Female students are the most psychologically affected by the COVID-19 outbreak: a case study in an academic community in Brazil.
Ana Carolina PaludoMichael Pereira da SilvaJaqueline Puqueves de SouzaMarcus Peikriszwili TartarugaDeoclecio GruppiTimothy Gustavo CavazzottoPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2021)
Our findings demonstrated that the COVID-19 outbreak affected the psychological responses in the Brazilian academic community, also, women, young age, and students appear to be a risk group to negative psychological responses. The long-term quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic may cause further worsening in the psychological responses, especially in those in the risk group.