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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown, the importance of the perceived control-lack of control and the risk of depression, anxiety, and stress
| Resumo: | Following the COVID-19 pandemic, we set out to observe the psychological responses caused by the lockdown situation, focusing on the predictive importance of perceived control and sociodemographic variables in the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and stress. Data collection was conducted online via google forms, between 6 and 29 April 2020. A total of 303 people between 18 and 74 years old participated. According to the confinement status, the prevalence ranged between 23% and 42% for anxiety, 24% and 51% for depression, and between 26% and 45% for stress. The perceived lack of control and the change of professional situation, layoff, job loss, and online study, proved to be predictors and risk factors for depression, anxiety, and stress. Being female and having a low level of education proved to be predictors of anxiety and stress. Maintaining a professional situation, perceived control, being male (except for depression) and having higher education proved to be protective factors. These results require interventions that improve perceived control, fair policies, and support to suppress insecurity. |
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| Autores principais: | dos Santos Cardoso, Francisco |
| Assunto: | COVID-19 outbreak lockdown depression anxiety perception of control COVID-19 confinamento depressão ansiedade percepção de controlo |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Territorium |
| Resumo: | Following the COVID-19 pandemic, we set out to observe the psychological responses caused by the lockdown situation, focusing on the predictive importance of perceived control and sociodemographic variables in the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and stress. Data collection was conducted online via google forms, between 6 and 29 April 2020. A total of 303 people between 18 and 74 years old participated. According to the confinement status, the prevalence ranged between 23% and 42% for anxiety, 24% and 51% for depression, and between 26% and 45% for stress. The perceived lack of control and the change of professional situation, layoff, job loss, and online study, proved to be predictors and risk factors for depression, anxiety, and stress. Being female and having a low level of education proved to be predictors of anxiety and stress. Maintaining a professional situation, perceived control, being male (except for depression) and having higher education proved to be protective factors. These results require interventions that improve perceived control, fair policies, and support to suppress insecurity. |
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