Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA.
Br J Health Psychol. 2020 Nov;25(4):925-933. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12455. Epub 2020 Jul 13.
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.
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.
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.
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.
针对 COVID-19 大流行对心理造成的影响，各国均开展了相关研究。本研究旨在探究以色列成年人在此危机期间心理健康问题的相关风险因素。
共有 204 名参与者参与了本研究。他们完成了自我报告问卷，评估了感知压力、焦虑、生活质量，以及与隔离、预先存在的健康问题和与病毒相关的担忧相关的各种问题。研究于 2020 年 3 月的最后两周进行。
大多数参与者报告了较高水平的感知压力和与新冠相关的担忧，但焦虑水平较低。女性、年龄较小、与新冠相关的孤独感和预先存在的慢性疾病均与更高水平的心理困扰和更低的生活质量相关。
考虑到这些结果的初步性质，本研究强调了在新冠大流行背景下心理困扰的风险因素。在这一危机期间，应当关注被确定与心理困扰相关的社会人口变量，以及孤独感的重要作用，以便对人们进行筛查和治疗。需要开展更多研究，以全面了解在此具有挑战性时期出现的心理困难的范围和相关性。
