Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths?

Fil: Badellino, Héctor. Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales. Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias Sociales; San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina.

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Main Authors: Badellino, Héctor, Gobbo, María Emilia, Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque, Aschieri, María Emilia
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Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11086/19408
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764020966020
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Gobbo, María Emilia
Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque
Aschieri, María Emilia
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spelling rdu-unc.194082023-08-30T12:05:43Z Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths? Badellino, Héctor Gobbo, María Emilia Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque Aschieri, María Emilia Covid 19 SARS-CoV-2 Anxiety Depression Quarantine Stress Sleep publishedVersion Fil: Badellino, Héctor. Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales. Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias Sociales; San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina. Fil: Gobbo, María Emilia. Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales. Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias Sociales; San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina. Fil: Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina. Fil: Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Fil: Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina. Fil: Aschieri, María Emilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Lenguas; Argentina. Background: On March 20 2020, the Argentine Ministry of Health enforced a mandatory quarantine throughout the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aims: The object of this study is to determine the initial impact on mental health of Argentine population, by measuring the prevalence of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and self-perceived stress and by determining the associated risk factors, and to analyze that impact in relation to the number of confirmed cases and deaths. Method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted through a digital questionnaire, which was completed by 1,985 respondents between March 29 and April 12. The prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress and insomnia was measured with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Scale (GAD-7), the 9-Item Patients Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9); the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively. Results: The 62.4% of the surveyed population reported signs of psychological distress. It was found that being a woman, being 18 to 27 years old, living with family members or a partner, smoking, and having a poor sleep quality were the significant risk factors. Conclusion: Despite the low number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths at that time, a strong impact on mental health indicators was revealed. The authors of this study recommend the monitoring of the population at risk over time and early interventions in order to avoid long-lasting mental health problems. publishedVersion Fil: Badellino, Héctor. Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales. Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias Sociales; San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina. Fil: Gobbo, María Emilia. Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales. Facultad de Psicología y Ciencias Sociales; San Francisco, Córdoba, Argentina. Fil: Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina. Fil: Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales; Argentina. Fil: Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad; Argentina. Fil: Aschieri, María Emilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Lenguas; Argentina. 2021-08-11T15:48:09Z 2021-08-11T15:48:09Z 2021 article 0020-7640 http://hdl.handle.net/11086/19408 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764020966020 eng Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
spellingShingle Covid 19
SARS-CoV-2
Anxiety
Depression
Quarantine
Stress
Sleep
Badellino, Héctor
Gobbo, María Emilia
Torres, Víctor Eduardo Roque
Aschieri, María Emilia
Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths?
title Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths?
title_full Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths?
title_fullStr Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths?
title_full_unstemmed Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths?
title_short Early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during COVID-19 quarantine: Is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths?
title_sort early indicators and risk factors associated with mental health problems during covid 19 quarantine is there a relationship with the number of confirmed cases and deaths
topic Covid 19
SARS-CoV-2
Anxiety
Depression
Quarantine
Stress
Sleep
url http://hdl.handle.net/11086/19408
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0020764020966020
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