<p>Aim: The drastic changes in the lifestyle of individuals associated with the COVID-19 act as a stressor/traumatizer for the Spanish nursing population with effects on the state of mental health, so it is intended to identify an appropriate scoring system of Anxiety and Depression with greater ability to predict self-reported symptoms and identify whether the selected sociodemographic variables are involved in predicting the levels of anxiety and depression.</p>
<p>Desing: A simple multivariate regression analysis was applied.</p>
<p>Methods: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale was used. The procedure followed was that of an online survey examining the influence of sociodemographic variables on the mental health status of the sample studied.</p>
<p>Results: Regression analyses identified a classification system for Anxiety and Depression as the most adjusted in prediction. The sociodemographic variables contributing to the prediction were the sex of the participants and the coexistence with infected or susceptible people.</p>