The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the quality of life and depression, anxiety, and stress levels of individuals above the age of eighteen

Çopur, Ebru Öztürk; Karasu, Fatma

doi:10.1111/ppc.12730

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“…Although publication on the impact of COVID-19 is in its nascent phases, emerging research both reaffirms the relationship between anxiety and QOL and highlights potential correlates, particularly among non-clinical populations. Supporting prior research, anxiety symptom severity was negatively correlated with QOL among individuals under COVID lockdown conditions, with females, older individuals, unemployed individuals, and individuals with or a caretaker for a chronic medical condition experiencing lower levels of QOL [87,88]. Research during COVID has also highlighted the role of maladaptive coping strategies, such that higher levels of avoidant coping, substance use, and denial as methods to cope with COVID-related anxiety predicted poorer QOL for non-clinical adults [89,90].…”

Section: Qol and Anxiety During Covid-19supporting

confidence: 55%

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Wilmer

Anderson

Reynolds

2021

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Purpose of Review Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent conditions that have a detrimental impact on quality of life (QOL), particularly when left untreated. In the present review, we summarize recent literature, published within the last 3 years, on QOL in anxiety disorders, with a focus on factors that may play a role in the relationship between anxiety and QOL. Recent Findings We organize our findings into four categories: (1) subjective distress, (2) behavioral responses, (3) functional impairment, and (4) clinical factors. Results indicate that greater anxiety symptom severity is linked with poorer QOL, and cognitive behavioral therapies for anxiety yield positive effects on QOL. Additional transdiagnostic mechanisms are highlighted, including anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and avoidant coping. We examine the role of functional impairment, and we discuss factors related to treatment, including comorbidity and longitudinal effects. We also consider early research from the COVID-19 pandemic. Summary Understanding the underlying factors that contribute to QOL detriments provides important insight into the impact of anxiety disorders and identifies targets for enhancing QOL through treatment.

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Section: Qol and Anxiety During Covid-19supporting

confidence: 55%

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Wilmer

Anderson

Reynolds

2021

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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“…Furthermore, an Italian study showed that physical activity in patients with NMD, was significantly reduced during lockdown [ 17 ] which may have negative health consequences as physical activity and exercises are recommended to reduce progression of muscle weakness [ 18 ]. There are also indications of negative emotional consequences of the pandemic and the associated restrictions from studies of the general public [ 19 ] and a few studies in patients with NMD, primarily ALS, such as concerns about COVID-19 infection, loneliness, anxiety and depression [ 12 , 20 – 22 ].…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on biopsychosocial health and quality of life among Danish children and adults with neuromuscular diseases (NMD)—Patient reported outcomes from a national survey

Handberg

Werlauff²,

Højberg³

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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The purpose was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on biopsychosocial health, daily activities, and quality of life among children and adults with neuromuscular diseases, and to assess the prevalence of COVID-19 infection and the impact of this in patients with neuromuscular diseases. The study was a national questionnaire survey. Responses were obtained from 811 adults (29%) and 67 parents of children (27%) with neuromuscular diseases. Many patients reported decreased health or physical functioning, and changes in access to physiotherapy or healthcare due to the pandemic. Participants generally perceived themselves or their child to be at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19, but only 15 patients had suffered from COVID-19 and experienced mild flu-like symptoms. 25.3% of adults and 46.6% of parents experienced anxiety. 20.4% of adults and 27.6% of parents experienced symptoms of depression. In general, the pandemic contributed to anxiety, a depressed mood as well as to fewer leisure activities, less social contact, isolation from work/school and a reduced quality of life, in particular for patients who perceived themselves to be at high risk of severe illness. The results demonstrate that the pandemic has had a negative impact on biopsychosocial health and quality of life of patients with neuromuscular diseases.

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“…Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient for the whole scale was computed as α=0.82. Recommended cut-off scores for the DASS-21 were used to categorize the participants as follows: depression was categorized as normal (0-9), mild (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), and severe (≥21); anxiety was categorized as normal (0-7), mild (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14), and severe (≥15), and stress was categorized as normal (0-14), mild (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25), and severe (≥26).…”

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“…(10,12,14) Several studies have confirmed that mental health issues have rapidly increased after the outbreak of the pandemic. (2,9,(15)(16) A recent study conducted in Italy reported that anxiety, depression, stress, and other mental health diseases increased particularly during the first wave of lockdown. (13) Many reports have confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher distress, anxiety, anger, stress, and agitation in the general population.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…(13) Many reports have confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher distress, anxiety, anger, stress, and agitation in the general population. (2,4,9,13,(15)(16)(17) We assumed that medical professionals, especially those exposed to COVID-19 at work, would have higher levels of depression, anxiety, stress, fear and burnout after over one year of pandemic. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and quality of life in terms of depression, anxiety, stress, fear, burnout -workload among Frontline Health Care Workers (HCWs).…”

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Mental Health and Quality of Life of Frontline Health Care Workers After One Year of Covid-19 Pandemic

Bener

Bhugra

Ventriglio

2021

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Aim: This study aimed to investigate the impact of more than one year of COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life and mental health (in terms of depression, anxiety, stress, fear, burnout – workload) among Frontline Health Care Workers (HCWs). Subjects and methods: This is a cross-sectional survey based on 1,479 frontline HCW participants aged 20-65 years in Turkey who completed a survey including the 21-item Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21), Burnout, Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), and WHO (World Health Organization) Quality of Life instruments during March-July 2021. Bivariate, factorial and multivariate statistical analyses were performed. Results: Statistically significant differences were found between three frontline groups of HCWs (Physicians, Nurses, Others) including: age (p<0.001), gender (p<0.001), educational level (p<0.001), income (p<0.001), number of calls per week (p<0.001). There were significantly high scores of fear of COVID-19 for all items among physicians. The findings also showed that the prevalence of depression (p=0.002), anxiety (p<0.001), and stress (p<10.005) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (p=0.011) were significantly different among the three groups of frontline HCWs. The work-related burnout was over 30% in general. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure was 0.840 and indicated that the data of the study were suitable for a factor analysis. The factor analysis found out three factors with eigenvalue greater than one. These factors were consistent with the original scale. The multiple linear regression analysis revealed anxiety (p<0.001), stress(p<0.001), fear of COVID-19 and Burnout (p=0.008), depression (p=0.004), lack of sleeping- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (p=0.014) and feeling exhausted (p=0.025) were associated with the quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic after adjusting for the age and gender. Conclusion: The findings of this study show that fear and burnout related to COVID-19 were significantly associated with high scores of depression, anxiety, stress, and burnout after one year of pandemic among frontline-HCWs, with poor quality of life and sleep.

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The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the quality of life and depression, anxiety, and stress levels of individuals above the age of eighteen

Cited by 29 publications

References 32 publications

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on biopsychosocial health and quality of life among Danish children and adults with neuromuscular diseases (NMD)—Patient reported outcomes from a national survey

Mental Health and Quality of Life of Frontline Health Care Workers After One Year of Covid-19 Pandemic

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