Mental health status and related influencing factors in patients with COVID-19

Abstract

Background The outbreak of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-2019) has resulted in a significant number of diagnosed patients requiring treatment in designated hospitals. However, limited evidence exists regarding the prevalence of mental health problems and associated psychological factors in COVID-19 patients. Objectives This study investigated the prevalence rates of anxiety, depression, and insomnia among COVID-19 patients, as well as explored the associations between these mental health problems and psychological factors. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 387 COVID-19 patients in a designated shelter hospital. Online measures were used to assess anxiety, depression, insomnia, social support, coping styles, and emotional regulation. Data were analyzed to determine the prevalence rates of mental health problems and examine the associations between these problems and the psychological factors. Results The results revealed high prevalence rates of anxiety (21.80%), depression (49.0%), and insomnia (63.70%) among COVID-19 patients. Objective social support scores and positive coping style scores were significantly associated with lower levels of anxiety, depression, and insomnia, respectively. Conversely, high negative coping style scores, higher education level, and self-perceived illness severity, were significantly related to higher levels of anxiety, depression, or insomnia symptoms. Emotional regulation scores did not show a significant association with any of the examined mental health problems. Conclusions These findings have implications for guiding psychological interventions tailored to COVID-19 patients in future outbreaks. By targeting social support and promoting adaptive coping strategies, psychological interventions can address the psychological distress experienced by COVID-19 patients.

The sense of loneliness and meaning in life in post-COVID convalescents—a preliminary study

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“…It is known from health psychology that personal stress coping resources are an important element of resilience and resistance to illness (33). The personal resources for coping with stress and difficult situations play a key role in the incidence of numerous diseases, their course and prognosis (33). Our study will not determine whether depression, loneliness and a low sense of meaning in life in the case of hospitalized people with SARS-CoV-2 are primary-the lack of resources as the cause of the disease-or secondary (severe course of the disease as the cause of depression, loneliness and low sense of meaning in life).…”

Association Between Social Support, and Depressive Symptoms Among Firefighters: The Mediating Role of Negative Coping

“…To the best of our knowledge, little previous study has investigated the mechanisms connecting these constructs, especially when research on the mediating effect of NC between the two is not available among firefighter population. Studies have shown that higher NC scores are more likely to lead to depression [ 60 ], so this study is the first to widen the focus of the mediate effect of NC and present a more complex scenario of how SS influences DS. As a result, increasing the SS received by firefighters and reducing NC styles is of great significance for reducing the occurrence of DS in the future.…”