Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19

Héctor Hugo Sánchez-Carlessi; Luis Alberto Yarlequé-Chocas; Leda Javier-Alva; Edith Rocío Nuñez L. Lacuachaqui; Carlos Arenas-Iparraguirre; Maria Luisa Matalinares-Calvet; Eduardo Gutiérrez-Santayana; Irma Egoavil-Medina; Jorge Solis-Quispe; Ceyda Fernandez-Figueroa

doi:10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654

Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19

Héctor Hugo Sánchez-Carlessi
, Luis Alberto Yarlequé-Chocas
, Leda Javier-Alva
, Edith Rocío Nuñez L. Lacuachaqui
, Carlos Arenas-Iparraguirre
, Maria Luisa Matalinares-Calvet
, Eduardo Gutiérrez-Santayana
, Irma Egoavil-Medina
, Jorge Solis-Quispe
, Ceyda Fernandez-Figueroa

Faculty of Humanities

Research output: Contribution to journal › Original Article › peer-review

22 Scopus citations

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 quarantine has greatly affected university students in Peru, generating a series of physical, psychological and behavioral effects. Objetive: To determine the factors associated with anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance in peruvian university students quarantined by COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out. The sample was made up of 1264 university students from various departments of Peru, anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance were taken as dependent variables, which were evaluated with the questionnaire "The Inventory of unadjusted psychosocial behavior, in the presence of COVID-19 in the Peruvian population”and the AAQ II, for the statistical analysis the chi square was used. Results: More than half of the university students in Peru present between 3 and 6 of the 6 anxiety indicators, and this same number of depression indicators is presented by 45% of the sample. 30% of the sample has between 3 and 6 indicators of somatization and 40.3% of the sample is located in the middle upwards on the experiential avoidance scale. Conclusions: There are differences in the levels of anxiety, somatization and experiential avoidance between men and women, it was also found that older students had lower levels of anxiety, depression and experiential avoidance, but not in somatization.

Translated title of the contribution	Indicadores de ansiedad, depresión, somatización y evitación experiencial en estudiantes universitarios del Perú en cuarentena por COVID-19
Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	346-353
Number of pages	8
Journal	Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654
State	Indexed - Apr 2021

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Article published by the Magazine of the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Ricardo Palma University. It is an open access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), that allows non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is duly cited. For commercial use, please contact [email protected]

Keywords

Anexiety
COVID-19
Depression
Experiental avoidance
Pandemics (source: MeSH NLM)
Quarantine
Somatoform disorders

Access to Document

10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654

Cite this

Sánchez-Carlessi, H. H., Yarlequé-Chocas, L. A., Javier-Alva, L., Lacuachaqui, E. R. N. L., Arenas-Iparraguirre, C., Matalinares-Calvet, M. L., Gutiérrez-Santayana, E., Egoavil-Medina, I., Solis-Quispe, J., & Fernandez-Figueroa, C. (2021). Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19. Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, 21(2), 346-353. https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654

@article{6e57c98bdda74a219b5fe4ff91497337,

title = "Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19",

abstract = "Introduction: The COVID-19 quarantine has greatly affected university students in Peru, generating a series of physical, psychological and behavioral effects. Objetive: To determine the factors associated with anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance in peruvian university students quarantined by COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out. The sample was made up of 1264 university students from various departments of Peru, anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance were taken as dependent variables, which were evaluated with the questionnaire {"}The Inventory of unadjusted psychosocial behavior, in the presence of COVID-19 in the Peruvian population”and the AAQ II, for the statistical analysis the chi square was used. Results: More than half of the university students in Peru present between 3 and 6 of the 6 anxiety indicators, and this same number of depression indicators is presented by 45\% of the sample. 30\% of the sample has between 3 and 6 indicators of somatization and 40.3\% of the sample is located in the middle upwards on the experiential avoidance scale. Conclusions: There are differences in the levels of anxiety, somatization and experiential avoidance between men and women, it was also found that older students had lower levels of anxiety, depression and experiential avoidance, but not in somatization.",

keywords = "Anexiety, COVID-19, Depression, Experiental avoidance, Pandemics (source: MeSH NLM), Quarantine, Somatoform disorders",

author = "S{\'a}nchez-Carlessi, \{H{\'e}ctor Hugo\} and Yarlequ{\'e}-Chocas, \{Luis Alberto\} and Leda Javier-Alva and Lacuachaqui, \{Edith Roc{\'i}o Nu{\~n}ez L.\} and Carlos Arenas-Iparraguirre and Matalinares-Calvet, \{Maria Luisa\} and Eduardo Guti{\'e}rrez-Santayana and Irma Egoavil-Medina and Jorge Solis-Quispe and Ceyda Fernandez-Figueroa",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Article published by the Magazine of the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Ricardo Palma University. It is an open access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), that allows non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is duly cited. For commercial use, please contact [email protected]",

year = "2021",

month = apr,

doi = "10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654",

language = "American English",

volume = "21",

pages = "346--353",

journal = "Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana",

issn = "1814-5469",

publisher = "Universidad Ricardo Palma, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Biomedicas, Facultad de Medicina Humana",

number = "2",

}

Sánchez-Carlessi, HH, Yarlequé-Chocas, LA, Javier-Alva, L, Lacuachaqui, ERNL, Arenas-Iparraguirre, C, Matalinares-Calvet, ML, Gutiérrez-Santayana, E, Egoavil-Medina, I, Solis-Quispe, J & Fernandez-Figueroa, C 2021, 'Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19', Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 346-353. https://doi.org/10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654

Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19. / Sánchez-Carlessi, Héctor Hugo; Yarlequé-Chocas, Luis Alberto; Javier-Alva, Leda et al.
In: Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, Vol. 21, No. 2, 04.2021, p. 346-353.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Original Article › peer-review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19

AU - Sánchez-Carlessi, Héctor Hugo

AU - Yarlequé-Chocas, Luis Alberto

AU - Javier-Alva, Leda

AU - Lacuachaqui, Edith Rocío Nuñez L.

AU - Arenas-Iparraguirre, Carlos

AU - Matalinares-Calvet, Maria Luisa

AU - Gutiérrez-Santayana, Eduardo

AU - Egoavil-Medina, Irma

AU - Solis-Quispe, Jorge

AU - Fernandez-Figueroa, Ceyda

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Article published by the Magazine of the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Ricardo Palma University. It is an open access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), that allows non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is duly cited. For commercial use, please contact [email protected]

PY - 2021/4

Y1 - 2021/4

N2 - Introduction: The COVID-19 quarantine has greatly affected university students in Peru, generating a series of physical, psychological and behavioral effects. Objetive: To determine the factors associated with anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance in peruvian university students quarantined by COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out. The sample was made up of 1264 university students from various departments of Peru, anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance were taken as dependent variables, which were evaluated with the questionnaire "The Inventory of unadjusted psychosocial behavior, in the presence of COVID-19 in the Peruvian population”and the AAQ II, for the statistical analysis the chi square was used. Results: More than half of the university students in Peru present between 3 and 6 of the 6 anxiety indicators, and this same number of depression indicators is presented by 45% of the sample. 30% of the sample has between 3 and 6 indicators of somatization and 40.3% of the sample is located in the middle upwards on the experiential avoidance scale. Conclusions: There are differences in the levels of anxiety, somatization and experiential avoidance between men and women, it was also found that older students had lower levels of anxiety, depression and experiential avoidance, but not in somatization.

AB - Introduction: The COVID-19 quarantine has greatly affected university students in Peru, generating a series of physical, psychological and behavioral effects. Objetive: To determine the factors associated with anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance in peruvian university students quarantined by COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out. The sample was made up of 1264 university students from various departments of Peru, anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance were taken as dependent variables, which were evaluated with the questionnaire "The Inventory of unadjusted psychosocial behavior, in the presence of COVID-19 in the Peruvian population”and the AAQ II, for the statistical analysis the chi square was used. Results: More than half of the university students in Peru present between 3 and 6 of the 6 anxiety indicators, and this same number of depression indicators is presented by 45% of the sample. 30% of the sample has between 3 and 6 indicators of somatization and 40.3% of the sample is located in the middle upwards on the experiential avoidance scale. Conclusions: There are differences in the levels of anxiety, somatization and experiential avoidance between men and women, it was also found that older students had lower levels of anxiety, depression and experiential avoidance, but not in somatization.

KW - Anexiety

KW - COVID-19

KW - Depression

KW - Experiental avoidance

KW - Pandemics (source: MeSH NLM)

KW - Quarantine

KW - Somatoform disorders

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85196712922

U2 - 10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654

DO - 10.25176/RFMH.V21I2.3654

M3 - Original Article

AN - SCOPUS:85196712922

SN - 1814-5469

VL - 21

SP - 346

EP - 353

JO - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana

JF - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana

IS - 2

ER -

Anxiety, depression, somatization and experiential avoidance indicators in Peruvian university students in quarantine by COVID-19

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this