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Women may experience poorer outcomes with regard to the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.. This presentation will focus on the data that were obtained from the General Population project (COMET-G) that provided data on anxiety and depression from 40 countries. Another part of the presentation will focus on the nationwide representative online study in the general population of Latvia that was a part of the COMET-G. Anxiety and depression was assessed by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S) and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). . In the COMET-G study 50,461 responses were included in the analysis (33,327 females; 17,134 males). Mean difference in STAI-S and CES-D scores between women and men were 3.75 (95% CI 3.10, 4.39; t = 13.77, p<0.001) and 2.98 (95% CI 2.44, 3.51; t =11.84, p<0.001). Proportion of women who had an increase in anxiety and depression were 54.08% (95% CI 50.62, 57.51) and 44.37% (95% CI 41.19, 47.57), compared to 43.61% (95% CI 39.85, 47.41) and 36.11% (95% CI 32.91, 39.39) in men with respective odds ratios of 1.53 (95% CI 1.39, 1.68; p<0.001) and 1.37 (95% CI 1.24, 1.51; p<0.001).In total, 1570 women of the Latvian sample were included in the analysis, of whom 19.6% (n = 307) were classified as having anxiety. The odds of having anxiety were higher in women with depression in the past (OR=2.40), who had fears about one’s and about relatives’ health due to coronavirus (OR=2.22 and OR=1.30, respectively), who were afraid to die due to COVID-19 (OR=2.11), who had reported changes in suicidal ideation (OR=1.39), who had a suicide attempt in the past (OR=1.92), and who had financial concerns (OR=1.76).. The findings can help develop future strategies for managing psychological support for women who are at risk.| Period | 30 Mar 2023 |
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| Event title | RSU Research Week 2023: Research Week 2023 Rīga Stradiņš University |
| Event type | Conference |
| Organiser | Riga Stradins University |
| Location | Riga, LatviaShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |