Psychological symptoms, mental fatigue and behavioural adherence after 72 continuous days of strict lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina

AUTORES	Fernando Torrente[Opens in a new window], Adrian Yoris, Daniel Low, Pablo López, Pedro Bekinschtein, Gustavo H. Vázquez, Facundo Manes and Marcelo Cetkovich.
	10 December 2021
JOURNAL	Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
VOLUMEN	BJPsych Open , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 2022 , e10 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.1065
ABSTRACT	Background An early and prolonged lockdown was adopted in Argentina during the first wave of COVID-19. Early reports evidenced elevated psychological symptoms. Aims To explore if the prolonged lockdown was associated with elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms; if mental fatigue was associated with lockdown adherence (a phenomenon called ‘behavioural fatigue’); and if financial concerns were associated with lockdown adherence and emotional symptoms.
	Fondo Argentina adoptó un confinamiento temprano y prolongado durante la primera ola de COVID-19. Los primeros informes evidenciaron síntomas psicológicos elevados. Objetivos Explorar si el encierro prolongado se asoció con ansiedad elevada y síntomas depresivos; si la fatiga mental se asoció con el cumplimiento del confinamiento (fenómeno denominado «fatiga conductual»); y si las preocupaciones financieras se asociaron con la adherencia al confinamiento y los síntomas emocionales.