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Title: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Portuguese adults’ psychopathological symptoms: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Campos, Rui C.
Holden, Ronald R.
Martins, Luís C.
Morujão, Inês S.
Tomás, Gabriel
Pereira, Alexandra M.
Issue Date: 2022
Publisher: Minerva Psychiatry
Abstract: BAC KGROUND: The impact of the pandemic on mental health has been demonstrated in several reports. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple dimensions of psychopathology in Portuguese adults. We compare a pandemic sample assessed during the second lockdown in Portugal with a prepandemic sample. METH ODS: Participants provided socio-demographic and clinical information and responded to the Brief Symptom Inventory. RES ULTS : The pandemic group relative to the prepandemic group demonstrated significantly higher levels for BSI scales of depression, anxiety, and phobic anxiety, and lower scores for paranoid ideation. At the level of the 53 BSI items, significant difference between pandemic and prepandemic groups occurred for 20 of the items. CONCLUSI ONS: Results describe the multidimensional influence of the pandemic on psychological functioning and are relevant to guiding the implementation of intervention strategies.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/36533
Type: article
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