Factors associated with stress, anxiety and depression in patients with chronic diseases during the period of social distancing

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Gustavo Fonseca de Albquerque
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Praciano, Gabriella de Almeida Figueredo, Revorêdo, Laís Maciel Yamamoto, Ramos, Isabelle Thays de Freitas, Ferreira Neto, Otávio da Cunha, Rego, Juliana Soares de Oliveira, Costa, Gabriella Viana da, Medeiros, Luya de Albuquerque, Souza, Alex Sandro Rolland
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/22211
• topic: Infecções por Coronavírus; Transtornos mentais; Doenças crônicas; Isolamento social.; Trastornos Mentales; Infecciones por Coronavirus; Enfermedades Crónica; Aislamiento social.; Mental Disorders; Coronavirus Infections; Chronic Diseases; Social isolation.

Objective: identify factors associated with stress, anxiety and severe/extreme depression in chronically ill patients. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in 2020, using the Google Forms platform containing sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle habits, questions on the COVID-19 and the stress, anxiety and depression scale (DASS-21). A total of 1,274 chronically ill Brazilians were included. Multivariate logistic regression model was applied with 5% significance level. Results: being ≤ 44 years old, having a history of anxiety and depression, being an undergraduate student, in social isolation, using sleeping medications, and reducing/not performing study, remote work, and leisure activities have risk of stress, anxiety, and severe/extreme depression. While having cardiovascular disease was protective for stress (OR 0.5; 95% CI 0.35-0.79; p=0.002) and depression (OR 0.3; 95% CI 0.22-0.53; p<0.0001) severe/extreme. Conclusion: despite the risk factors related to the chronically ill during social withdrawal, cardiovascular disease was associated with protection from mental disorders.