Anxiety and Depression during the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Coping Strategies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence suggests increased anxious-depressive symptoms in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic, also in its second wave. High symptom variability across individuals suggests that risk and protective factors, including coping strategies, can play a mediating role.

Methods

General Anxiety Disorder-7, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Brief-COPE questionnaires were administered to people attending a COVID-19 point-of-care. Univariate and multivariate methods were used to test the association of symptoms with risk and protective factors.

Results

A total of 3509 participants (27.5% with moderate-severe anxiety; 12% with depressive symptoms) were recruited. Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, including age, sex, sleep, physical activity, psy

SUBMITTER: Miola A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9957361 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature