INCIDENCE OF GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER IN A HEALTH STAFF SAMPLE EVALUATED WITH A DIGITAL INSTRUMENT.

This research was carried out in order to ascertain the incidence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) in a health staff sample of the Mexican Army and Air Force by means of a digital instrument presenting the GADI scale. The data obtained were analyzed in SPSS v27, obtaining an incidence of 27.51%, this being higher than the prevalence reported for the general global (3 to 8%) and Mexican (3%) population, though similar to the prevalence of anxiety in military populations of Latin American countries: Ecuador (28.2%), Colombia (more than a third of the military personnel under 55 years of age) and Mexico (45.77% in a previous study). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]