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- Title
Mental violence: anxiety and depression during COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
- Authors
Coelho Musse, Fernanda Cristina; de Siqueira Castro, Laura; Fuentes Mestre, Thiago; Marisa Pelloso, Sandra; Poyares, Dalva; Lozinski Musse, Jorge Luiz; de Barros Carvalho, Maria Dalva
- Abstract
Anxiety and depression disorders are associated with professional and academic impairment and reduced life quality. Frequency of symptoms of anxiety and depression, and their association with health risk behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic are evaluated. Cross-sectional study comprised 1,057 participants, 78% females, mean age 38±14 years, from 21 different Brazilian states. GAD-7 and PHQ-9 inventories were applied by Google Forms, with snowball sampling. Forty-two percent of the participants had a GAD-7 score = 10, while 53% had a PHQ-9 score = 10. Main risk factors comprised: being female, young, married or with partner, consuming alcoholic beverages, having previous psychiatric problems, taking sleeping pills, sleeping less than 8 hours, having a negative perception about COVID-19, staying isolated, having frequent nightmares and suicide thoughts. Brazil is a country featuring high levels of symptoms of anxiety and depression, significantly associated with suicide thoughts.
- Subjects
ANXIETY; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Saúde e Pesquisa, 2022, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1983-1870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17765/2176-9206.2022v15n1.e9684