Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increment in the feeling of sadness among adults and elderly individuals from southern Brazil. Methods: Two cross-sectional population-based studies were conducted with the same target population in 2016 and 2020 wi...
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| author | Samuel Carvalho Dumith Elizabet Saes-Silva Fernanda de Oliveira Meller Antônio Augusto Schäfer Micaela Rabelo Quadra Lauro Miranda Demenech |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increment in the feeling of sadness among adults and elderly individuals from southern Brazil. Methods: Two cross-sectional population-based studies were conducted with the same target population in 2016 and 2020 with individuals aged 18 years or older. The outcome was a feeling of sadness, measured through the scale of faces. The exposure variables were infection by the coronavirus SARS-COV-19, contact with someone infected by COVID-19, presence of any symptoms of COVID-19, remote work after the pandemic, social distancing, infodemic behavior, and fear of COVID-19. Results: Overall, 1,300 (2016) and 1,307 (2020) individuals were interviewed at home. The prevalence of sadness was 9.0% (95% CI 6.9 to 11.2) in 2016 and 15.2% (95% CI 12.3 to 18.0) in 2020. The only variable of the pandemic setting associated with sadness was fear of COVID-19. Individuals with a higher fear of the pandemic were 50% more likely to be sad. However, this effect disappeared when stress was included in the model. Conclusions: An increase in the prevalence of sadness was observed, showing that fear of COVID-19 was associated with a greater frequency of sadness. This association was probably mediated by stress level. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3fb4f7d391b4445685c1c3cafef248ba2025-02-11T07:41:40ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroJornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria1982-02082025-02-0173310.1590/0047-2085-2022-0105Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparisonSamuel Carvalho Dumithhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5994-735XElizabet Saes-Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-7774Fernanda de Oliveira Mellerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1174-4721Antônio Augusto Schäferhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-0434Micaela Rabelo Quadrahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6380-7720Lauro Miranda Demenechhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7285-2566ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increment in the feeling of sadness among adults and elderly individuals from southern Brazil. Methods: Two cross-sectional population-based studies were conducted with the same target population in 2016 and 2020 with individuals aged 18 years or older. The outcome was a feeling of sadness, measured through the scale of faces. The exposure variables were infection by the coronavirus SARS-COV-19, contact with someone infected by COVID-19, presence of any symptoms of COVID-19, remote work after the pandemic, social distancing, infodemic behavior, and fear of COVID-19. Results: Overall, 1,300 (2016) and 1,307 (2020) individuals were interviewed at home. The prevalence of sadness was 9.0% (95% CI 6.9 to 11.2) in 2016 and 15.2% (95% CI 12.3 to 18.0) in 2020. The only variable of the pandemic setting associated with sadness was fear of COVID-19. Individuals with a higher fear of the pandemic were 50% more likely to be sad. However, this effect disappeared when stress was included in the model. Conclusions: An increase in the prevalence of sadness was observed, showing that fear of COVID-19 was associated with a greater frequency of sadness. This association was probably mediated by stress level.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0047-20852024000300201&lng=en&tlng=enSadnessCOVID-19 pandemicMental healthEpidemiology |
| spellingShingle | Samuel Carvalho Dumith Elizabet Saes-Silva Fernanda de Oliveira Meller Antônio Augusto Schäfer Micaela Rabelo Quadra Lauro Miranda Demenech Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria Sadness COVID-19 pandemic Mental health Epidemiology |
| title | Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison |
| title_full | Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison |
| title_fullStr | Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison |
| title_short | Is COVID-19 pandemic associated with sadness? A prepandemic and postpandemic comparison |
| title_sort | is covid 19 pandemic associated with sadness a prepandemic and postpandemic comparison |
| topic | Sadness COVID-19 pandemic Mental health Epidemiology |
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