Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Department of Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2021 Jul;55(7):646-649. doi: 10.1177/0004867421998783. Epub 2021 Mar 1.
It is critical to understand the psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations around the world. In this article, we highlight the key challenges associated with epidemiological psychosocial research in a disaster context and reflect on lessons learned from firsthand experience over the last decade in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes and 2019 Mosque attacks. We make recommendations for study design to improve the quality of research evaluating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inclusion of positive outcome measures and the need to evaluate a range of cultural contexts. We hope that highlighting these areas will improve research and result in a better understanding of the psychosocial impacts of the pandemic.
了解 COVID-19 大流行对世界各国人口的心理社会影响至关重要。在本文中，我们重点介绍了灾难背景下流行病学心理社会研究相关的主要挑战，并从过去十年在新西兰克赖斯特彻奇的亲身经历中吸取了经验教训，该城市在 2010/2011 年坎特伯雷地震和 2019 年清真寺袭击事件后受到了影响。我们提出了一些研究设计建议，以提高评估 COVID-19 大流行影响的研究质量，纳入积极的结果衡量标准，并需要评估一系列文化背景。我们希望强调这些领域将改善研究，并更好地了解大流行的心理社会影响。
