Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population

The health effects of COVID-19 continue to raise doubts today. In some areas, such as mental health, these doubts have scarcely been addressed. The present study analyses the effects on psychological distress during the first phase of the pandemic in Chile. A cross-sectional descriptive study was pe...

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Autores principales:	Carlos Ruiz-Frutos, Diemen Delgado-García, Mónica Ortega-Moreno, Daniel Duclos-Bastías, Dánica Escobar-Gómez, Juan Jesús García-Iglesias, Juan Gómez-Salgado
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Materias:	COVID-19 emergency psychological distress stress disorder preventive measures mental health Chile Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:28fa34ff960e43f19582ed8d85bffe4c2021-11-11T17:45:32ZFactors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population10.3390/jcm102151372077-0383https://doaj.org/article/28fa34ff960e43f19582ed8d85bffe4c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/5137https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0383The health effects of COVID-19 continue to raise doubts today. In some areas, such as mental health, these doubts have scarcely been addressed. The present study analyses the effects on psychological distress during the first phase of the pandemic in Chile. A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed by using a questionnaire validated in Spain and adapted for Chile. Between 22 April and 16 December 2020, 3227 questionnaires were collected from the 16 regions of Chile, using non-probabilistic snowball sampling. Bivariate analysis and binary logistic regression were performed. The variables that could predict psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile were: having a poor self-perception of health OR = 4.038, 95% CI = (2.831, 5.758); being younger than 29 OR = 2.287, 95% CI = (1.893, 2.762); having diarrhea OR = 2.093, 95% CI = (1.414, 3.098); having headache OR = 2.019, 95% CI = (1.662, 2.453); being a woman OR = 1.638, 95% CI = (1.363, 1.967); having muscle pain OR = 1.439, 95% CI = (1.114, 1.859); and having had casual contact with an infected person OR = 1.410, 95% CI = (1.138, 1.747). In Chile, with a better social, economic, cultural, and health environment compared to neighboring countries, there has been a high percentage of psychological distress. It is time to prioritize measures to safeguard the mental health of Chileans, especially focused on the most vulnerable population according to our results, i.e., young women with poorer health status.Carlos Ruiz-FrutosDiemen Delgado-GarcíaMónica Ortega-MorenoDaniel Duclos-BastíasDánica Escobar-GómezJuan Jesús García-IglesiasJuan Gómez-SalgadoMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19 emergencypsychological distressstress disorderpreventive measuresmental healthChileMedicineRENJournal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 5137, p 5137 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 emergency psychological distress stress disorder preventive measures mental health Chile Medicine R
spellingShingle	COVID-19 emergency psychological distress stress disorder preventive measures mental health Chile Medicine R Carlos Ruiz-Frutos Diemen Delgado-García Mónica Ortega-Moreno Daniel Duclos-Bastías Dánica Escobar-Gómez Juan Jesús García-Iglesias Juan Gómez-Salgado Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population
description	The health effects of COVID-19 continue to raise doubts today. In some areas, such as mental health, these doubts have scarcely been addressed. The present study analyses the effects on psychological distress during the first phase of the pandemic in Chile. A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed by using a questionnaire validated in Spain and adapted for Chile. Between 22 April and 16 December 2020, 3227 questionnaires were collected from the 16 regions of Chile, using non-probabilistic snowball sampling. Bivariate analysis and binary logistic regression were performed. The variables that could predict psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile were: having a poor self-perception of health OR = 4.038, 95% CI = (2.831, 5.758); being younger than 29 OR = 2.287, 95% CI = (1.893, 2.762); having diarrhea OR = 2.093, 95% CI = (1.414, 3.098); having headache OR = 2.019, 95% CI = (1.662, 2.453); being a woman OR = 1.638, 95% CI = (1.363, 1.967); having muscle pain OR = 1.439, 95% CI = (1.114, 1.859); and having had casual contact with an infected person OR = 1.410, 95% CI = (1.138, 1.747). In Chile, with a better social, economic, cultural, and health environment compared to neighboring countries, there has been a high percentage of psychological distress. It is time to prioritize measures to safeguard the mental health of Chileans, especially focused on the most vulnerable population according to our results, i.e., young women with poorer health status.
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author	Carlos Ruiz-Frutos Diemen Delgado-García Mónica Ortega-Moreno Daniel Duclos-Bastías Dánica Escobar-Gómez Juan Jesús García-Iglesias Juan Gómez-Salgado
author_facet	Carlos Ruiz-Frutos Diemen Delgado-García Mónica Ortega-Moreno Daniel Duclos-Bastías Dánica Escobar-Gómez Juan Jesús García-Iglesias Juan Gómez-Salgado
author_sort	Carlos Ruiz-Frutos
title	Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population
title_short	Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population
title_full	Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population
title_fullStr	Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population
title_full_unstemmed	Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population
title_sort	factors related to psychological distress during the first stage of the covid-19 pandemic on the chilean population
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/28fa34ff960e43f19582ed8d85bffe4c
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Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population

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