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https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2022.781

DECREASED FUNCTIONING AND CONTENTS OF WORRIES ASSOCIATED WITH ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION SYMPTOM LEVELS WITHIN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 INFECTION

Ozgecan Tuna ; Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
Cagatay Ermis ; Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Asli Enez Darcin ; Istanbul Topkap􀃕 University, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
Ekin Dagistan ; French School of Public Health (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique), Paris, France
Recep Akkos ; Basaksehir Çam ve Sakura City Hospital, Department of Psychology, Basaksehir, Istanbul, Turkey
Umut Mert Aksoy ; Aydin University, Department of Adult Psychiatry, Sefaköy-Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
Omur Tabak ; Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey
Ali Kocatas ; Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Training and Research Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey

Sažetak

Background: High levels of anxiety and depression symptoms have been reported in patients with COVID-19 compared to the
general population. These symptoms were related to variables such as gender, age, and education level with anxiety/depression
levels. We aimed to determine the relationship between anxiety and depression symptoms and epidemic-related decreased
functioning, worry, and quality of life (QoL).
Subjects and methods: The study included 238 hospitalized participants due to COVID-19 and 168 participants who were
hospitalized for reasons other than COVID-19. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Short Form 36 (SF-36) QoL
Scale, and questionnaires prepared by the researchers were applied. The effects of current worries, impairment in QoL, and
decreased functioning during quarantine on levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms were investigated by implementing multiple
linear regression analyzes.
Results: Our study results suggested the anxiety and depression levels of patients with COVID-19 were not higher than those in
the internal medicine inpatient unit at the same time. Worries about transmission to others, uncertainty, social media news, and
health anxiety increased the psychiatric symptoms of participants with COVID-19. Disruptions in social relationships and health
also have an effect on anxiety/depression symptom levels. Conversely, results indicated losses and worries in occupation and finance
did not significantly affect mental symptoms.
Conclusion: Worries about transmission to others, uncertainty and health anxiety are closely related to anxiety and depression
among patients with COVID-19. There is a need for research in the mental health field for the later stages of the pandemic in
different cultures.

Ključne riječi

COVID-19; anxiety; finance; contaminating; uncertainty

Hrčak ID:

291869

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/291869

Datum izdavanja:

22.12.2022.

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