Immediate Psychological Responses During the Early Stage of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) in the General Population in Spain: ISAMEC19 STUDY

García-Dantas, Ana; Justo-Alonso, Ania; Río-Casanova, Lucía del; González-Vázquez, Ana Isabel; Sánchez-Martín, Milagrosa

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“…As in other studies performed [44][45][46][47] , women are more likely to ask for help, to be more vulnerable and to have a worse psychological response to traumatic events, as well as a higher prevalence of disorders and requests for assistance, even though they are less affected by COVID. One of the possible explanations lies in opportunity: people ask for help because they have the opportunity to do so (those who are on sick leave have more time to be treated).…”

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The challenge of community mental health interventions with patients, relatives, and health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a real-world 9-month follow-up study

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González-Sánchez

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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to implement protocols that respond to the mental health demands of the population has been demonstrated. The PASMICOR programme started in March 2020, involving a total of 210 requests for treatment. Out of those subjects, the intervention was performed in 53 patients with COVID-19 without history of past psychiatric illness, 57 relatives and 60 health professionals, all of them within the area of Salamanca (Spain). Interventions were carried out by professionals of the public mental health service mostly by telephone. Depending on clinical severity, patients received basic (level I) or complex psychotherapeutic care combined with psychiatric care (level II). The majority of attended subjects were women (76.5%). Anxious-depressive symptoms were predominant, although sadness was more frequent in patients, insomnia in relatives and anxiety and fear in health professionals. 80% of the sample, particularly most of the health professionals, required a high-intensity intervention (level II). Nearly 50% of the people treated were discharged after an average of 5 interventions. Providing early care to COVID-19 patients, relatives and professionals by using community mental health resources can help to reduce the negative impact of crises, such as the pandemic, on the most affected population groups.

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The challenge of community mental health interventions with patients, relatives, and health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a real-world 9-month follow-up study

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“…Time-varying variables: self-perception of physical condition (ranged from 1 to 10), contact with individuals with COVID-19 (no, maybe, yes), psychological support received (no, yes) and being infected with COVID-19 (no, maybe, yes). Additional descriptive information about the sample at T1 can be consulted (García-Dantas et al, 2021).…”

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Longitudinal mental health state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Longitudinal change of mental symptoms and its predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study on Spanish population.

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Muñoz-Fernández²,

García-Dantas³

et al. 2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective:The general objective of this study is to analyze the change in mental health and post-traumatic symptoms over 6 months during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Spanish community sample, with a particular focus on individual differences in longitudinal change in symptoms and its predictors. Method: This longitudinal prospective study surveyed a Spanish community sample three times (T1: during the initial outbreak, T2: after 4 weeks and T3: after 6 months). Four thousand one hundred and thirty-nine participants from all the Spanish regions completed the questionnaires. However, the longitudinal analysis was performed only with participants which responded at least two times (1,423 participants). Mental health assessments included depression, anxiety, and stress (measured by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and post-traumatic symptoms were assessed by the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). Results: All the mental health variables achieved worse results at T2. Depression, stress, and posttraumatic symptoms did not recover at T3 when compared with the initial measure, while anxiety was practically stable across the timeline. Women, younger age, having a previous mental health diagnosis and contact with individuals with COVID-19 were linked to worse psychological evolution during the 6-months period. A good perception of one's physical health may be a protective factor. Conclusions: After 6 months of the pandemic, the general population's mental health was still worse than at the initial outbreak for most of the variables analyzed. Clinical Impact StatementA deterioration in the general population's mental health during the COVID pandemic has been well established. Nevertheless, some authors consider that cross-sectional studies might be reflecting a temporary phenomenon and postulate resilience as the most common phenomenon long-term. Our longitudinal study describes a peak in mental health symptoms a month after the initial outbreak and a decrease after 6 months, although a complete recovery did not occur. The recovery process might be long and not well known. The study also confirms that women, young and less-educated people, and people suffering from previous psychiatric conditions showed worse mental health.

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“…Italians perceived 67% moderate depression, 17% severe, or 16% extremely severe (Mazza et al, 2020). Finally, in Spain, they perceived 22% moderate, severe or extremely severe depression (García-Dantas et al, 2020). So, research on what resources could mitigate the effect of depression on life satisfaction is vital (Holmes et al, 2020) for building effective coping strategies within the distressful early COVID-19 context.…”

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“…The study rationale was as follows: (A) COVID-19 poses a threat to the mental 2 health of the quarantined individuals (Hyland et al, 2020), associated with higher depression (e.g. García-Dantas et al, 2020), as described in the Introduction section "The Distressful early COVID-19 Context". (B) Depression depletes life satisfaction of the quarantined individuals (Holmes et al, 2020), as suggested in the section "Depression Negatively Predicts Life Satisfaction".…”

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Η Προστατευτική Επίδραση Των Θετικών Συναισθημάτων Κατά Της Κατάθλιψης Στη Διάρκεια Της Αρχικής Καραντίνας Για Τον COVID-19, Σε Ένα Μοντέλο Δομικών Εξισώσεων (SEM)

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Ο σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης ήταν να ελεγχθεί αν τα θετικά συναισθήματα και η ανθεκτικότητα διαμεσολαβούν τη σχέση μεταξύ της κατάθλιψης εξαιτίας του COVID-19 και της ικανοποίησης από τη ζωή. Επιπλέον διερευνήθηκε η άμεση επίδραση των θετικών συναισθημάτων και του εισοδήματος στην κατάθλιψη, καθώς και η επίδραση της απουσίας γονεϊκού ρόλου στην ικανοποίηση από τη ζωή. Η μελέτη πραγματοποιήθηκε κατά τη διάρκεια της αρχικής καραντίνας για τον COVID-19, σε ελληνικό δείγμα γενικού πληθυσμού (N = 759). Για το σκοπό αυτό, χρησιμοποιήθηκαν οι ακόλουθες ψυχομετρικές κλίμακες: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, Short (DASS 9), Scale of Positive and Negative Experience short (SPANE 8), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) και Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). Για την ανάλυση των δεδομένων δημιουργήθηκε ένα Μοντέλο Δομικών Εξισώσεων (SEM). Το μετρικό μοντέλο έδειξε καλή προσαρμογή με επαρκή αξιοπιστία βάσει μοντέλου. Επιπλέον επιτεύχθηκε η πλήρης αμεταβλησία μέτρησης ως προς το φύλο ως το αυστηρό επίπεδο. Παράλληλα, το πλήρες μοντέλο SEM (μετρικό και δομικό) έδειξε εξίσου καλή προσαρμογή. Οι πέντε από τις ελεγχθείσες υποθέσεις υποστηρίζονταν, ενώ η μία απορρίφθηκε. Η παρούσα κατέληξε στο ότι τα θετικά συναισθήματα και η ανθεκτικότητα διαμεσολαβούσαν στη σχέση της κατάθλιψης και της ικανοποίησης από τη ζωή. Η επίδραση της κατάθλιψης εν μέσω COVID-19 στην ικανοποίηση από τη ζωή πριν την διαμεσολάβηση ήταν -0.57, p < 0.001 (εξηγώντας 32% της διακύμανσης στην ικανοποίηση από τη ζωή). Έπειτα από τη διαμεσολάβηση των θετικών συναισθημάτων και της ανθεκτικότητας, περιορίστηκε στο -0.25, p < 0.001 (εξηγώντας 43% της διακύμανσης στην ικανοποίηση από τη ζωή).

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Immediate Psychological Responses During the Early Stage of the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) in the General Population in Spain: ISAMEC19 STUDY

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The challenge of community mental health interventions with patients, relatives, and health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a real-world 9-month follow-up study

The challenge of community mental health interventions with patients, relatives, and health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a real-world 9-month follow-up study

Longitudinal mental health state during the COVID-19 pandemic. Longitudinal change of mental symptoms and its predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study on Spanish population.

Η Προστατευτική Επίδραση Των Θετικών Συναισθημάτων Κατά Της Κατάθλιψης Στη Διάρκεια Της Αρχικής Καραντίνας Για Τον COVID-19, Σε Ένα Μοντέλο Δομικών Εξισώσεων (SEM)

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