ArticleFrontiers in public health2022
Determinants of Anxiety in the General Latvian Population During the COVID-19 State of Emergency.
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- Daily routine disruptions and psychiatric symptoms amid COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of data from 0.9 million individuals in 32 countries.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Therapeutic exercise is associated with dose-dependent reductions in acute anxiety across psychiatric diagnoses.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Disparities in anxiety and related factors among Chinese older adults across different aged-care models: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- The effect of yin yoga intervention on state and trait anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Anxiety Screening among the General Population of Latvia and Associated Factors.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic and its restrictive public health measures have seriously affected mental health of society. Social, psychological, and health-related factors have been linked to anxiety in the general population. Aim: We investigate the association of various sociopsychological and health-related determinants of anxiety and identify the predicting factors for anxiety in the general population during the COVID-19 state of emergency from in Latvia. Methods: We conducted an online survey using a randomized stratified sample of the general adult population in July 2020 for 3 weeks. Anxiety symptoms were measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S). Sociodemographic, health-related, sociopsychological characteristics and suicidality were identified using the structured questionnaire. The statistical analysis included Pearson's chi-square test, Results: The weighted study sample included 2,608 participants. The mean STAY-S score of the total sample was 22.88 ± 12.25. In the total sample, 15.2% ( Conclusions: This is the first study to report a prevalence of anxiety in the general population of Latvia. Certain factors that predict anxiety, as well as protective factors were identified.
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