Risk factors for psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: Loneliness, age, gender, and health status play an important role
Risk factors for psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel: Loneliness, age, gender, and health status play an important role
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DOI：
10.1111/bjhp.12455
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发表时间：
2020-11-01
影响因子：
7.9
通讯作者：
Hasson-Ohayon, Ilanit
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作者：
Horesh, Danny;Kapel Lev-Ari, Rony;Hasson-Ohayon, Ilanit
目的各国正在进行COVID-19大流行的心理代价研究。本研究旨在探讨在这场危机中，以色列成年人的心理健康问题的危险因素。方法共有204名参与者参加了这项研究。他们完成了自我报告问卷，评估了感知的压力，焦虑，生活质量，以及与隔离有关的各种问题，预先存在的健康问题和与病毒有关的担忧。研究于2020年3月的最后两周进行。结果大多数参与者报告了相对较高的感知压力和与冠状病毒相关的担忧水平，但焦虑水平较低。女性性别，年轻的年龄，冠状病毒相关的孤独，和预先存在的慢性疾病都与较高水平的心理困扰和较低水平的生活quality of life.Conclusions虽然考虑到这些结果的初步性质，目前的研究突出的危险因素，心理困扰的电晕流行。在这场危机期间，在筛选和治疗人员时，应注意被确定为与心理困扰有关的社会人口变量，以及孤独感的重要作用。需要更多的研究，以充分了解在这些具有挑战性的时期心理困难的范围和相关性。
Objective Research on the psychological toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is being conducted in various countries. This study aimed to examine risk factors for mental health problems among Israeli adults during this crisis.Methods A total of 204 participants took part in the study. They completed self-report questionnaires assessing perceived stress, anxiety, quality of life, and various questions related to quarantine, pre-existing health issues, and worries related to the virus. The study took place during the last two weeks of March 2020.Results The majority of participants reported relatively high levels of perceived stress and corona-related worries, but low levels of anxiety. Female gender, younger age, corona-related loneliness, and pre-existing chronic illness were all related to higher levels of psychological distress and lower levels of quality of life.Conclusions While considering the preliminary nature of these results, the current study highlights risk factors for psychological distress in light of the corona pandemic. Attention should be given to sociodemographic variables that were identified as related to psychological distress, as well as to the important role of loneliness, when screening and treating people during this crisis. More research is needed in order to fully understand the scope and correlates of psychological difficulties during these challenging times.