@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of Anxiety Symptoms and Associated Clinical and Sociodemographic Factors in Mexican Adults Seeking Psychological Support for Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2022",
author="Dominguez-Rodriguez, Alejandro and Herdoiza-Arroyo, Paulina Erika and Martínez Arriaga, Reyna Jazmin and Bautista Valerio, Eduardo and Mateu Mollá, Joaquín and de la Rosa-Gómez, Anabel and Farfallini, Luis and Hernández Jiménez, María Jesús and Esquivel Santoveña, Esteban Eugenio and Ramírez-Martínez, Flor Rocío and Castellanos Vargas, Rosa Olimpia and Arzola-Sánchez, Carlos Armando and Arenas-Landgrave, Paulina and Martínez-Luna, Sofía Cristina",
volume="13",
number="",
pages="e749236-e749236",
abstract="The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest challenges in modern history, with more than four million confirmed deaths worldwide. To date, evidence regarding the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on grievers is scarce for developing countries such as Mexico. This study aimed to assess the levels of anxiety and associated concerns in a sample of Mexican adults bereaved during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-sectional study was conducted through the Duelo COVID (COVID Grief) platform, which is a self-guided online treatment. A total of 5,224 participants reported their anxiety, depression, sleep quality, avoidance, and arousal, prolonged grief symptoms, and medication consumption. Independent sample Mann-Whitney U-tests, chi-square tests, and Kruskal-Wallis tests, as well as multinomial logistic regression, were conducted. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that 90.4% of the participants reported clinical levels of anxiety, depression, and sleep affectations. The people who lost someone during the last 5 months scored higher in normal grief symptoms compared to the people whose loss was 6 months ago or more, and 9.8% of individuals reported the use of prescription medication, with anxiolytics and antidepressants being the most common. Females, younger respondents, unemployed people with a lower educational level, and participants who disclosed a recent suicide attempt were among those who reported medication consumption. Sleep problems were more frequent in older participants.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2022.749236",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.749236"
}