TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - 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
JO  - Frontiers in psychiatry
A1  - Dominguez-Rodriguez, Alejandro
A1  - Herdoiza-Arroyo, Paulina Erika
A1  - Martínez Arriaga, Reyna Jazmin
A1  - Bautista Valerio, Eduardo
A1  - Mateu Mollá, Joaquín
A1  - de la Rosa-Gómez, Anabel
A1  - Farfallini, Luis
A1  - Hernández Jiménez, María Jesús
A1  - Esquivel Santoveña, Esteban Eugenio
A1  - Ramírez-Martínez, Flor Rocío
A1  - Castellanos Vargas, Rosa Olimpia
A1  - Arzola-Sánchez, Carlos Armando
A1  - Arenas-Landgrave, Paulina
A1  - Martínez-Luna, Sofía Cristina
SP  - e749236
EP  - e749236
VL  - 13
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-0640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.749236
ID  - ref1
ER  -