40	6.4	6.37	3.07	2.74
Age
	18-29	541	9.01	9.43	14.25	14.52	5.9	6.04	3.76	3.38
	30-59	1178	9.88	10.05	14.17	13.85	6	6.07	3	2.67
	60+	749	12.18	12.37	15.18	15.30	7.19	7.04	1.45	1.5
Mental health
	No MH	2059	11.05	11.17	14.74	14.74	6.66	6.64	2.4	2.19
	MH	307	5.81	6.77	12.79	12.31	4.13	4.37	4.77	4.38
SEG
	Low	924	10.14	10.42	13.82	13.65	5.98	6.03	2.88	2.71
	High	1442	10.55	10.74	14.90	14.91	6.55	6.55	2.58	2.32
Physical health
	No PH	1992	10.58	10.80	14.59	14.58	6.5	6.57	2.63	2.38
	PH	480	9.66	9.93	14.15	13.89	5.69	5.50	2.95	2.82
Dependents
	No dependents <16	1791	10.51	10.75	14.41	14.37	6.34	6.32	2.57	2.42
	Dependents <16	575	10.01	10.17	14.82	14.68	6.41	6.48	3.12	2.63
Key worker
	Not a key worker	1943	10.42	10.71	14.61	14.49	6.35	6.32	2.64	2.43
	Key worker	459	10.29	10.26	14.03	14.25	6.32	6.52	2.9	2.63
Rural
	Rural	481	10.29	10.70	14.40	14.46	6.25	6.22	2.73	2.56
	Urban	1921	10.42	10.61	14.52	14.43	6.36	6.39	2.68	2.44
Carer
	Not a carer	2038	10.45	10.69	14.47	14.50	6.39	6.42	2.59	2.44
	Carer	349	10.11	10.23	14.73	14.15	6.09	6.01	3.28	2.66
Live alone
	Not alone	1860	10.27	10.45	15.51	15.37	6.43	6.42	2.79	2.50
	Alone	543	10.83	11.24	10.99	11.24	6.03	6.16	2.35	2.35
Change to working status
	No change	1270	10.82	10.99	14.65	14.69	6.51	6.51	2.39	2.2
	Change	1132	9.92	10.21	14.34	14.16	6.15	6.19	3.03	2.76

Table D2: Weights off means for additional mental health and wellbeing variables for each subgroup for Wave 1 and Wave 2
			Resilience		Social support		Life satisfaction		Distress
			Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2	Wave 1	Wave 2
Gender		N
	Men	840	11.20	11.36	14.66	14.71	6.56	6.56	1.84	1.77
	Women	861	10.34	10.63	14.53	14.36	6.38	6.35	2.93	2.67
Age
	18-29	177	8.78	9.33	14.47	14.43	5.92	6.10	3.86	3.35
	30-59	872	10.14	10.31	14.22	14.02	6.10	6.12	2.84	2.57
	60+	654	12.13	12.35	15.14	15.24	7.11	7.00	1.40	1.45
Mental health
	No MH	1506	11.37	11.52	14.91	14.84	6.78	6.73	2.10	1.96
	MH	197	6.21	6.97	12.18	12.19	4.12	4.34	4.60	4.22
SEG
	Low	572	10.37	10.63	13.75	13.73	6.02	6.06	2.68	2.48
	High	1131	10.96	11.17	15.03	14.94	6.70	6.65	2.25	2.09
Physical health
	No PH	1329	10.99	11.20	14.78	14.70	6.67	6.67	2.31	2.12
	PH	374	9.97	10.24	13.94	13.93	5.78	5.69	2.69	2.57
Dependents
	No dependents <16	1354	10.93	11.17	14.49	14.47	6.50	6.45	2.21	2.13
	Dependents <16	349	10.12	10.31	15.03	14.76	6.38	6.46	3.09	2.58
Key worker
	Not a key worker	1394	10.85	11.12	14.64	14.61	6.50	6.46	2.31	2.16
	Key worker	309	10.38	10.42	14.41	14.17	6.36	6.45	2.75	2.50
Rural
	Rural	389	10.97	11.28	14.39	14.52	6.64	6.49	2.26	2.08
	Urban	1314	10.70	10.91	14.66	14.54	6.42	6.45	2.43	2.26
Carer
	Not a carer	1412	10.86	11.07	14.59	14.54	6.52	6.51	2.31	2.18
	Carer	280	10.37	10.64	14.69	14.52	6.26	6.18	2.80	2.48
Live alone
	Not alone	1306	10.71	10.91	15.83	15.68	6.62	6.57	2.44	2.23
	Alone	397	10.95	11.25	10.55	10.76	5.99	6.09	2.24	2.19
Change to working status
	No change	952	11.13	11.32	14.77	14.78	6.64	6.59	2.08	1.96
	Change	751	10.30	10.57	14.38	14.22	6.26	6.28	2.79	2.55

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