Mental Health Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mexican Population: A Systematic Review

Yazmín Hernández-Díaz, Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza, Miguel Ángel Ramos-Méndez, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, Thelma Beatriz González-Castro, María Lilia López-Narváez and Humberto Nicolini
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Yazmín Hernández-Díaz: División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Jalpa de Mendez 86205, Mexico
Alma Delia Genis-Mendoza: Laboratorio de Genómica de Enfermedades Psiquiátricas y Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City 14610, Mexico
Miguel Ángel Ramos-Méndez: División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Beautiful Villa 86100, Mexico
Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop: División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Comalcalco 86040, Mexico
Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate: Hospital Chiapas “Dr. Jesús Gilberto Gómez Maza”, Tuxtla Gutierrez 29000, Mexico
Thelma Beatriz González-Castro: División Académica Multidisciplinaria de Jalpa de Méndez, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Jalpa de Mendez 86205, Mexico
María Lilia López-Narváez: Hospital Chiapas “Dr. Jesús Gilberto Gómez Maza”, Tuxtla Gutierrez 29000, Mexico
Humberto Nicolini: Laboratorio de Genómica de Enfermedades Psiquiátricas y Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico City 14610, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-10

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on mental health in the general population, but no systematic synthesis of evidence of this effect has been undertaken for the Mexican population. Relevant studies were identified through the systematic search in five databases until December, 2021. The selection of studies and the evaluation of their methodological quality were performed in pairs. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used for study quality appraisal. The protocol of this systematic review was registered with PROSPERO (protocol ID: CRD42021278868). This review included 15 studies, which ranged from 252 to 9361 participants, with a total of 26,799 participants. The findings show that COVID-19 has an impact on the Mexican population’s mental health and is particularly associated with anxiety, depression, stress and distress. Females and younger age are risk factors for development mental health symptoms. Mitigating the negative effects of COVID-19 on mental health should be a public health priority in Mexico.

Keywords: depression; stress; anxiety; COVID-19; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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