Gender perspective of psychological discomfort during COVID-19 confinement among Spanish adult population: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

COVID-19 disease has affected more than a hundred countries worldwide and has exposed the population to an increase in mental health problems. The objective of this study was to assess the emotional impact of the pandemic from a gender perspective, as well as to study the modulating variables of that impact.

Design

A descriptive and cross-sectional study through the General Health Questionnaire scale and the Sense of Coherence (SOC) scale is developed.

Setting

General population of Spain was the target of this study PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 3801 adult subjects living in Spain, without diagnosis for Sars-Cov-2 virus infection during confinement.

Intervention

Data collection was carried out using an online questionnaire, from 26 March 2020

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Salgado J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8688733 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature