Majority experiences psychological complaints due to corona • Number of public transport travelers increases slightly

60 percent of the Dutch say that due to the corona crisis, they are increasingly troubled or have had psychological complaints. These vary from minor effects such as worrying and being irritable to serious symptoms such as depression and panic attacks. This is evident from research by EenVandaag among more than 25,000 members of its own opinion panel.

Young people up to the age of 35 in particular suffer mentally from the crisis: no fewer than three quarters (74 percent) say they have suffered from complaints so far. The mental problems of young people are therefore many times greater than those of older age groups. The most common complaints among young people are stress (40 percent), loneliness (38 percent) and persistent fatigue (36 percent).

Remarkably, the over-65s, the age group with the most health risks, have the fewest mental complaints. 48 percent say they have (experienced) one or more mental complaints.

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