Anxiety in Mexican adults throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross sectional study.
Erasmo Saucedo-Uribe, Jessica Treviño-Lozano, Pedro Jehú González-Mallozzi and 6 others
PMID 36428050WHAT IT FOUND
43.5% of Mexican adults surveyed reported moderate to severe anxiety symptoms; women, adults aged 18 to 30, people without a partner, and people with psychiatric diagnoses were more likely to report them.
Key findings
01Moderate to severe anxiety symptoms were reported by 43.5% of analysed participants.
02In adjusted analysis, being a woman and having at least one diagnosed psychiatric comorbidity were independently associated with positive anxiety screening.
03Anxiety was most common among women, adults aged 18 to 30, students, people without a partner, and people with psychiatric comorbidity.
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What it does not show
The authors used snowball sampling through social networks and say this may cause selection bias. Because the survey was online, only people with internet and electronic media could participate; the authors say this under-represents people without digital access and lower socioeconomic status. The authors state the results should be approached with caution because of these sampling and coverage limitations.
Declared interests
This research did not receive specific grant funding, and the authors declare no competing financial interests or personal relationships that could influence the work.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the 43.5% figure as a precise estimate of anxiety in all Mexican adults. The authors used snowball sampling through social networks and note selection bias, and the online survey missed people without internet or lower socioeconomic status.