Department of Medical Psychology, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay; Department of Psychiatry, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
Department of Psychiatry, National University of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay.
J Affect Disord. 2022 Feb 1;298(Pt A):599-603. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.11.036. Epub 2021 Nov 16.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase of social stressors and mental health issues in the general population as well as among mentally ill patients. A COVID-19- related "infodemic", including too much information in digital and physical environments, has been recognized globally.
This study aimed to describe the impact of COVID-19 infodemic (exposure to news related to COVID-19) in terms of depressive symptoms in the Paraguayan general population.
This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study. An online survey, designed in Google Forms, has been launched nationwide through the most popular social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and messaging applications (WhatsApp, Telegram) in April (1st-30th) 2021. The Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5) was employed for detecting depressive symptoms.
The survey included 1102 responders aged 35.4 ± 12.9 years old, 74.9% were women. MHI-5 mean score was 44.07 ± 14.16 in the general population with 34.4% (n = 379) of responders suffering from severe symptoms of depression (>52, as cut-off point). 53.5% of sample reported to have been exposed between 1 and 3 h to COVID-19 news, daily. An OR 1.933 (95% CI 1.48 - 2.52) was found between the exposure to news and depressive symptoms.
This study suggests that people exposed to a higher number of hours of COVID-19 news were 93.3% more likely to develop depressive symptoms.
COVID-19 大流行导致普通人群和精神疾病患者的社会压力和心理健康问题增加。包括数字和物理环境中过多信息的 COVID-19 相关“信息疫情”已在全球范围内得到认可。
本研究旨在描述 COVID-19 信息疫情（接触与 COVID-19 相关的新闻）对巴拉圭普通人群抑郁症状的影响。
这是一项描述性和横断面研究。2021 年 4 月，通过最受欢迎的社交网络（Facebook、Twitter、Instagram）和消息应用程序（WhatsApp、Telegram）在全国范围内开展了一项在线调查，该调查由 Google 表单设计。使用心理健康量表-5（MHI-5）检测抑郁症状。
该调查包括 1102 名年龄为 35.4±12.9 岁的应答者，其中 74.9%为女性。普通人群的 MHI-5 平均得分为 44.07±14.16，有 34.4%（n=379）的应答者患有严重的抑郁症状（>52，作为截止点）。53.5%的样本报告称，每天有 1 至 3 小时接触 COVID-19 新闻。在接触新闻和抑郁症状之间发现了 1.933（95%CI 1.48-2.52）的比值比。
本研究表明，接触更多小时 COVID-19 新闻的人患抑郁症状的可能性增加 93.3%。
