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Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population

Introduction: Social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a risk factor of several mental disorders. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate the effect of social isolation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of a Mexican population. Materials...

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Autores principales: Genis-Mendoza, Alma Delia, Martínez-Magaña, José Jaime, López-Narváez, María Lilia, González-Castro, Thelma Beatriz, Juárez-Rojop, Isela Esther, Nicolini, Humberto, Tovilla-Zárate, Carlos Alfonso, Castillo-Avila, Rosa Giannina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34888275
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.703450
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author Genis-Mendoza, Alma Delia
Martínez-Magaña, José Jaime
López-Narváez, María Lilia
González-Castro, Thelma Beatriz
Juárez-Rojop, Isela Esther
Nicolini, Humberto
Tovilla-Zárate, Carlos Alfonso
Castillo-Avila, Rosa Giannina
author_facet Genis-Mendoza, Alma Delia
Martínez-Magaña, José Jaime
López-Narváez, María Lilia
González-Castro, Thelma Beatriz
Juárez-Rojop, Isela Esther
Nicolini, Humberto
Tovilla-Zárate, Carlos Alfonso
Castillo-Avila, Rosa Giannina
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description Introduction: Social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a risk factor of several mental disorders. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate the effect of social isolation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of a Mexican population. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in individuals of 18 years of age and over. The questioner was structured to identify onset or worsening of psychiatric symptoms due to social isolation by COVID-19. The survey included changes in eating habits, changes in personal hygiene habits, the starting the use or increased the use of psychoactive substances, symptoms of depression or post-traumatic stress. Results: A total of 1,011 individuals were included in the analysis. The majority were women (68.84%). Changes in eating habits were reported in 38.51% of the participants, 67.80% reported having their physical self-perception distorted or having started a low-calorie diet. Regarding symptoms of depression, 46.10% participants indicated to have at least one depressive symptom, and 4.46% reported suicidal ideation during social isolation. Interestingly, 6.09% of individuals reported that they used to have depressive symptoms prior the COVID-19 pandemic and those symptoms decreased due to social isolation. Additionally, 2.27% of individuals presented symptoms of post-traumatic stress due to the possibility of getting COVID-19. Conclusions: In this work we identified how social isolation has impacted the mental health of the Mexican population. We observed that practically all the symptoms evaluated were affected during isolation, such as personal hygiene and eating habits. Depression and suicidal ideation were the ones that increased the most in the general population, while in individuals who had symptoms of depression before isolation, these symptoms decreased during social isolation.
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spelling pubmed-86499202021-12-08 Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population Genis-Mendoza, Alma Delia Martínez-Magaña, José Jaime López-Narváez, María Lilia González-Castro, Thelma Beatriz Juárez-Rojop, Isela Esther Nicolini, Humberto Tovilla-Zárate, Carlos Alfonso Castillo-Avila, Rosa Giannina Front Public Health Public Health Introduction: Social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a risk factor of several mental disorders. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate the effect of social isolation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of a Mexican population. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in individuals of 18 years of age and over. The questioner was structured to identify onset or worsening of psychiatric symptoms due to social isolation by COVID-19. The survey included changes in eating habits, changes in personal hygiene habits, the starting the use or increased the use of psychoactive substances, symptoms of depression or post-traumatic stress. Results: A total of 1,011 individuals were included in the analysis. The majority were women (68.84%). Changes in eating habits were reported in 38.51% of the participants, 67.80% reported having their physical self-perception distorted or having started a low-calorie diet. Regarding symptoms of depression, 46.10% participants indicated to have at least one depressive symptom, and 4.46% reported suicidal ideation during social isolation. Interestingly, 6.09% of individuals reported that they used to have depressive symptoms prior the COVID-19 pandemic and those symptoms decreased due to social isolation. Additionally, 2.27% of individuals presented symptoms of post-traumatic stress due to the possibility of getting COVID-19. Conclusions: In this work we identified how social isolation has impacted the mental health of the Mexican population. We observed that practically all the symptoms evaluated were affected during isolation, such as personal hygiene and eating habits. Depression and suicidal ideation were the ones that increased the most in the general population, while in individuals who had symptoms of depression before isolation, these symptoms decreased during social isolation. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8649920/ /pubmed/34888275 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.703450 Text en Copyright © 2021 Genis-Mendoza, Martínez-Magaña, López-Narváez, González-Castro, Juárez-Rojop, Nicolini, Tovilla-Zárate and Castillo-Avila. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Genis-Mendoza, Alma Delia
Martínez-Magaña, José Jaime
López-Narváez, María Lilia
González-Castro, Thelma Beatriz
Juárez-Rojop, Isela Esther
Nicolini, Humberto
Tovilla-Zárate, Carlos Alfonso
Castillo-Avila, Rosa Giannina
Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
title Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
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title_fullStr Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
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title_short Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
title_sort mental health problems due to social isolation during the covid-19 pandemic in a mexican population
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34888275
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.703450
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