This study aims to explore the psychological impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related lockdown in university workers, and to analyse the factors related to their levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. A cross-sectional study was conducted between 8–22 April 2020, 3.5 weeks after the COVID-19-related lockdown in Spain. We collected sociodemographic and occupational data, in addition to housing, work and health conditions. Coping strategies (Brief COPE-28); level of anxiety, stress, and depression (Depression Anxiety Stress Scales DASS-21); perception of the disease (COVID-19) (Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire BIPQ); and perceived level of social support (Escala Multidimensional de Apoyo Social EMAS) were measured. Multiple linear regression models were fitted to explore the factors related to the level of anxiety, depression, and stress. The sample included 677 subjects. Higher scores in depression, anxiety, and stress occurred among females, younger subjects, administration and service workers; and subjects with a smaller home, as well as those with worse health status, worse quality of sleep, and dysfunctional coping strategies. The COVID-19-related lockdown had a great impact on the mental health of university workers. The participants with specific sociodemographic and occupational characteristics, clinical disorders, and dysfunctional coping strategies were more at risk.

The aim of this study is to improve our knowledge of cognitive function in individuals with type 1 (T1DM) or type 2 (T2DM) diabetes mellitus and with peripheral diabetic neuropathy (DPN).A systemat...

The aim of this study was to analyse the differences in cognitive function between women and men with type-2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) with and without diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP), and the factors associated with cognitive function in each sex. A cross-sectional study of 149 patients with DMT2 and DPN was performed. Sociodemographic and clinical variables, Test Your Memory (TYM) for cognitive assessment, anxiety and depression (HADS), quality of life (SF-12v2) and sleep characteristics (MOS-sleep) were measured. A high percentage of women presented cognitive impairment (50% vs. 36.1%) and they scored lower on the TYM (mean = 40.77; SD = 6.03 vs. mean = 42.49; SD = 6.05). Women with DNP scored lower on calculation tasks (3.17 vs. 3.52) than men with DNP, while women without DNP scored lower on retrograde memory (2.70 vs. 3.74), executive function (3.83 vs. 4.25) and similarities (2.51 vs. 3.12) than men without DNP. Being older (B = −0.181) and presenting cardiovascular risk factors (B = −5.059) were associated with worse cognitive function in women, while in men this was associated with older age (B = −0.154), a longer duration of diabetes (B = −0.319) and the presence of depression (B = −0.363). Women with and without DNP obtained worse results in cognitive function. However, the presence of pain had a greater impact on the different dimensions in men.

Background/Objectives: We aimed to determine the prevalence of bipolar disorder (BD) in a Spanish disabled adult population (DAP), the differences in sociodemographic and clinical variables in the DAP with and without BD, and the factors associated with self-reported health status in the DAP with BD. Methods: This is a population-based cross-sectional study including N = 11,130 adults from the “Disability, Personal Autonomy and Dependency Situations Survey 2020” carried out in Spain by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE). We used secondary data with self-reported information on sociodemographic, mental and physical health status (HS), difficulties in daily living, and use of health services. We estimated the prevalence of BD in the DAP. Bivariate analyses were carried out to compare the DAP with/without BD and multinomial logistic regression was performed to analyse factors associated with self-reported HS in the DAP with BD. Results: The prevalence of BD in the DAP is 2.42%. People with BD were younger, showed more anxiety and musculoskeletal diseases, reported worse HS, performed less physical and social activities, had more social difficulties and less contact with other people, used more health services, and reported discrimination due to their disability. Older age (OR = 1.030) and the presence of anxiety (OR = 4.479) were related to worse self-reported HS. Conclusions: BD is present in 2.42% of the Spanish DAP with significant consequences for their HS. Our findings summarise some of the main factors that characterise the BD population with disability versus those without BD and show that anxiety is an important factor affecting the perception of HS.