COVID-19: state of the mental health among French people 2021

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which started in 2020, strongly impacted the overall state of health in France. The entire French population had to review its daily way of living. This situation caused mental disorders in some people, such as sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression. It appears clearly that the most common mental health disorder was sleeping problems. Furthermore, the share of French people affected by mental health disorders tended to increase during the lockdown periods first between March 17, 2020, and Mai 10, 2020, then between October 30, 2020, and December 15, 2020. For example, The share of French people suffering from depression increased from 15.5 percent on October 21, 2020, to 22.6 percent on November 25, 2020.

Mental health variation among the French population from March 25, 2020, to May 19, 2021

Characteristic	Sleep disorders*	Anxiety	Depression	Suicidal thoughts**
May 19, 2021	63.6%	20.6%	19%	8.5%
Apr 23, 2021	64%	22.3%	22%	9.4%
Mar 17, 2021	65.3%	20.7%	20.2%	9%
Feb 17, 2021***	65.8%	22.7%	22.7%	8.2%
Jan 20, 2021	67%	19.2%	19.5%	-
Dec 16, 2020	66.2%	20.2%	20.5%	-
Nov 25, 2020	65.7%	18.5%	22.6%	-
Nov 6, 2020	63.1%	20.8%	20.6%	-
Oct 21, 2020	64.5%	19.1%	15.5%	-
Sep 23, 2020	65.8%	18%	10.9%	-
Aug 26, 2020	64.6%	17.5%	11.7%	-
Jul 22, 2020	64.2%	17.6%	11.7%	-
Jul 8, 2020	65.3%	17%	10.6%	-
Jun 24, 2020	62.3%	15.1%	11.2%	-
Jun 10, 2020	64.5%	15.9%	11.4%	-
Mai 29, 2020	66.2%	16.5%	12.3%	-
Mai 20, 2020	62.8%	16.9%	12.1%	-
Mai 15, 2020	67.2%	17.6%	14.1%	-
Mai 6, 2020	66.2%	18.4%	18.6%	-
Apr 30, 2020	66.1%	18.1%	19.3%	-
Apr 22, 2020	66.8%	18.9%	20.4%	-
Apr 16, 2020	63.7%	18.1%	17.6%	-
Apr 1, 2020	61.3%	21.5%	19.9%	-
Mar 25, 2020	-	26.7%	-	-

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

France

Survey time period

March 23, 2020 to May 19, 2021

Number of respondents

2,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Surveyed people living in metropolitan France. Repeated surveys executed on comparable independent samples.

Method of interview

Online Access Panel

Supplementary notes

* Experienced in the last eight days
** Felt in the last 12 months.
*** The survey, CoviPrev, started measuring suicidal thoughts as of February 17, 2021.

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