id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-342919-ls2q1g0v Balsamo, Michela Italians on the Age of COVID-19: The Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms Through Web-Based Survey 2020-10-16 .txt text/plain 6933 327 45 In the very early stage of the nationwide lockdown, 3,672 quarantined Italian adult residents (65% females, ranging from 18 to 85 years) participated in a web-based cross-sectional survey, including measures of depressive symptoms, which were measured by the Teate depression inventory, and state anxiety levels. Females, younger people, students, singles, residents in northern Italy, people who were reluctant to adhere to quarantine guidelines, and people less worried about being infected with COVID-19 were at high risk of developing depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 epidemic, also after controlling for state anxiety. Research evidence aims of this study were to explore (1) the likely effects of quarantine on mental health (anxiety and depressive symptoms), immediately after the nationwide lockdown issued by the Italian Government, and (2) the factors that contribute to, or mitigate, these consequences. Compared to the previous model, no statistical differences were found in sex, age, and adherence level to quarantine guidelines groups when predicting depression symptom severity, when controlling for anxiety (see Appendix A). ./cache/cord-342919-ls2q1g0v.txt ./txt/cord-342919-ls2q1g0v.txt