Italians on the Age of COVID-19: The Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms Through Web-Based Survey.

ABSTRACT: The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected the Italian community. The widespread use of quarantine had the desired impact of controlling the epidemic, although it caused many psychological consequences. To date, compliance of the Italian public with voluntary home quarantine has been very high, but little is known about the impact of psychological health on sociodemographic categories during the quarantine. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms in specific sociodemographic categories during the COVID-19 quarantine lockdown and the potential factors that contribute to, or mitigate, these effects. In the very early stage of the nationwide lockdown, 3,672 quarantined Italian adult residents (65% females, ranging from 18 to 85 years

SUBMITTER: Balsamo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7596268 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature