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Impacto da COVID-19 na saúde mental da população portuguesa adulta
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A pandemia de COVID-19 teve um grande impacto na população mundial, tendo tido como consequências, alterações na vida dos indivíduos e afetando assim a saúde mental dos mesmos. Esta investigação teve como objetivo geral perceber o impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 na saúde mental da população adulta e as diferentes condições de habitação afetaram a saúde mental da população.
Foi estudada uma amostra de conveniência de 143 participantes, dos quais 25% são do sexo masculino e 72% do sexo feminino, com nacionalidade portuguesa ou com domínio da língua portuguesa. Os participantes do estudo encontram-se entre os 21 e os 70 anos, encontrando-se na faixa etária dos 39-44 anos. Os participantes responderam a Escala de Ansiedade e da Depressão (HADS), a Escala de Ansiedade, Depressão e Stress (EADS), a Inventário Breve de Sintomas (BSI), o item único de perceção geral de saúde e a um Questionário Sociodemográfico e de caracterização das condições da sua habitação onde diferentes dados sobre os indivíduos em estudo foram recolhidos.
Os resultados demonstram que, durante a pandemia de COVID-19, os indivíduos que vivem em fracas condições de habitação avaliam o seu estado de saúde como pior ou baixo. Mais ainda, nos indivíduos que vivem em baixas condições de habitação, o impacto na saúde mental face a sintomatologia de ansiedade, depressão, obsessivo-compulsivo e stress foi mais elevado.
A saúde mental está associada a diversos estímulos e, num contexto de confinamento, o espaço que o individuo se insere ganha maior importância. Neste estudo, conclui-se que a associação de alguns fatores do meio envolvente dos indivíduos afetou o seu estado de saúde bem como a forma como lidaram com o confinamento.
The pandemic of COVID-19 had a great impact on the world’s population, changing the lives of individuals and thus affecting their mental health. This research had the overall goal of understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the adult population of Portugal and how the different housing conditions affected the mental health of the population. A sample of 143 participants was studied, 25% male and 72% female, with Portuguese nationality or Portuguese language proficiency. The participants of the study were between 21 and 70 years old, being mainly in the 39-44 age group. During the study, the participants answered to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale (ADSS), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the single item of general health perception. Moreover, to collect more data about the participants, the individuals answer to a sociodemographic questionnaire and a questionnaire about the characterization of their housing conditions. The results of this study show that during the pandemic of COVID-19, individuals living in poor housing conditions evaluate their health status as worse or low. Furthermore, in individuals living in poor housing conditions, the mental health impact in the face of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive and stress symptoms was higher. Mental health is associated with various stimuli and, in a context of confinement, the space in which the individual lives becomes more important. In this study, we concluded that the association of some factors of the individuals' environment affected their health status and the way they dealt with their confinement.
The pandemic of COVID-19 had a great impact on the world’s population, changing the lives of individuals and thus affecting their mental health. This research had the overall goal of understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of the adult population of Portugal and how the different housing conditions affected the mental health of the population. A sample of 143 participants was studied, 25% male and 72% female, with Portuguese nationality or Portuguese language proficiency. The participants of the study were between 21 and 70 years old, being mainly in the 39-44 age group. During the study, the participants answered to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale (ADSS), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the single item of general health perception. Moreover, to collect more data about the participants, the individuals answer to a sociodemographic questionnaire and a questionnaire about the characterization of their housing conditions. The results of this study show that during the pandemic of COVID-19, individuals living in poor housing conditions evaluate their health status as worse or low. Furthermore, in individuals living in poor housing conditions, the mental health impact in the face of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive and stress symptoms was higher. Mental health is associated with various stimuli and, in a context of confinement, the space in which the individual lives becomes more important. In this study, we concluded that the association of some factors of the individuals' environment affected their health status and the way they dealt with their confinement.
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Saúde mental COVID-19 Condições de habitação População portuguesa Mental health Housing conditions Portuguese population