Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation measure has influenced the behavior and health of worldwide populations. The goal of this study was to investigate features related to pain, and mental health impact due to COVID-19 social isolation before and during the outbreak in Brazil and its mains macro-regions, which have climates, cultures, and economic differences.
Highlights
The necessity of being confined at home as a consequence of the outbreak of COVID-19 caused great involvement and concerns worldwide, changing drastically people daily life and quality of life [1], the economy and the nations’ health systems, especially during the first wave of the pandemic
Considering that the first wave of COVID-19 caused great public concern, because the population experienced the fear of the unknown, the fear of death and the amount of daily information about the pandemic “numbers”, the aim of this study was to use the validated questionnaire “Physical exercise level before and during social isolation” (PEF-COVID19) [14], to identify in Brazil and its mains macro-regions, the changes in the level of pain and psychological impact as stress and anxiety during the first wave of COVID-19 outbreak
129 answers were excluded (6.5%) of the initial respondents because they were from other countries than Brazil or with age below 18 years-old, leaving a total of 1,848 questionnaires to be considered in the current study
Summary
The necessity of being confined at home as a consequence of the outbreak of COVID-19 caused great involvement and concerns worldwide, changing drastically people daily life and quality of life [1], the economy and the nations’ health systems, especially during the first wave of the pandemic. Considering that the first wave of COVID-19 caused great public concern, because the population experienced the fear of the unknown, the fear of death and the amount of daily information about the pandemic “numbers”, the aim of this study was to use the validated questionnaire “Physical exercise level before and during social isolation” (PEF-COVID19) [14], to identify in Brazil and its mains macro-regions, the changes in the level of pain and psychological impact as stress and anxiety during the first wave of COVID-19 outbreak. The goal of this study was to investigate features related to pain, and mental health impact due to COVID-19 social isolation before and during the outbreak in Brazil and its mains macro-regions, which have climates, cultures, and economic differences
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