Ansiedade e depressão durante o estado de emergência nacional por COVID-19: realidade numa Unidade de Saúde Familiar

Abstract

Objetivos: Passaram alguns meses desde que foi confirmado o primeiro caso da doença COVID-19 em Portugal. A rápida progressão desta pandemia levou a diversas alterações no quotidiano dos utentes da Unidade de Saúde Familiar (USF) Santiago de Leiria, provavelmente com impacto na sua saúde mental. O objetivo deste trabalho é determinar os graus de ansiedade e depressão dos utentes da USF Santiago de Leiria durante o estado de emergência nacional. Tipo de estudo: Estudo transversal descritivo com componente analítica. Local: USF Santiago de Leiria. População: Utentes inscritos na USF Santiago de Leiria. Métodos: Estudo realizado através de um questionário online constituído por um inquérito sociodemográfico, a Escala Hospitalar de Ansiedade e Depressão e uma questão relativa ao apoio social, enviado a 1.000 utentes da USF em 9 de abril de 2020 e válido para submissão de respostas até 1 de maio de 2020. Resultados: Dos 285 indivíduos que participaram, 47% apresentavam sintomas de ansiedade e 32% sintomas depressivos. Indivíduos do género feminino apresentaram níveis mais elevados quer de sintomatologia ansiosa quer de sintomatologia depressiva. Indivíduos com níveis mais baixos de escolaridade, desempregados e trabalhadores em lay-off apresentaram uma maior prevalência de ansiedade. Entre os inquiridos, 89,1% referiu ter o apoio social necessário. Conclusão: Este trabalho demonstra uma elevada prevalência dos sintomas de ansiedade e depressão, com maior expressão no sexo feminino. Desta premissa, novas estratégias de melhoria da saúde mental dos utentes poderão surgir e evitar ainda mais danos provocados pela COVID-19.

Psychological distress in a Portuguese sample of cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

“…In Portugal, with the same instrument, a prevalence of 27.4% for clinical anxiety and 14.7% for depression was found in attendees of a primary care unit during the pandemic. 27 In another study, based on a Portuguese nonclinical population with a total sample of 929 participants, 26.9% presented significant anxiety and 7.0% showed significant depression symptoms, respectively. 28 Our results are in line with the evidence shown above, which suggests that the prevalence of psychological distress among patients with cancer patients the pandemic is substantially higher than the prepandemic prevalence 29 and even higher when compared with the general population (more than twice that found in a previous cited study 27 ).…”

“…In Portugal, with the same instrument, a prevalence of 27.4% for clinical anxiety and 14.7% for depression was found in attendees of a primary care unit during the pandemic. 27 In another study, based on a Portuguese nonclinical population with a total sample of 929 participants, 26.9% presented significant anxiety and 7.0% showed significant depression symptoms, respectively. 28…”

“…27 In another study, based on a Portuguese nonclinical population with a total sample of 929 participants, 26.9% presented significant anxiety and 7.0% showed significant depression symptoms, respectively. 28 Our results are in line with the evidence shown above, which suggests that the prevalence of psychological distress among patients with cancer patients the pandemic is substantially higher than the prepandemic prevalence 29 and even higher when compared with the general population (more than twice that found in a previous cited study 27 ). Concerning anxiety, although the prevalence found in our study (29.2%) was very close to that found in the general population (26.9%), 28 it was higher than that found in prepandemic studies.…”

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“…Anxiety in professionals resort to pharmacology to alleviate physical symptoms (Fávero et al, 2018), intensified in the last two years due to COVID-19. The pandemic is a risk factor for anxiety (Albuquerque et al, 2021): isolation, social distancing, unemployment (Barros et al, 2020), the high number of deaths, and fear of contracting disease and dying (Santana et al, 2021). At Family Health Unit in Portugal, a study by Santana et al (2021) showed anxiety in patients during a pandemic.…”

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“…Anxiety in professionals resort to pharmacology to alleviate physical symptoms (Fávero et al, 2018), intensified in the last two years due to COVID2 19. The pandemic is a risk factor for anxiety (Albuquerque et al, 2021): isolation, social distancing, unemployment (Barros et al, 2020), the high number of deaths, and fear of contracting disease and dying (Santana et al, 2021). At Family Health Unit in Portugal, a study by Santana et al (2021) showed anxiety in patients during a pandemic.…”