The psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures: Experience from 4000 participants
The psychological burden of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures: Experience from 4000 participants
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.014
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发表时间：
2020-12-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
AlSuwaidan, Mohammad
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作者：
Burhamah, Waleed;AlKhayyat, Abdulaziz;AlSuwaidan, Mohammad
背景：二零二零年二月，科威特发现首批COVID-19病例。与世界上许多国家一样，公众不可避免地受到这一流行病的负面影响。失业、不确定性、痛苦、死亡人数增加、封锁措施，所有这些都是心理健康的潜在负担。目的：评估COVID-19疫情对科威特心理健康的影响，并探讨潜在的影响风险因素。方法：我们于2020年5月25日至2020年5月30日在科威特进行了一项基于在线问卷的研究。问题是基于人口统计学、疫情期间的生活方式、抑郁和焦虑评估。计算每个应答者的PHQ 9和GAD 7总评分。大多数是女性（69.31%），已婚（59.37%），年龄在21-30岁之间（23.84%），不吸烟（81.46%）。有精神病史者仅占7.96%，有慢性病史者占32.04%。疫情期间，大部分应急人员失去了工作（39.21%），只有（12.83%）经常上班，只有（6.82%）在医疗部门工作。59.27%的受访者表示，与封锁前相比，社交媒体的使用有所增加。当被问及他们每天花在关注COVID-19相关新闻上的时间时，大多数人（37.8%）花费超过2小时，（7.74%）花费超过4小时。抑郁症状的总患病率为30.13%，焦虑症状的总患病率为25.28%。局限性：研究的横截面性质。结论：COVID-19大流行对心理健康造成了负担。在流行病期间，应提供心理支持和提高心理健康意识，并使所有人都能获得这些支持和意识。
Background: In February 2020 the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in Kuwait. Inevitably as many countries worldwide, the general public were negatively affected by the pandemic. Unemployment, uncertainty, distress, increasing deaths, lockdown measures all of which are potential burdens on mental health. Aim: To assess the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on mental health in Kuwait, and to explore the potential influencing risk factors.Methods: We conducted an online questionnaire-based study in Kuwait between 25th May 2020 to 30th May 2020. Questions were based on demographics, lifestyle during outbreak, depression and anxiety assessment. Total PHQ9 and GAD7 scores were calculated for each responder.Results: We had 4132 responders. Most were females (69.31%), married (59.37%), between the age of 21-30 (23.84%) and non-smokers (81.46%). Only (7.96%) had a positive past psychiatric history, (32.04%) had a past history of a chronic medical disease. During the outbreak most of the responders lost their jobs (39.21%) and only (12.83%) were attending work regularly, only (6.82%) worked in the healthcare sector. 59.27% report increased social media use compared to before the lockdown. When asked about their daily time spent following COVID-19-related news, most (37.8%) spend more than 2 hours and (7.74%) spend more than 4 hours. The overall prevalence of depressive symptoms was (30.13%) and the prevalence of anxiety symptoms was (25.28%).Limitations: In the cross-sectional nature of the study.Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a burden on mental health. Psychological support and mental health awareness should be implemented and made accessible to all individuals during pandemics.