GOMEZ SALGADO, JUAN , ANDRES VILLAS, MONTSERRAT , DOMÍNGUEZ SALAS, SARA, DÍAZ MILANÉS, DIEGO, RUIZ FRUTOS, CARLOS
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
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02/06/2020
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Measures to prevent and contain the COVID-19 health crisis include population confinement, with the consequent isolation and interruption of their usual activities. The aim of the study is to analyse psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this, a cross-sectional observational study with a sample of 4180 people over the age of 18 during quarantine was developed. Variables considered were sociodemographic variables, physical symptoms, health conditions, COVID-19 contact history and psychological adjustment. The data were collected through a self-developed questionnaire and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Bivariate analyses were performed, including Chi-Squared test and Student's T-test. Predictive ability was calculated through logistic regression. Results obtained showed a high level of psychological distress (72.0%), with a higher percentage in women and people of lower middle age. Statistically significant differences were found in the variable working situation (chi = 63.139, p = 0.001, V = 0.123) and living with children under the age of 16 (chi = 7.393, p = 0.007, V = 0.042). The predictive variables with the highest weight were sex (OR = 1.952, 95% IC = (1.667, 2.286)), presence of symptoms (OR = 1.130, 95% CI = (1.074, 1.190)), and having had close contact with an individual with confirmed COVID-19 (OR = 1.241, 95% CI = (1.026, 1.500)). These results could enrich prevention interventions in public health and, in particular, in mental health in similar pandemic situations.
COVID-19; health risk; mental health; psychology; public health; risk factor; viral disease; adult; age distribution; Article; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; distress syndrome; employment status; female; health status; household; human; major clinical study; male; observational study; pandemic; quarantine; risk assessment; risk factor; sex difference; Spain; symptom; Spain