Depression, anxiety, and stress during the sanitary emergency of COVID-19 in southeastern México

• Emigdio-Vargas, Abel ^[1] ; Dávalos-Martínez, Alfonso ^[2] ; Barrera-Rodríguez, Elia ^[2] ; Arreguín-Cano, Juan Antonio ^[3] ; Teliz-Sánchez, Martha Herlinda ^[3] ; Blanco-García, Nubia Oliday ^[3]
  1. [1] Secretaría de Salud Guerrero – Unidad de Innovación Clínica y Epidemiológica del Estado de Guerrero
  2. [2] Unidad de Innovación Clínica y Epidemiológica del Estado de Guerrero, Secretaría de Salud Guerrero, Acapulco, México.
  3. [3] Secretaría de Salud Guerrero

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• Localización: Psicología, Conocimiento y Sociedad, ISSN-e 1688-7026, Vol. 11, Nº. 3, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Psicología, Conocimiento y Sociedad (Noviembre 2021-Abril 2022)), págs. 108-126
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  • Aim: Evaluate the level of depression, anxiety, and stress; and identify the factors associated with these psychological responses during the third phase of the COVID-19 health emergency in a sample of Mexican population. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted. We performed bivariate and multivariate analyses to identify factors associated with depression, anxiety, and stress. Results: We included 997 individuals with a mean age of 35.3 ± 12.9 years; 18.9% of the participants presented symptoms of depression, 21.7% symptoms of anxiety and 14.1% symptoms of stress. Respondents were more likely to present depression if they were < 40 years old (OR 1.73), not having a religion (OR 1.71), if they were currently unemployed (OR 1.54). Factors associated with anxiety were age < 40 years old (OR 1.73) and having recent contact with suspected or diagnosed patients with COVID-19 (OR 1.54). Self-perception of insufficient knowledge about COVID-19 disease was associated with stress (OR 1.55). Declaring not feeling safe of COVID-19 infection was associated with depression (OR 2.03), anxiety (OR 1.90), and stress (OR 1.75). Conclusions: The damage to mental health caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is evident; health personnel must pay attention to their psychological state and well-being to take appropriate measures.