RM Insight

22/09/2020

No hugs, more shrugs? Impact of COVID-19 on mental health

There has been widespread concern about the impact on mental health of the coronavirus pandemic. Lockdown and ongoing restrictions are likely to be taking their toll on mental health as social interaction with others has become more limited. For months now, our social circles have been more limited than they were pre-COVID and our interaction with those we do meet significantly reduced.

How have people coped under these new circumstances?

Emerging evidence suggests widespread higher levels of anxiety and more severe impact among certain groups. Women and young people seem to be particularly affected.

Widespread higher anxiety
69% of adults in the UK report feeling worried about the effect COVID-19 is having on their life with 63% worried about the future and 56% feeling stressed (UCL COVID-19 Social Study).
The number of people experiencing mental health problems increased from 23% pre-COVID to 37% in April 2020 (UK Household longitudinal study).

Women with children experiencing difficulties
Increases were higher for women than men, with 44% reporting problems (men 27%) compared to 27% pre-COVID (men 19%).
Women with children were particularly prone to increases suggesting that childcare during lockdown may have been a stressful experience.
Women may have also been more affected by interruptions to paid work and job loss caused by the crisis.

Young people under pressure
Younger adults (18-34) also experienced greater declines in mental health with a 19% increase compared to 9% for those aged 50-64. This impact may reflect the prevalence of more insecure employment among young people and a fear of job loss. It may also be related to frustrations about future prospects more generally: the long term impact on the jobs market and social activities.

More educated feeling the pressure
People with a university degree experienced a greater decline in mental health with 6% greater increase in mental health problems than those without a degree.
This may be because those more educated tended to be more engaged in following the health crisis and more concerned about its consequences.

24/02/2020

8,000 responses received to date for the Gloucestershire Pupil Wellbeing Survey. 6 weeks before survey closes on 3rd April.

21/01/2020

2020 Pupil Wellbeing Survey now launched across all schools and colleges in Gloucestershire. Survey is live 27th January - 3rd April. With 40,000 pupils expected to participate, it is the biggest local authority children's health survey in the UK. All the 2020 data will be available for analysis on Pupilinform from June.

15/01/2020

Thanks to all Gloucestershire teachers and practitioners who attended Pupilinform trainings in December and January. Ending in two great sessions at Barnwood Park School in Gloucester. Lots of positive feedback on the system and people eager to make creative use of the resource.

15/12/2019

Gloucestershire schools now enjoying the benefits of Pupilinform. Gaining insight on data from Pupil Wellbeing Survey since 2006.

This videos shows school based users of Pupilinform an introductory demonstration of the features of Pupilinform and how to use it to investigate data from t...

02/08/2019

Our new brand for the forthcoming informatics system, Pupilinform, providing insights based on the Gloucestershire Pupil Wellbeing Survey.

26/07/2019

As part of the Gloucestershire Pupil Wellbeing Survey, we are developing a cutting edge informatics system - Pupilinform - giving unprecedented analytics and insight on the health and wellbeing of Gloucestershire school children.

Pupilinform will be launched in October with the 2020 Pupil Wellbeing Survey going live in January.

Watch this space for further updates...

11/07/2019

We are delighted to be conducting the Gloucestershire Pupil Wellbeing Survey and its accompanying informatics system.

The survey reaches around 35,000 children and young people and provides a wealth of insight on health and well being. Schools and other organisations will be able to access tailored analyses and reports from the dataset via a custom-built online informatics system.

We look forward to working on this exciting project!

08/07/2019

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11/06/2019

We are doing a large scale online health survey for school children across Gloucestershire
We need someone local to provide support to schools to train them to conduct the survey. Support will also be needed to help schools learn how to use a specially-built online Informatics system which allows schools to analyse data and produce reports.

All training provided. You will need to be experienced and confident working with different clients and able to work under pressure. You will need to respond to queries, and provide support and training as needed.

An ability to work flexibly is important.

The key periods in the first year (2020) when local support is needed are:
• Jan-March – online survey
• June-August - informatics system

Experience required
Experienced and comfortable working with IT systems.
Mature, self starter, comfortable working independently
Degree and extensive professional experience.
Must have car and be able to travel around county on demand.

Benefits
Flexible working, able to schedule working around a part time job.
Freelance working, £20/hour. All expenses covered.
6 year project; work will be ongoing if performance is satisfactory.