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Multimorbidity worsened anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
Castro-de-Araujo, Luis Fernando Silva; Rodrigues, Elisângela da Silva; Machado, Daiane Borges; Henriques, Claudio Maierovitch Pessanha; Verotti, Mariana Pastorello; Gonçalves, Alessandra Queiroga; Duarte-Salles, Talita; Kanaan, Richard A; Barreto, Mauricio Lima; Lewis, Glyn; Barbosa, Jakeline Ribeiro.
  • Castro-de-Araujo LFS; Center of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Fiocruz, Salvador, Brazil; Dept of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: ldearaujo@unimelb.edu.au.
  • Rodrigues EDS; Center of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Fiocruz, Salvador, Brazil; Federal University of Ceará, Campus Jardins de Anita, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. Electronic address: elisangela.rodrigues@ufc.br.
  • Machado DB; Center of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Fiocruz, Salvador, Brazil; Harvard Medical School, Department Global Health and Social Medicine, United States of America. Electronic address: daiane_borgesmachado@hms.harvard.edu.
  • Henriques CMP; Center for Epidemiology and Health Surveillance, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasília, Brazil. Electronic address: claudio.henriques@fiocruz.br.
  • Verotti MP; Center for Epidemiology and Health Surveillance, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasília, Brazil. Electronic address: mariana.verotti@ficoruz.br.
  • Gonçalves AQ; Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Terres de l'Ebre, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Tortosa, Catalunya, Spain; Unitat Docent de Medicina de Família i Comunitària Tortosa-Terres de L'Ebre, Institut Català de la Salut, Tortosa,
  • Duarte-Salles T; Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: tduarte@idiapjgol.org.
  • Kanaan RA; Dept of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Victoria, Australia.
  • Barreto ML; Center of Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Fiocruz, Salvador, Brazil.
  • Lewis G; Division of Psychiatry, UCL, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
  • Barbosa JR; Center for Epidemiology and Health Surveillance, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brasília, Brazil. Electronic address: jakeline.barbosa@fiocruz.br.
J Affect Disord ; 314: 86-93, 2022 10 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1914536
ABSTRACT
Multimorbidity is a global health issue impacting the quality of life of all ages. Multimorbidity with a mental disorder is little studied and is likely to have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We used a survey of 14,007 respondents living in Brazil to investigate whether people who already had at least one chronic medical condition had more depression and anxiety symptoms during social distancing in 2020. Generalized linear models and structural equation modelling were used to estimate the effects. A 19 % and 15 % increase in depressive symptoms were found in females and males, respectively, for each unit of increase in the observed value of reported chronic disease. Older subjects presented fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety. There was a 16 % increase in anxiety symptoms in females for each unit increase in the reported chronic disease variable and a 14 % increase in males. Younger subjects were more affected by anxiety symptoms in a dose-response fashion. High income was significantly related to fewer depressive and anxiety symptoms in both males and females. Physical activity was significantly associated with fewer anxiety and depression symptoms. Structural equation modelling confirmed these results and provided further insight into the hypothesised paths.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: J Affect Disord Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Diagnostic study / Observational study Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: South America / Brazil Language: English Journal: J Affect Disord Year: 2022 Document Type: Article