Psychological impact and associated factors with the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing in Minas Gerais, Brazil: Cross-sectional study

• Autor(a) principal: Mendes, Tâmaro Chagas
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lima, Camila de, Fernandes, Bruno Henrique Melo, Leite, Celina de Vasconcelos, Gonçalves, Daniel Santos, Silva, Júlia de Souza Brasil da, Neves, Ellen Cristina Rodrigues, Souto, Larissa Rangel, Elias, Laura Luísa de Oliveira, Medeiros, Margarida Maria Tavares Lacerda de, Ramos, Raíssa Lisboa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17541
• topic: COVID-19; Pandemias; Saúde mental.; COVID-19; Pandemias; Salud mental.; COVID-19; Pandemics; Mental health.

The emergence of a pandemic can have important impacts on the mental health of the affected populations. The objective of this research was to identify the psychological impact and associated factors during a period of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distance in a sample of the inhabitants of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This cross-sectional study had a descriptive character with a quantitative approach. We used a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) to assess the suspicion of Common Mental Disorders (CMD). The survey obtained 619 responses through an online questionnaire. The prevalence of CMD in the sample was 42.6% (CI95%: 38.7-46.5). We found associations between CMD and young participants, women, singles, college students, those participants who had a diagnosed mental disorder, who had their routine, studies and family income affected and were very dissatisfied with the information about COVID-19 released by the public health authorities and very concerned about the influence that COVID-19 will have on their studies. The COVID-19 pandemic promoted a relevant psychological impact in this sample of the population of Minas Gerais.