The association between daily life changes and anxiety among Ukrainians following the Russian invasion

Yafit Levin; Rahel Bachem; Philip Hyland; Frédérique Vallières; Mark Shevlin; Thanos Karatzias; Eoin McElroy; Maria Louison Vang; Boris Lorberg; Menachem Ben-Ezra; Dmytro Martsenkovskyi

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115530

The association between daily life changes and anxiety among Ukrainians following the Russian invasion

Yafit Levin, Rahel Bachem, Philip Hyland, Frédérique Vallières, Mark Shevlin, Thanos Karatzias, Eoin McElroy, Maria Louison Vang, Boris Lorberg, Menachem Ben-Ezra, Dmytro Martsenkovskyi

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This study sought to explore the association between changes in daily life and war-related anxiety. In this study, we analyzed self-reported data from 2,004 Ukrainian adults, obtained through an opportunistic survey in the Ukraine. Our assessment focused on changes in everyday routines and generalized anxiety symptoms since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the 24 February 2022. The data were collected between July-September 2022. Results show a significant dose-response connection between everyday routine changes and increased war-related anxiety. Not surprisingly, the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict is impacting the lives of Ukrainians. These changes are linked to heightened anxiety levels. Effective population-based crisis management should consider both war-related stressors and changes in daily life routines.

Original language	English
Article number	115530
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	329
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115530
State	Published - Nov 2023

Keywords

Anxiety
Daily Life Change
Ukraine
War

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