Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disturbing experience of proximity to death. As the pandemic goes on, the mixed experience of loss of a close family or friends added to the unpredictability of economic changes and the social isolation can elicit negative manifestations of affection, and psychologic...
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| author | Rui M. Joaquim André L.C.B. Pinto Rafaela F. Guatimosim Jonas J. de Paula Danielle Souza Costa Alexandre Paim Diaz Antônio G. da Silva Mayra I.C. Pinheiro Alexandre L.O. Serpa Debora M. Miranda Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disturbing experience of proximity to death. As the pandemic goes on, the mixed experience of loss of a close family or friends added to the unpredictability of economic changes and the social isolation can elicit negative manifestations of affection, and psychological distress. The whole experience negatively affects individuals with or without previous mental health disorders. Objective: The present study is a cohort aimed to analyze the effect of the salience of mortality during the covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of a sample of the Brazilian population. Method: 9,024 Brazilians were evaluated based on the data collection performed through the online Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), during the social isolation period. Participants were divided into four groups, G1 (2,256) without previous history of mental disorders (MD), G2 (2,256) with a previous history of MD and both no loss of family or friends due to direct effect of SARS-COV2 infection, G3 (2256) with a previous history of MD and without a loss and G4 (2256), with a prior MD and reported a loss of family or friend due to direct effect of SARS-COV2 infection. The group data was analyzed using the covariance analysis - ANCOVA. Results: The loss of a family member or friend due to direct effect of SARS-COV2 infection amplifies psychological distress. This effect seems to be dramatically increased in individuals with a previous history of mental disorders. The population with loss should be target of mitigation actions to minimize the pandemic effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24de91c6229d48ed9094e940932f51972022-12-21T19:39:31ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Behavioral Sciences2666-51822021-11-012100019Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental healthRui M. Joaquim0André L.C.B. Pinto1Rafaela F. Guatimosim2Jonas J. de Paula3Danielle Souza Costa4Alexandre Paim Diaz5Antônio G. da Silva6Mayra I.C. Pinheiro7Alexandre L.O. Serpa8Debora M. Miranda9Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz10Clinical Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilClinical Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Languages da Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, BrazilFundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura, FUMEC, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Clinical Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilClinical Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilClinical Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilLouis A. Faillace, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USASchool of Medicine, Porto University, Portugal; Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, ABP, BrazilSecretaria de Gestão do Trabalho e da Educação na Saúde (SEGETS) Brasília, DF, BrazilFaculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilClinical Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Fundação Mineira de Educação e Cultura, FUMEC, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Corresponding author.The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disturbing experience of proximity to death. As the pandemic goes on, the mixed experience of loss of a close family or friends added to the unpredictability of economic changes and the social isolation can elicit negative manifestations of affection, and psychological distress. The whole experience negatively affects individuals with or without previous mental health disorders. Objective: The present study is a cohort aimed to analyze the effect of the salience of mortality during the covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of a sample of the Brazilian population. Method: 9,024 Brazilians were evaluated based on the data collection performed through the online Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), during the social isolation period. Participants were divided into four groups, G1 (2,256) without previous history of mental disorders (MD), G2 (2,256) with a previous history of MD and both no loss of family or friends due to direct effect of SARS-COV2 infection, G3 (2256) with a previous history of MD and without a loss and G4 (2256), with a prior MD and reported a loss of family or friend due to direct effect of SARS-COV2 infection. The group data was analyzed using the covariance analysis - ANCOVA. Results: The loss of a family member or friend due to direct effect of SARS-COV2 infection amplifies psychological distress. This effect seems to be dramatically increased in individuals with a previous history of mental disorders. The population with loss should be target of mitigation actions to minimize the pandemic effects.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666518221000061Covid-19GriefPsychological distressBereavementMental health |
| spellingShingle | Rui M. Joaquim André L.C.B. Pinto Rafaela F. Guatimosim Jonas J. de Paula Danielle Souza Costa Alexandre Paim Diaz Antônio G. da Silva Mayra I.C. Pinheiro Alexandre L.O. Serpa Debora M. Miranda Leandro F. Malloy-Diniz Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health Current Research in Behavioral Sciences Covid-19 Grief Psychological distress Bereavement Mental health |
| title | Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health |
| title_full | Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health |
| title_fullStr | Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health |
| title_short | Bereavement and psychological distress during COVID-19 pandemics: The impact of death experience on mental health |
| title_sort | bereavement and psychological distress during covid 19 pandemics the impact of death experience on mental health |
| topic | Covid-19 Grief Psychological distress Bereavement Mental health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666518221000061 |
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