Mental illness and COVID-19 vaccination: a multinational investigation of observational & register-based data

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 8124 - 13
• Main Authors: Barker, Mary M., Kõiv, Kadri, Magnúsdóttir, Ingibjörg, Milbourn, Hannah, Wang, Bin, Du, Xinkai, Murphy, Gillian, Herweijer, Eva, Gísladóttir, Elísabet U., Li, Huiqi, Lovik, Anikó, Kähler, Anna K., Campbell, Archie, Feychting, Maria, Hauksdóttir, Arna, Joyce, Emily E., Thordardottir, Edda Bjork, Frans, Emma M., Hoffart, Asle, Mägi, Reedik, Tómasson, Gunnar, Ásbjörnsdóttir, Kristjana, Jakobsdóttir, Jóhanna, Andreassen, Ole A., Sullivan, Patrick F., Johnson, Sverre Urnes, Aspelund, Thor, Brandlistuen, Ragnhild Eek, Ask, Helga, McCartney, Daniel L., Ebrahimi, Omid V., Lehto, Kelli, Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur A., Nyberg, Fredrik, Fang, Fang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.09.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/699/476; 692/700/459/1748; 692/700/478/174; Adult; Aged; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 vaccines; COVID-19 Vaccines - administration & dosage; Female; Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Illnesses; Immunization; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Population studies; Psychotropic drugs; Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology; Registers; Registries; SARS-CoV-2 - immunology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Subgroups; Sweden - epidemiology; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Vaccines; Viral diseases; Sweden

Individuals with mental illness are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. However, previous studies on the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in this population have reported conflicting results. Using data from seven cohort studies (N = 325,298) included in the multinational COVIDMENT consortium,...