Title
Prevalencia mensual de trastorno de ansiedad generalizada durante la pandemia por Covid-19 en México
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-18-2021
Journal / Book Title
Salud Publica de Mexico
Abstract
Objective. Estimate the prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) from April to June 2020. Materials and methods. Repeated cross-sections design based in the Encovid-19, a series of monthly mobile surveys with represen- tative samples of Mexico (N= 833-1 674).The questionnaire includes the GAD-2 scale, and, in July, the GAD-7 scale was added; we examined its internal validity with confirmatory factor analysis and its concurrent validity with sociodemo- graphic variables. Using GAD-7 as criterion, we analyzed the predictive validity of the GAD-2.We estimated the monthly prevalence with the GAD-2. Results. The GAD-7 and the GAD-2 are reliable and valid.The GAD-2 has a sensitivity of 0.87 and a specificity of 0.90.The monthly prevalence remains high and stable, between 30.7 and 32.6%. GAD concentrated in women, unemployed and persons with low socioeconomic status. Conclusions. GAD is a public health problem that worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21149/12257
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Gaitán-Rossi, Pablo; Pérez-Hernández, Víctor; Vilar-Compte, Mireya; and Teruel-Belismelis, Graciela, "Prevalencia mensual de trastorno de ansiedad generalizada durante la pandemia por Covid-19 en México" (2021). Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works. 221.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/public-health-facpubs/221
Published Citation
Gaitán Rossi, Pablo, Víctor Hugo Pérez Hernández, Mireya Vilar Compte, and Graciela María Teruel Belismelis. "Prevalencia mensual de trastorno de ansiedad generalizada durante la pandemia por Covid-19 en México." (2021).
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