A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population
COVID-19 pandemic represents, not only a public physical health emergency, but a mental health serious problem as well. However, little is known about the psychological impact of the quarantine during this pandemic. The aim of this study is to assess the emotional impact of the lockdown measures imp...
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| author | Lorena Canet-Juric Lorena Canet-Juric María Laura Andrés María Laura Andrés Macarena del Valle Macarena del Valle Hernán López-Morales Hernán López-Morales Fernando Poó Fernando Poó Juan Ignacio Galli Juan Ignacio Galli Matías Yerro Sebastián Urquijo Sebastián Urquijo |
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| description | COVID-19 pandemic represents, not only a public physical health emergency, but a mental health serious problem as well. However, little is known about the psychological impact of the quarantine during this pandemic. The aim of this study is to assess the emotional impact of the lockdown measures imposed by the Argentinian government to fight the virus. For this, a survey was distributed on social network. We surveyed the Argentinian general population twice: 2 days after the mandatory quarantine started (time 1), and 2 weeks later (time 2). Anxiety levels were assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory-II; and affect was assessed using the Positive and Negative Affect Scale. A total of 6057 people answered both surveys. In addition, different socio-demographic factors were considered, such as risk factors for COVID-19, age, gender, educational level, variation in family income due to quarantine, number of children, whether they have older adults in charge or not and the number of hours viewing information about COVID-19. Statistically significant variations were observed between the two time points. The effect size, however, was very small. Depression tends to increase slightly, while levels of anxiety and affect (positive and negative) tend to decrease. Also, some slight differences related to the socio-demographic factors were found. Findings suggests that sustaining the lockdown measures could have a larger effect on mental health in the long term. It is necessary to continue monitoring emotional distress and other related mental health problems on the general population. It is also necessary to create programs aimed at promoting mental health, and to distribute information about it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2511a7f8b3042f6bc2521e055aaea882022-12-22T00:06:51ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-09-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.565688565688A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General PopulationLorena Canet-Juric0Lorena Canet-Juric1María Laura Andrés2María Laura Andrés3Macarena del Valle4Macarena del Valle5Hernán López-Morales6Hernán López-Morales7Fernando Poó8Fernando Poó9Juan Ignacio Galli10Juan Ignacio Galli11Matías Yerro12Sebastián Urquijo13Sebastián Urquijo14Institute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstitute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstitute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstitute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstitute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstitute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaInstitute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaInstitute of Basic and Applied Psychology and Technology (IPSIBAT), National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Mar del Plata, ArgentinaNational Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCOVID-19 pandemic represents, not only a public physical health emergency, but a mental health serious problem as well. However, little is known about the psychological impact of the quarantine during this pandemic. The aim of this study is to assess the emotional impact of the lockdown measures imposed by the Argentinian government to fight the virus. For this, a survey was distributed on social network. We surveyed the Argentinian general population twice: 2 days after the mandatory quarantine started (time 1), and 2 weeks later (time 2). Anxiety levels were assessed using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory-II; and affect was assessed using the Positive and Negative Affect Scale. A total of 6057 people answered both surveys. In addition, different socio-demographic factors were considered, such as risk factors for COVID-19, age, gender, educational level, variation in family income due to quarantine, number of children, whether they have older adults in charge or not and the number of hours viewing information about COVID-19. Statistically significant variations were observed between the two time points. The effect size, however, was very small. Depression tends to increase slightly, while levels of anxiety and affect (positive and negative) tend to decrease. Also, some slight differences related to the socio-demographic factors were found. Findings suggests that sustaining the lockdown measures could have a larger effect on mental health in the long term. It is necessary to continue monitoring emotional distress and other related mental health problems on the general population. It is also necessary to create programs aimed at promoting mental health, and to distribute information about it.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565688/fullcoronavirusCOVID-19emotionmental healthanxietydepression |
| spellingShingle | Lorena Canet-Juric Lorena Canet-Juric María Laura Andrés María Laura Andrés Macarena del Valle Macarena del Valle Hernán López-Morales Hernán López-Morales Fernando Poó Fernando Poó Juan Ignacio Galli Juan Ignacio Galli Matías Yerro Sebastián Urquijo Sebastián Urquijo A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population Frontiers in Psychology coronavirus COVID-19 emotion mental health anxiety depression |
| title | A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population |
| title_full | A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population |
| title_fullStr | A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population |
| title_short | A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional Impact Cause by the COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantine on General Population |
| title_sort | longitudinal study on the emotional impact cause by the covid 19 pandemic quarantine on general population |
| topic | coronavirus COVID-19 emotion mental health anxiety depression |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565688/full |
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