BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL REACTIONS OF THE RUSSIAN POPULATION TO THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: AN ON-LINE SURVEY RESULTS

BACKGROUNDThe study aimed to identify the patterns of adaptive and behavioral strategies in different population groups, also to evaluate their association with the infection prevention strategies and the distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODSThe data were obtained from the on-line survey of 1958 respondents (mean age 31±12 years) from March 30, 2020 to April 5, 2020. 578 respondents reported a history of affective disorders; 884 respondents - a history of somatic disease. The level of anxiety distress was evaluated with the Psychological Stress Measure (PSM-25). The analysis of variance was used for statistics. p