Introduction:

A significant increase in the levels of depression, anxiety and stress has been found with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective:

Compare the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress due to belonging to the Adventist religion during the pandemic in residents of the Maipú commune in 2022.

Methods:

Cross-sectional, analytical, and correlational study, applied to a sample of 176 inhabitants of the Maipú commune in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, using the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to measure levels of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in the population. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare indicators of depression, anxiety, and stress in both groups. Multivariate analyses were made through logistic regression, taking as dependent variables: stress, anxiety, and depression in a dichotomous manner. A value of p˂0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results:

The Adventist population obtained better indicators, with significantly lower scores on the depression (p=0.002) and anxiety (p<0.001) subscales, but not stress (p=0.086). The multivariate analyses always showed a relationship between stress, anxiety, and depression (p≤0.001). A statistically significant association was found between Adventism and anxiety (adjusted OR: 3.59; 95% CI: 1.19-10.82), but not between Adventism with depression or Adventism with stress.

Conclusion:

A statistically significant association was found between belonging to Adventism and anxiety, where non-Adventists presented greater anxiety than Adventists; however, no association was found when assessing membership in Adventism with depression and stress.

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