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0148/2020 - COVID-19 and the impacts on mental health: A sampleRio Grande do Sul
COVID-19 e os impactos na saúde mental: Uma amostra do Rio Grande do Sul

Author:

• Michael de Quadros Duarte - Duarte, M.Q - <mquadrosduarte@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-8587

Co-author(s):

• Manuela Almeida da Silva Santo - Santo, M.A.S - <manuelassanto@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-1331
• Carolina Palmeiro Lima - Lima, C.P - <psi.carolinalima@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5103-2203
• Jaqueline Portella Giordani - Giordani, J.P - <jaquelinegiordani@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0231-2812
• Clarissa Marceli Trentini - Trentini, C.M - <clarissatrentini@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2607-7132


Abstract:

Pandemics, such as that of COVID-19, affect a relatively large number of people and impose new rules and social habits on the world population. Information about the pandemic is constant in the media. In addition, social distancing has been adopted in Brazil as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which may have economic and psychosocial consequences. The objective of this study was to verify the factors associated with indicators of mental disorders symptoms in residents of Rio Grande do Sul, during the initial period of the policy of social distancing. The study was approved by CONEP. There were 799 participants, aged between 18 and 75 years (M = 36.56; SD = 12.88), 82.7% women, who answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, of social distancing and the Self-Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20). The results indicated that having decreased income in the period, being part of the risk group and being more exposed to information about dead and infected, are factors that can cause greater damage to mental health in this pandemic period. Investigating social determinants that contribute to greater vulnerability to mental illness of the population is important in the field of collective health for the planning of public actions and policies.

Keywords:

covid-19; mental health; media; risk factors; pandemic

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Duarte, M.Q, Santo, M.A.S, Lima, C.P, Giordani, J.P, Trentini, C.M. COVID-19 and the impacts on mental health: A sampleRio Grande do Sul. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/covid19-and-the-impacts-on-mental-health-a-samplerio-grande-do-sul/17630



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