Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Outpatient Clinic of Transcultural Psychiatry and Migration Induced Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Postgraduate University Program Transcultural Medicine and Diversity Care, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 6;17(23):9111. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17239111.
Little is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and psychological well-being of young people. The aim of this study is to investigate the psychological well-being and changes in the mental-health state of young people living in Austria and Turkey. By using an anonymous online survey, we recruited 1240 people aged 15-25 years from these two countries. We used the "Psychological General Well-being" and a self-created questionnaire to capture individual experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine period. The native Turks indicated higher "anxiety" (s < 0.010), lower "vitality" (s < 0.011), and lower "general health" (s < 0.011) than native Austrians or Austrian migrants and increased "depression" ( = 0.005) and lower "self-control" ( = 0.022), than Austrian migrants. Moreover, 50.9% of native Turks reported a decrease in their mental health status, compared to 31.1% of native Austrians and 23.7% of Austrian migrants. Participants with financial problems (OR = 1.68) and prior mental health problems (i.e., already in treatment by the time of COVID-19, OR = 5.83) reported a higher probability for a worsening in their mental health status. Our results show that the COVID-19 pandemic impaired the psychological well-being and mental health of young people. Especially people in Turkey were most affected, probably due to the stringent policies to fight COVID-19.
目前对于 COVID-19 大流行对年轻人心理健康的影响知之甚少。本研究旨在调查奥地利和土耳其年轻人的心理健康和心理健康状况的变化。我们通过匿名在线调查，从这两个国家招募了 1240 名 15-25 岁的年轻人。我们使用“心理综合幸福感”和一个自创的问卷来捕捉在 COVID-19 大流行和隔离期间的个人经历。土耳其本地人比奥地利本地人或奥地利移民的“焦虑”更高（s < 0.010），“活力”更低（s < 0.011），“总体健康”更低（s < 0.011），并且“抑郁”增加（= 0.005）和“自我控制”下降（= 0.022），比奥地利移民。此外，与 31.1%的奥地利本地人相比，50.9%的土耳其本地人报告其心理健康状况下降，而奥地利移民为 23.7%。有财务问题的参与者（OR = 1.68）和先前有心理健康问题的参与者（即，在 COVID-19 时已经接受治疗，OR = 5.83）报告说其心理健康状况恶化的可能性更高。我们的研究结果表明，COVID-19 大流行损害了年轻人的心理健康和幸福感。受影响最严重的是土耳其人，这可能是由于该国为抗击 COVID-19 而采取的严格政策所致。
