The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil is extremely severe, and Brazil has the third-highest number of cases in the world. The goal of the study is to identify the prevalence rates and several predictors of depression and anxiety in Brazil during the initial outbreak of COVID-19. We surveyed 482 adults in 23 Brazilian states online on 9-22 May 2020, and found 70.3% of the adults (N=339) had depressive symptoms and 67.2% (N=320) had anxiety symptoms. The results of multi-class logistic regression models revealed that females, younger adults and those with fewer children had a higher likelihood of depression and anxiety symptoms; adults who worked as employees were more likely to have anxiety symptoms than those who were self-employed or unemployed; adults who spent more time browsing COVID-19 information online were more likely to have depression and anxiety symptoms. Our results provide preliminary evidence and early warning for psychiatrists and healthcare organizations to better identify and focus on the more vulnerable sub-populations in Brazil during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords: COVID-19; Brazil; anxiety; depression; predictors; risk factors

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COVID-19 期间巴西抑郁和焦虑症状的预测因素

巴西的 COVID-19 大流行极为严重，巴西的病例数位居世界第三。该研究的目的是确定在 COVID-19 最初爆发期间巴西的流行率和抑郁症和焦虑症的几个预测因素。我们于 2020 年 5 月 9 日至 22 日在线调查了巴西 23 个州的 482 名成年人，发现 70.3%（N=339）的成年人有抑郁症状，67.2%（N=320）有焦虑症状。多类逻辑回归模型的结果显示，女性、年轻人和孩子较少的人出现抑郁和焦虑症状的可能性更高；作为雇员工作的成年人比自雇或失业的成年人更容易出现焦虑症状；花更多时间在线浏览 COVID-19 信息的成年人更有可能出现抑郁和焦虑症状。我们的结果为精神科医生和医疗保健组织提供了初步证据和预警，以便在持续的 COVID-19 大流行期间更好地识别和关注巴西更脆弱的亚群。关键词：COVID-19；巴西; 焦虑; 沮丧; 预测因子；风险因素