Anxiety, depression and stress levels in survivors COVID patients
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https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3394rpds.2024.e5826Keywords:
Survivors, COVID 19, Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Psychology, HealthAbstract
INTRODUCTION: In Mexico, COVID-19 disease, prevention measures and the absence of a known standardized treatment, caused medical, psychological and social repercussions in different sectors of the population. At a psychological level, the main repercussions reported were anxiety due to health issues and depressive symptoms. OBJECTIVES: To analyze the anxiety, depression, and stress levels in a sample of Mexican patients who survived COVID-19. METHODS: Cross-sectional, descriptive – inferential cohort study. The sample was selected by non-probabilistic snowball sampling; it consisted of 401 female and male participants, whose applied a battery of tests consisting of a sociodemographic data questionnaire and the DASS-21 inventory, through Google Forms. Descriptive, comparative, and correlational analyses were carried out. RESULTS: Most of the sample (95.5%) received outpatient management and only 4.5% required hospitalization. Regarding the scores obtained in the DASS 21 inventory, it was found that more than 50% of the population showed severe depression and anxiety and 29.9% presented severe stress. Specifically, significant differences were found in anxiety levels (t=3.07; p= 0.002) between men (x= 15.38) and women (x=13.91), as well as positive associations between age with depression (r= 0.311; p=0.001), anxiety (r= 0.208; p=0.001) and stress (r= 0.295; p= 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The need to deepen the study of the psychosocial repercussions to propose comprehensive monitoring programs is discussed.
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