Sintomas de estresse, ansiedade e depressão em estudantes universitários durante a pandemia de COVID-19

Vieira-Santos, Joene; Paiva, Wanderson Feldkircher; Mendes-Pacheco, Cynthia Caroline

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RESEARCH REPORT - School and Educational Psychology • Estud. psicol. 40 • 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0275202340e200245 copiar

Sintomas de estresse, ansiedade e depressão em estudantes universitários durante a pandemia de COVID-19

Autoria SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Resumo

Objetivo

Investigar de que maneira a exposição à doença e as alterações nas condições de trabalho influenciaram na percepção dos níveis de estresse, ansiedade e depressão desses alunos.

Método

405 estudantes de instituições de Ensino Superior brasileiras responderam a um formulário on-line composto por um questionário sociodemográfico e de exposição à COVID-19 e escalas de estresse, ansiedade e depressão.

Resultados

Verificou-se que a prevalência de estresse, ansiedade e depressão entre os participantes foi, respectivamente, 56,8%, 41,7% e 37,0%. Além disso, o estresse assumiu um papel de mediador dos níveis de ansiedade e depressão.

Conclusão

Os dados do presente estudo podem subsidiar a elaboração de ações institucionais que auxiliem os estudantes a manejar melhor as dificuldades advindas da pandemia e/ou de outras fontes de estressores que impactam a vida acadêmica.

Palavras-chave
Infecções por coronavírus; Saúde mental; Estudantes; Universidades

Variables			n	Stress		Anxiety		Depression
Variables			n	M (SD)	t / F	M (SD)	t / F	M (SD)	t / F
Course area
	Biological Sciences		85	9.1 (3.2)	2.2	9.4 (5.4)	4.1 ^a a p < 0.05;	11.3 (6.1)	6.7 ^b b p < 0.01.
	Exact Sciences		28	7.9 (3.3)		6.9 (5.4)		7.5 (4.8)
	Humanities Sciences		292	9.2 (3.2)		10.1 (5.9)		12.2 (6.9)
Time of Course
	Beginning		95	9.0 (3.4)	0.2	9.9 (6.4)	0.1	11.1 (7.2)	0.7
	Mid-course		177	9.0 (3.2)		9.7 (5.7)		11.7 (6.4)
	End		132	9.2 (3.2)		9.6 (5.6)		12.2 (6.8)
Exposure to COVID-19
	Knows people who are infected
		Yes	245	9.2 (3.3)	1.0	10.2 (5.9)	-1.9	12.4 (6.9)	-2.8 ^b b p < 0.01.
		No	160	8.9 (3.1)		9.0 (5.6)		10.6 (6.2)
	Lives in a highly affected area
		Yes	143	9.6 (3.1)	2.2 ^a a p < 0.05;	11.2 (5.9)	-3.8 ^b b p < 0.01.	13.3 (6.8)	-3.5 ^b b p < 0.01.
		No	262	8.8 (3.3)		8.9 (5.6)		10.80 (6.5)
	Personally knows someone who died from COVID-19
		Yes	110	9.9 (3.0)	3.2 ^b b p < 0.01.	11.0 (5.7)	-2.8 ^b b p < 0.01.	13.2 (6.8)	-2.7 ^b b p < 0.01.
		No	295	8.8 (3.3)		9.2 (5.8)		11.1 (6.6)
	Infected neighbors
		Yes	124	9.3 (3.2)	1.0	10.5 (6.0)	- 1.6	13.3 (7.1)	- 3.2 ^b b p < 0.01.
		No	181	9.0 (3.3)		9.4 (5.7)		11.0 (6.4)
	Infected friends
		Yes	201	9.2 (3.2)	0.7	10.4 (5.9)	-2.2 ^a a p < 0.05;	12.3 (6.8)	-1.7
		No	204	9.0 (3.3)		9.1 (5.7)		11.1 (6.6)
	Stressful messages from the media
		Yes	317	9.4 (3.1)	3.0 ^b b p < 0.01.	10.2 (5.8)	-3.5 ^b b p < 0.01.	12.2 (6.7)	-3.1 ^b b p < 0.01.
		No	88	8.1 (3.5)		8.0 (5.5)		9.8 (6.5)
Changes in work status
	No changes		260	8.8 (3.3)	3.3 ^a a p < 0.05;	9.3 (5.6)	2.6	11.5 (6.7)	1.1
	Positive change		14	8.8 (3.0)		8.6 (7.0)		10.1 (8.0)
	Negative change		131	9.7 (3.1)		10.7 (6.1)		12.3 (6.6)

Model	Independent Variables		Regression Equation
Model	Independent Variables		F	R ²	R²Δ	β	t
1	Constant		2.2 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.07	0.04	7.5	12.2 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Knows an infected person – Yes				-0.2	-0.4
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				0.4	1.2
		Knows someone who died from COVID-19 – Yes				0.8	2.1 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Has infected neighbors – Yes				0.0	0.1
		Has infected friends – Yes				-0.1	-0.2
		Has relatives (not living together) who are infected – Yes				0.4	1.2
		Has people living in the same house who are infected – Yes				1.1	1.2
		Is exposed to stressful messages about COVID-19 – Yes				1.1	2.9 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Respondent is infected – Yes				-2.0	-1.3
		Change in work status – Negative				0.8	2.3 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Change in work status – Positive				0.1	0.1
		Course area – Exact Sciences				-1.0	-1.3
		Course area – Humanities Sciences				-0.0	-0.0
		Time of Course – Beginning				0.0	0.1
		Time of Course – Mid-course				0.1	0.3
2	Constant		6.4 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.06	0.05	7.6	20.8 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Knows someone who died from COVID-19 – Yes				1.0	2.8 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Is exposed to stressful messages about COVID-19 – Yes				1.2	3.2 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Change in work status – Negative				0.8	2.4 ^a a p < 0.05;

Model	Independent Variables		Regression Equation
Model	Independent Variables		F	R ²	R²Δ	β	t
1	Constant		2.9 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.10	0.06	5.5	5.0
		Knows an infected person – Yes				0.1	0.2
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				1.8	2.8 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Knows someone who died from COVID-19 – Yes				1.0	1.4
		Has infected neighbors – Yes				0.4	0.6
		Has infected friends – Yes				0.6	1.0
		Has relatives (not living together) who are infected – Yes				-0.5	-0.8
		Has people living in the same house who are infected – Yes				-0.2	-0.1
		Is exposed to stressful messages about COVID-19 – Yes				2.1	3.0 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Respondent is infected – Yes				-0.9	-0.4
		Change in work status – Negative				1.3	2.1 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Change in work status – Positive				-0.7	-0.4
		Course area – Exact Sciences				-1.8	-1.4
		Course area – Humanities Sciences				0.6	0.9
		Time of Course – Beginning				1.1	1.4
		Time of Course – Mid-course				0.8	1.2
2	Constant		7.8 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.07	0.06	6.8	10.4 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				2.2	3.7 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Is exposed to stressful messages about COVID-19 – Yes				2.1	3.1 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Change in work status – Negative				1.4	2.3 ^a a p < 0.05;
3	Constant		70.0 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.45	0.44	-1.8	-2.5 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				1.4	3.2 ^a
		Is exposed to stressful messages about COVID-19 – Yes				0.7	1.5
		Change in work status – Negative				0.4	0.8
		Perceived Stress Scale Total				1.1	16.6 ^b b p < 0.01.
4		Constant	163.1 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.45	0.44	-1.3	-2.0 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				1.4	3.22 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Perceived Stress Scale Total				1.2	17.3 ^b b p < 0.01.

Model	Independent Variables		Regression Equation
Model	Independent Variables		F	R²	R²Δ	β	t
1	Constant		2.9 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.10	0.06	8.3	6.6 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Knows an infected person – Yes				0.6	0.7
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				1.6	2.2 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Knows someone who died from COVID-19 – Yes				0.9	1.2
		Has infected neighbors – Yes				1.5	1.9
		Has infected friends – Yes				-0.1	-0.1
		Has relatives (not living together) who are infected – Yes				-0.2	-0.2
		Has people living in the same house who are infected – Yes				-0.2	-0.1
		Is exposed to stressful messages about COVID-19 – Yes				0.8	2.6 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Respondent is infected – Yes				0.5	0.2
		Change in work status – Negative				0.6	0.8
		Change in work status – Positive				-1.6	-0.9
		Course area – Exact Sciences				-3.6	-2.5 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Course area – Humanities Sciences				0.4	0.5
		Time of Course – Beginning				-0.2	-0.2
		Time of Course – Mid-course				0.2	0.3
2	Constant		8.2 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.08	0.07	9.0	9.5 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				2.2	3.2 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Has infected neighbors – Yes				1.8	2.5 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Is exposed to stressful messages about COVID-19 – Yes				2.1	2.7 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Course area – Exact Sciences				-3.6	-2.6 ^a a p < 0.05;
3	Constant		65.0 ^b b p < 0.01.	0.45	0.44	-1.0	0.2
		Lives in a more affected area – Yes				1.1	2.1 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Has infected neighbors – Yes				1.5	2.8 ^b b p < 0.01.
		Course area – Exact Sciences				-2.3	-2.1 ^a a p < 0.05;
		Perceived Stress Scale Total				1.3	16.5 ^b b p < 0.01.

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[1] Correspondence to: J. VIEIRA-SANTOS. E-mail: joenesantos@yahoo.com.br.