Impactos del COVID-19 en la salud mental en universitarios de Paraguay

ABSTRACT

Palabras clave ansiedad, COVID-19, depresión, salud mental, universitarios Mental health disorders have a significant impact on the quality of life of individuals, and the COVID-19 pandemic increased these problems. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors of greater risk associated with the symptomatology of mental health disorders in students of public and private universities as an impact of COVID-19. Based on these findings, it is considered necessary to promote mental health and early intervention of university students, through psychological and/or psychiatric support, specifically in female students and medical students. Keywords anxiety, COVID-19, depression, mental health, university students El SARS-CoV-2, agente causal de la epidemia por COVID-19, fue considerada la primera pandemia del siglo XXI, convirtiéndose en un gran problema de salud a nivel mundial (Coronaviridae Study Group, 2020;Ruiz & Jiménez, 2020).