RT Journal Article
T1 Impact on the Mental and Physical Health of the Portuguese Population during the COVID-19 Confinement
A1 Frade, Fátima
A1 Jacobsohn, Lia
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Martins, Rosário
A1 Allande Cussó, Regina
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
A1 Frade, João
AB Confinement of the population has been one of the measures implemented by differentgovernments to address the COVID-19 health crisis, and it has led to social isolation together with adisruption of daily activities. The aim of the study is to analyze psychological distress during theCOVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. During the quarantine, a cross-sectional study was carried out on asample of 2120 subjects over 18 years of age, resident and born in Portugal. Data were collected usinga self-developed questionnaire that considered socio-demographic variables, physical symptoms,health conditions, and history of contact with COVID-19, as well as psychological alterations. TheGeneral Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was also included. Univariate and bivariate statisticalanalyses were performed. Predictive capacity was studied using logistic regression models. Theresults showed a higher percentage of individuals presenting psychological distress (57.2.0%), witha higher percentage identified among women (79.0%), and in people with a higher educationallevel (bachelor’s + master’s and doctorate) (75.8%). The predictor variables with the greatest weightwere sex, educational level (graduation, master’s, and doctorate), living with children or under16 years of age, presence of symptoms, and quarantine in the last 14 days for having symptoms.Good self-assessment of health and working at home appear to be protective against psychologicaldistress. These results highlight the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress andprovide an opportunity to consider the need to implement specific multidisciplinary public healthand mental health interventions in this pandemic situation
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20255
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20255
LA eng
NO Frade, F., Jacobsohn, L., Gómez-Salgado, J., Martins, R., Allande-Cussó, R., Ruiz-Frutos, C., & Frade, J. (2021). Impact on the Mental and Physical Health of the Portuguese Population during the COVID-19 Confinement. In Journal of Clinical Medicine (Vol. 10, Issue 19, p. 4464). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10194464
NO versión editor
NO This work was funded by Portuguese national funds provided by Fundação para a Ciênciae Tecnologia (FCT) (UIDB/05704/2020 and UIDP/05704/2020).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026