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- Title
Association of Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Stress-Coping Strategies with Somatization and Number of Diseases According to Sex in the Mexican General Population.
- Authors
Brambila-Tapia, Aniel Jessica Leticia; Macías-Espinoza, Fabiola; Reyes-Domínguez, Yesica Arlae; Ramírez-García, María Luisa; Miranda-Lavastida, Aris Judit; Ríos-González, Blanca Estela; Saldaña-Cruz, Ana Miriam; Esparza-Guerrero, Yussef; Mora-Moreno, Francisco Fabián; Dávalos-Rodríguez, Ingrid Patricia
- Abstract
Somatization and number of diseases are interrelated variables, whose association with stress-coping strategies, according to sex, has not been investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate such association in a sample of the Mexican general population. The general population was invited to answer an electronic questionnaire via the social networks—e-mail, WhatsApp and Facebook—by the research team. A sample of 1008 adults was obtained, of which 62.2% were women, in whom we detected higher levels of negative psychological variables, somatization and number of diseases and lower levels of sleep quality. Positive moderate correlations were found between depresion, anxiety and stress with somatization, on one hand, and with the number of diseases, on the other, and negative moderate correlations were found between sleep quality and the two dependent variables. As for the coping strategies, self-blame, behavioral disengagement, denial, self-distraction and substance use were positively correlated with somatization. Of these, self-blame, substance use, and self-distraction also showed a positive correlation with number of diseases in both sexes. Negative correlations were detected for active coping and the two dependent variables in men and for religion and planning with somatization in women. In conclusion, the coping strategies showed significant correlations with somatization and number of diseases in both sexes.
- Subjects
WHATSAPP Inc.; SEX factors in disease; SOMATIZATION disorder; ANXIETY; SLEEP quality; SUBSTANCE abuse; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 6, p1048
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare10061048