Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population

Introduction: Social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a risk factor of several mental disorders. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate the effect of social isolation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of a Mexican population.Materials a...

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Autores principales:	Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza, José Jaime Martínez-Magaña, María Lilia López-Narváez, Thelma Beatriz González-Castro, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, Humberto Nicolini, Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, Rosa Giannina Castillo-Avila
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 social isolation mental health Mexican population pandemic Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0ea791d5bb7a4f7e847bc9db93f89ed12021-11-30T12:24:45ZMental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.703450https://doaj.org/article/0ea791d5bb7a4f7e847bc9db93f89ed12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.703450/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Introduction: Social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a risk factor of several mental disorders. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate the effect of social isolation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of a Mexican population.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in individuals of 18 years of age and over. The questioner was structured to identify onset or worsening of psychiatric symptoms due to social isolation by COVID-19. The survey included changes in eating habits, changes in personal hygiene habits, the starting the use or increased the use of psychoactive substances, symptoms of depression or post-traumatic stress.Results: A total of 1,011 individuals were included in the analysis. The majority were women (68.84%). Changes in eating habits were reported in 38.51% of the participants, 67.80% reported having their physical self-perception distorted or having started a low-calorie diet. Regarding symptoms of depression, 46.10% participants indicated to have at least one depressive symptom, and 4.46% reported suicidal ideation during social isolation. Interestingly, 6.09% of individuals reported that they used to have depressive symptoms prior the COVID-19 pandemic and those symptoms decreased due to social isolation. Additionally, 2.27% of individuals presented symptoms of post-traumatic stress due to the possibility of getting COVID-19.Conclusions: In this work we identified how social isolation has impacted the mental health of the Mexican population. We observed that practically all the symptoms evaluated were affected during isolation, such as personal hygiene and eating habits. Depression and suicidal ideation were the ones that increased the most in the general population, while in individuals who had symptoms of depression before isolation, these symptoms decreased during social isolation.Alma Delia Genis-MendozaAlma Delia Genis-MendozaJosé Jaime Martínez-MagañaMaría Lilia López-NarváezThelma Beatriz González-CastroIsela Esther Juárez-RojopHumberto NicoliniCarlos Alfonso Tovilla-ZárateRosa Giannina Castillo-AvilaFrontiers Media S.A.articleCOVID-19social isolationmental healthMexican populationpandemicPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 social isolation mental health Mexican population pandemic Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	COVID-19 social isolation mental health Mexican population pandemic Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza José Jaime Martínez-Magaña María Lilia López-Narváez Thelma Beatriz González-Castro Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop Humberto Nicolini Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate Rosa Giannina Castillo-Avila Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
description	Introduction: Social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been identified as a risk factor of several mental disorders. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate the effect of social isolation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of a Mexican population.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in individuals of 18 years of age and over. The questioner was structured to identify onset or worsening of psychiatric symptoms due to social isolation by COVID-19. The survey included changes in eating habits, changes in personal hygiene habits, the starting the use or increased the use of psychoactive substances, symptoms of depression or post-traumatic stress.Results: A total of 1,011 individuals were included in the analysis. The majority were women (68.84%). Changes in eating habits were reported in 38.51% of the participants, 67.80% reported having their physical self-perception distorted or having started a low-calorie diet. Regarding symptoms of depression, 46.10% participants indicated to have at least one depressive symptom, and 4.46% reported suicidal ideation during social isolation. Interestingly, 6.09% of individuals reported that they used to have depressive symptoms prior the COVID-19 pandemic and those symptoms decreased due to social isolation. Additionally, 2.27% of individuals presented symptoms of post-traumatic stress due to the possibility of getting COVID-19.Conclusions: In this work we identified how social isolation has impacted the mental health of the Mexican population. We observed that practically all the symptoms evaluated were affected during isolation, such as personal hygiene and eating habits. Depression and suicidal ideation were the ones that increased the most in the general population, while in individuals who had symptoms of depression before isolation, these symptoms decreased during social isolation.
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author	Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza José Jaime Martínez-Magaña María Lilia López-Narváez Thelma Beatriz González-Castro Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop Humberto Nicolini Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate Rosa Giannina Castillo-Avila
author_facet	Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza José Jaime Martínez-Magaña María Lilia López-Narváez Thelma Beatriz González-Castro Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop Humberto Nicolini Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate Rosa Giannina Castillo-Avila
author_sort	Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza
title	Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
title_short	Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
title_full	Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
title_fullStr	Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
title_full_unstemmed	Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population
title_sort	mental health problems due to social isolation during the covid-19 pandemic in a mexican population
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0ea791d5bb7a4f7e847bc9db93f89ed1
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Mental Health Problems Due to Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Mexican Population

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