Department of Psychiatry, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Malatya, Turkey.
Int J Clin Pract. 2021 May;75(5):e13996. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13996. Epub 2021 Jan 23.
COVID-19 pandemic has created a serious psychological impact worldwide since it has been declared. This study aims to investigate the level of psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Turkish population and to determine related factors.
The study was carried out by an online questionnaire using the virtual snowball sampling method. The sociodemographic data were collected on the following subjects: participants' experience on any signs of infection within the last month, the history of COVID-19 contact-treatment-quarantine, level of compliance with precautionary measures, the sources of information and level of knowledge about the pandemic process and their belief levels on the knowledge they acquire. Besides, the questions that take place in the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), and Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) were asked to participants.
Of the 3549 participants, anxiety was found in 15.8%, depression in 22.6%, stress in 12.9%, and psychological trauma in 20.29% based on moderate and above levels. Female gender, young age, higher education level, being single, high monthly income, presence of psychiatric illness, a large number of people living together, having any signs of infection, and contact history with COVID-19 infected person or contaminated object are identified as risk factors that may increase psychological impact. Compliance with the rules was found to reduce the risk of psychological response.
The risk factors for the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and acknowledging these factors can help to formulate the interventions to reduce the stress levels of the population.
自宣布 COVID-19 大流行以来，它已在全球范围内造成严重的心理影响。本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 大流行对土耳其人口的心理影响程度，并确定相关因素。
该研究通过在线问卷使用虚拟雪球抽样法进行。社会人口统计学数据收集在以下主题上：参与者在过去一个月内是否有任何感染迹象的经历、与 COVID-19 接触-治疗-隔离的历史、遵守预防措施的程度、信息来源以及对大流行过程的了解程度及其对所学知识的信任水平。此外，还向参与者提出了抑郁、焦虑和压力量表 21 项（DASS-21）和修订后的事件影响量表（IES-R）中的问题。
在 3549 名参与者中，根据中度及以上水平，焦虑为 15.8%，抑郁为 22.6%，压力为 12.9%，心理创伤为 20.29%。女性、年轻、高学历、单身、高月收入、精神疾病、同住人数多、有任何感染迹象以及与 COVID-19 感染者或受污染物体接触史被确定为可能增加心理影响的危险因素。遵守规则被发现可以降低心理反应的风险。
COVID-19 大流行心理影响的危险因素，认识这些因素有助于制定干预措施，降低人群的压力水平。
