High Prevalence of Anxiety Symptoms in Venezuelan Adults during the Beginning of the Venezuelan Crisis. Data from a National Representative Sample. The EVESCAM Study

Autor: Juan P. González-Rivas, Rocio Iglesias-Fortes, Diana De Oliveira-Gomes, Maria M. Infante-García, Maritza Durán, Eunice Ugel, María Inés Marulanda, Sebastian Novotny, Gorazd B Stokin, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Ramfis Nieto-Martìnez
Rok vydání: 2022
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2365599/v1
Popis: Venezuelans have been living in a humanitarian crisis since 2014 and the effect of this adverse environment on the mental of the population is unknown. This article aims to determinate the prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms of adults and factors related during the beginning of the humanitarian crisis of Venezuela. Anxiety and depressive symptoms were determined using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). 3,241 adults were evaluated with mean age of 41.1 ± 15.7 years. Anxiety prevalence was 14.7% (women 19.3% and men 9.5%; p
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