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Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population
The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the main international concerns regarding its impact on mental health. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms, and behavioral aspects amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in a Brazilian population. An online su...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7857630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33534820 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245868 |
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author | Serafim, Antonio P. Durães, Ricardo S. S. Rocca, Cristiana C. A. Gonçalves, Priscila D. Saffi, Fabiana Cappellozza, Alexandre Paulino, Mauro Dumas-Diniz, Rodrigo Brissos, Sofia Brites, Rute Alho, Laura Lotufo-Neto, Francisco |
author_facet | Serafim, Antonio P. Durães, Ricardo S. S. Rocca, Cristiana C. A. Gonçalves, Priscila D. Saffi, Fabiana Cappellozza, Alexandre Paulino, Mauro Dumas-Diniz, Rodrigo Brissos, Sofia Brites, Rute Alho, Laura Lotufo-Neto, Francisco |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the main international concerns regarding its impact on mental health. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms, and behavioral aspects amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in a Brazilian population. An online survey was administered from May 22 to June 5, 2020 using a questionnaire comprising of sociodemographic information, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and the Coping Strategies Inventory. Participants comprised 3,000 people from Brazil’s 26 states and the Federal District, with an average age of 39.8 years, women (83%), married (50.6%), graduates (70.1%) and employees (46.7%). Some contracted the virus (6.4%) and had dead friends or relatives (22.7%). There was more consumption of drugs, tobacco, medication, and food (40.8%). Almost half of participants expressed symptoms of depression (46.4%), anxiety (39.7%), and stress (42.2%). These were higher in women, people without children, students, patients with chronic diseases, and people who had contact with others diagnosed with COVID-19. The existence of a group more vulnerable to situations with a high stress burden requires greater attention regarding mental health during and after the pandemic. That said, it should be emphasized that these findings are preliminary and portray a moment still being faced by many people amid the pandemic and quarantine measures. Therefore, we understand that the magnitude of the impacts on mental health will only be more specific with continuous studies after total relaxation of the quarantine. |
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spelling | pubmed-78576302021-02-11 Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population Serafim, Antonio P. Durães, Ricardo S. S. Rocca, Cristiana C. A. Gonçalves, Priscila D. Saffi, Fabiana Cappellozza, Alexandre Paulino, Mauro Dumas-Diniz, Rodrigo Brissos, Sofia Brites, Rute Alho, Laura Lotufo-Neto, Francisco PLoS One Research Article The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the main international concerns regarding its impact on mental health. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms, and behavioral aspects amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in a Brazilian population. An online survey was administered from May 22 to June 5, 2020 using a questionnaire comprising of sociodemographic information, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and the Coping Strategies Inventory. Participants comprised 3,000 people from Brazil’s 26 states and the Federal District, with an average age of 39.8 years, women (83%), married (50.6%), graduates (70.1%) and employees (46.7%). Some contracted the virus (6.4%) and had dead friends or relatives (22.7%). There was more consumption of drugs, tobacco, medication, and food (40.8%). Almost half of participants expressed symptoms of depression (46.4%), anxiety (39.7%), and stress (42.2%). These were higher in women, people without children, students, patients with chronic diseases, and people who had contact with others diagnosed with COVID-19. The existence of a group more vulnerable to situations with a high stress burden requires greater attention regarding mental health during and after the pandemic. That said, it should be emphasized that these findings are preliminary and portray a moment still being faced by many people amid the pandemic and quarantine measures. Therefore, we understand that the magnitude of the impacts on mental health will only be more specific with continuous studies after total relaxation of the quarantine. Public Library of Science 2021-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7857630/ /pubmed/33534820 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245868 Text en © 2021 Serafim et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Serafim, Antonio P. Durães, Ricardo S. S. Rocca, Cristiana C. A. Gonçalves, Priscila D. Saffi, Fabiana Cappellozza, Alexandre Paulino, Mauro Dumas-Diniz, Rodrigo Brissos, Sofia Brites, Rute Alho, Laura Lotufo-Neto, Francisco Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population |
title | Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population |
title_full | Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population |
title_fullStr | Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population |
title_short | Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population |
title_sort | exploratory study on the psychological impact of covid-19 on the general brazilian population |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7857630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33534820 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245868 |
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