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ArticleJournal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing2023

COVID-19 infection: Positive mental health, psychological vulnerability and sex: Cross-sectional study.

Cláudia Patrícia Pires Almeida, André Filipe Morais Pinto Novo, Maria Teresa Lluch Canut, Carme Ferré-Grau, Carlos Alberto da Cruz Sequeira

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Article in Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Cláudia Patrícia Pires AlmeidaULSNE - Unidade Local de Saúde Nordeste, Braganca, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8481-4188
André Filipe Morais Pinto NovoInsituto Politécnico de Bragança, Escola superior de Saúde, Braganca, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8583-0406
Maria Teresa Lluch CanutUniversity of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2064-8811
Carme Ferré-GrauUniversity of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5229-0394
Carlos Alberto da Cruz SequeiraCenter for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS).ORCID 0000-0002-5620-3478
Centre for Health Technology and Services Research · PTEscola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto · PTUnidade Hospitalar de Bragança · PTUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversitat Rovira i Virgili · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since mid-March 2020, a state of emergency was decreed in Portugal due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, consequently, measures were implemented to protect public health, such as social isolation, which will certainly have a notable impact on the mental health of the population, especially in the most vulnerable groups. Positive Mental Health (PMH) is essential to deal with adversity, in this case with the pandemic, and to live better and with greater satisfaction. We consider it relevant to investigate how PMH was used as a resource to deal with the pandemic, depending on the level of vulnerability and sex. A, cross-sectional study was carried out whose the aim was to evaluate the levels of PMH and psychological vulnerability in people with COVOD-19 infection and analyze the association between PMH and psychological vulnerability among men and women.

methodsThe instruments used were a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire, the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire, and the Psychological Vulnerability Scale (PVS), that were sent and filled out online. A quantitative, cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study was carried out.

resultsAfter analyzing the results, it was found that approximately 50.4% of the respondents (n = 387) had global PMH values that place them in quartile 50. There was also a statistically significant difference between female and male PMH, with women showing greater psychological vulnerability and lower overall PMH.

conclusionsWe conclude that the women present a greater psychological vulnerability and a lower level of PMH when compared to men. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Considering the study's statistically significant results, when we talk about mental health, we should always consider the sex variable as a vulnerability factor, in a pandemic or non-pandemic phase.

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COVID-19Mental HealthCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePandemicsPersonal Satisfactionpandemicpositive mental healthpsychological vulnerabilitysex

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PMID36239008
PMCPMC9874471
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