Epifanio Maria Stella, Andrei Federica, Mancini Giacomo, Agostini Francesca, Piombo Marco Andrea, Spicuzza Vittoria, Riolo Martina, Lavanco Gioacchino, Trombini Elena, La Grutta Sabina
Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
J Clin Med. 2021 Jan 14;10(2):289. doi: 10.3390/jcm10020289.
The COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world in the year 2020 has put a strain on our ability to cope with events and revolutionized our daily habits. On 9 March, Italy was forced to lockdown to prevent the spread of the infection, with measures including the mandatory closure of schools and nonessential activities, travel restrictions, and the obligation to spend entire weeks in the same physical space. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures on quality of life (QoL) in a large Italian sample, in order to investigate possible differences in QoL levels related to both demographic and pandemic-specific variables. A total of 2251 Italian adults (1665 women, mainly young and middle adults) were recruited via a snowball sampling strategy. Participants were requested to answer to an online survey, which included demographic and COVID-related information items, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). The results showed statistically significant differences in QoL depending on a number of variables, including sex, area of residence in Italy, and being diagnosed with a medical/psychiatric condition. To our knowledge, this is the first study to assess QoL during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, therefore the present findings can offer guidelines regarding which social groups are more vulnerable of a decline in QoL and would benefit of psychological interventions.
2020年席卷全球的新冠疫情给我们应对各类事件的能力带来了压力，并彻底改变了我们的日常习惯。3月9日，意大利被迫实施封锁以防止感染扩散，措施包括强制关闭学校和非必要活动、限制出行，以及要求人们在同一物理空间内度过整整几周时间。本研究的目的是评估新冠疫情和封锁措施对意大利一个大型样本中生活质量（QoL）的影响，以便调查与人口统计学和疫情特定变量相关的生活质量水平的可能差异。通过滚雪球抽样策略共招募了2251名意大利成年人（1665名女性，主要是青年和中年成年人）。参与者被要求回答一份在线调查问卷，其中包括人口统计学和与新冠相关的信息项目，以及世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHOQOL-BREF）。结果显示，生活质量在一些变量上存在统计学上的显著差异，这些变量包括性别、在意大利的居住地区，以及是否被诊断患有内科/精神疾病。据我们所知，这是第一项评估意大利新冠疫情期间生活质量的研究，因此本研究结果可为哪些社会群体更容易出现生活质量下降以及哪些群体将从心理干预中受益提供指导。
