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Early psychological impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown in a large Spanish sample.

ABSTRACT: Background:Epidemic outbreaks have significant impact on psychological well-being, increasing psychiatric morbidity among the population. We aimed to describe the early psychological impact of COVID-19 and its contributing factors in a large Spanish sample, globally and according to mental status (never mental disorder NMD, past mental disorder PMD, current mental disorder CMD). Methods:An online questionnaire was conducted between 19 and 26 March, five days after the official declaration of alarm and the lockdown order. Data included sociodemographic and clinical information and the DASS-21 and IES questionnaires. We analysed 21?207 responses using the appropriate descriptive and univariate tests as well as binary logistic regression to identify psychological risk and protective factors. Results:We found a statistically significant gradient in the psychological impact experienced in five domains according to mental status, with the NMD group being the least affected and the CMD group being the most affected. In the three groups, the depressive response was the most prevalent (NMD?=?40.9%, PMD?=?51.9%, CMD?=?74.4%, F?=?1011.459, P?

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Alvarez L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7567432 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Early psychological impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown in a large Spanish sample.

García-Álvarez Leticia L de la Fuente-Tomás Lorena L García-Portilla María Paz MP Sáiz Pilar A PA Lacasa Carlota Moya CM Dal Santo Francesco F González-Blanco Leticia L Bobes-Bascarán María Teresa MT García Mercedes Valtueña MV Vázquez Clara Álvarez CÁ Iglesias Ángela Velasco ÁV Cao Clara Martínez CM Fernández Ainoa García AG Bascarán Fernández María Teresa MT Fernández Almudena Portilla AP Revuelta Julia Rodríguez JR Zazo Elisa Seijo ES Madera Paula Zurrón PZ Álvarez María Suárez MS Sánchez Ángeles Paredes ÁP Delgado Claudia Fernández CF Suárez Silvia Casaprima SC Miranda Isabel Menéndez IM Treviño Luis Jiménez LJ Calzón Gonzalo Paniagua GP Abad Iciar I Duque Cristina Pedrosa CP Riera Leonor L González Pedro Marina PM Pedrero Eduardo Fonseca EF Bobes Julio J

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<h4>Background</h4>Epidemic outbreaks have significant impact on psychological well-being, increasing psychiatric morbidity among the population. We aimed to describe the early psychological impact of COVID-19 and its contributing factors in a large Spanish sample, globally and according to mental status (never mental disorder NMD, past mental disorder PMD, current mental disorder CMD).<h4>Methods</h4>An online questionnaire was conducted between 19 and 26 March, five days after the official dec ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND:The current ongoing pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) has globally affected 213 countries and territories with more than 2.5 million confirmed cases and thousands of casualties. The unpredictable and uncertain COVID-19 outbreak has the potential of adversely affecting the psychological health on individual and community level. Currently all efforts are focused on the understanding of epidemiology, clinical features, mode of transmission, counteract the spread of the virus, and challenges of global health, while crucially significant mental health has been overlooked in this endeavor. METHOD:This review is to evaluate past outbreaks to understand the extent of adverse effects on psychological health, psychological crisis intervention, and mental health management plans. Published previous and current articles on PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and Elsevier about psychological impact of infectious diseases outbreaks and COVID-19 has been considered and reviewed. COMMENTS:COVID-19 is leading to intense psychosocial issues and comprising mental health marking a secondary health concern all around the world. Globally implementing preventive and controlling measures, and cultivating coping and resilience are challenging factors; modified lifestyle (lockdown curfew, self-isolation, social distancing and quarantine); conspiracy theories, misinformation and disinformation about the origin, scale, signs, symptoms, transmission, prevention and treatment; global socioeconomic crisis; travel restrictions; workplace hazard control; postponement and cancellation of religious, sports, cultural and entertainment events; panic buying and hoarding; incidents of racism, xenophobia, discrimination, stigma, psychological pressure of productivity, marginalization and violence; overwhelmed medical centers and health organizations, and general impact on education, politics, socioeconomic, culture, environment and climate - are some of the risk factors to aggravate further problems.

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Early psychological impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown in a large Spanish sample.

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Early psychological impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown in a large Spanish sample.

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