RT Journal Article
T1 Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
A1 Delgado García, Diemen
A1 Ortega Moreno, Mónica
A1 Duclos Bastías, Daniel
A1 Escobar Gómez, Dánica
A1 García Iglesias, Juan Jesús
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
AB The health effects of COVID-19 continue to raise doubts today. In some areas, such asmental health, these doubts have scarcely been addressed. The present study analyses the effects onpsychological distress during the first phase of the pandemic in Chile. A cross-sectional descriptivestudy was performed by using a questionnaire validated in Spain and adapted for Chile. Between22 April and 16 December 2020, 3227 questionnaires were collected from the 16 regions of Chile,using non-probabilistic snowball sampling. Bivariate analysis and binary logistic regression wereperformed. The variables that could predict psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic inChile were: having a poor self-perception of health OR = 4.038, 95% CI = (2.831, 5.758); being youngerthan 29 OR = 2.287, 95% CI = (1.893, 2.762); having diarrhea OR = 2.093, 95% CI = (1.414, 3.098);having headache OR = 2.019, 95% CI = (1.662, 2.453); being a woman OR = 1.638, 95% CI = (1.363,1.967); having muscle pain OR = 1.439, 95% CI = (1.114, 1.859); and having had casual contact with aninfected person OR = 1.410, 95% CI = (1.138, 1.747). In Chile, with a better social, economic, cultural,and health environment compared to neighboring countries, there has been a high percentage ofpsychological distress. It is time to prioritize measures to safeguard the mental health of Chileans,especially focused on the most vulnerable population according to our results, i.e., young womenwith poorer health status.
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20872
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20872
LA eng
NO Ruiz-Frutos, C.; Delgado-García, D.; Ortega-Moreno, M.; Duclos-Bastías, D.; Escobar-Gómez, D.; García-Iglesias, J.J.; Gómez-Salgado, J. Factors Related to Psychological Distress during the First Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Chilean Population. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 5137. https:// doi.org/10.3390/jcm10215137
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026