• Cristina Rodríguez-Hernández, Omar Medrano-Espinosa, and Ariadne Hernández-Sánchez.
• Hospital Ángeles Mocel, Mexico City.
• Gac Med Mex. 2021 Jan 1; 157 (3): 220-224.

IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has also affected mental health.ObjectiveTo evaluate Mexican population mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic by measuring symptoms of stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia, as well as resilience.MethodsCross-sectional, descriptive, observational study. A survey was carried out to collect sociodemographic data, and the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 (DASS 21), Athens Insomnia Scale and the 14-item Resilience Scale (RS-14) were applied. Central tendency and dispersion measures were obtained for quantitative variables and frequencies for qualitative variables. The chi-square test was used for bivariate analysis; alpha level was 0.05.Results1,667 individuals with a mean age of 33.78 ± 10.79 years were analyzed. On DASS 21, a mean of 9.7 points (normal) was found, as well as 7.10 for anxiety (normal) and 6.73 for depression (normal). On Athens Insomnia Scale, a mean of 9.33 points (moderate alteration), and on the RS-14 scale, 69.13 points (high resilience) were obtained.ConclusionsSymptoms' intensity was lower than expected in comparison with that recorded in other populations, probably due to the high levels of resilience of the Mexican population.Copyright: © 2021 Permanyer.

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