The impact on mental health patients of COVID-19 outbreak in Spain


Por: Garcia-Fernandez, L, Romero-Ferreiro, V, Padilla, S, Lopez-Roldan, P, Monzo-Garcia, M and Rodriguez-Jimenez, R

Publicada: 1 abr 2021 Ahead of Print: 1 feb 2021
Resumen:
Public health studies warn of the vulnerability of people with mental disorders during the COVID-19 outbreak. Thus, the aims of this study were to (1) explore the presence of symptoms of anxiety, depression and acute stress among people with a mental disorder (MD); (2) evaluate the rate of COVID-19 infection between MD and nonMD, and (3) study the relationship between the emotional state of people with a mental disorder and some environmental variables. A cross-sectional study starting on March 29 to April 5, 2020 based on a national online survey using snowball sampling techniques was conducted. Symptoms of anxiety (Hamilton Anxiety Scale), depression (Beck Depression Inventory) and acute stress (Acute Stress Disorder Inventory) were compared in MD and non-MD. The rate of COVID-19 confirmed cases among MD and non-MD was compared as well as the relationship between some environmental variables and the emotional state within MD. Up to 1839 [201 (10.9%) MD] participants completed the survey. MD showed significant higher mean (SD) in anxiety [24.7 (11.8) vs. 17 (10.3); p = 0.001], depression [7.9 (6.0) vs. 4.2 (4.2); p = 0.001] and acute stress [6.3 (3.2) vs. 4.4 (3.1); p = 0.001] scores than non-MD. The COVID-19 confirmed cases rate was higher in MD participants than in non-MD (3.5% vs. 0.4%; p < 0.001). Among the MD group, being a COVID-19 confirmed case, the lack in basic needs coverage, the rpesence of violence, drug use and the absence of physical excercise were associated with more severe depressive symptoms. Findings suggest that the COVID-19 has an impact on the emotional state of people with mental disorders.

Filiaciones:
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 CIBERSAM, Biomed Res Networking Ctr Mental Hlth, Madrid, Spain

 Hosp Univ San Juan, Dept Psychiat, Ctra N-332 S-N, Alicante 03550, Spain

 Univ Miguel Hernandez, Clin Med Dept, Ctra Valencia,Km 87,Edificio Muhammad Al Shafra, Alicante 03550, Spain

Romero-Ferreiro, V:
 CIBERSAM, Biomed Res Networking Ctr Mental Hlth, Madrid, Spain

 Univ Complutense Madrid UCM, Inst Pluridisciplinar, Brain Mapping Unit, Paseo Juan 23 1, Madrid 28040, Spain

 Inst Invest Sanitaria Hosp 12 Octubre Imas 12, Dept Psychiat, Av Cordoba S-N, Madrid 28041, Spain

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 Univ Miguel Hernandez, Clin Med Dept, Ctra Valencia,Km 87,Edificio Muhammad Al Shafra, Alicante 03550, Spain

 Hosp Univ Elche, Infect Dis Unit, Carrer Almazara 11, Alicante 03203, Spain

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 Hosp Univ San Juan, Dept Psychiat, Ctra N-332 S-N, Alicante 03550, Spain

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 Hosp Univ San Juan, Dept Psychiat, Ctra N-332 S-N, Alicante 03550, Spain

Rodriguez-Jimenez, R:
 CIBERSAM, Biomed Res Networking Ctr Mental Hlth, Madrid, Spain

 Inst Invest Sanitaria Hosp 12 Octubre Imas 12, Dept Psychiat, Av Cordoba S-N, Madrid 28041, Spain

 Univ Complutense Madrid UCM, Fac Med, Plaza Ramon y Cajal S-N, Madrid 28040, Spain
ISSN: 00223956





JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
Editorial
Elsevier Ltd., THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 136 Número:
Páginas: 127-131
WOS Id: 000634104500017
ID de PubMed: 33588226
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