CNRS, LAPSCO, Université Clermont-Auvergne, F-6300 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
CNRS, CeRCA, Université de Poitiers, F-86000 Poitiers, France.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 21;18(6):3250. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063250.
This study investigated the difficulties experienced by people suffering from depression in coping with the stressful context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown. Two large samples of the French population were classified on the basis of their depressive symptoms and completed an online questionnaire on their emotions and their behaviors during the lockdown. Results showed that, compared to participants with no or mild mental health-related symptoms, participants with moderate to severe depressive symptoms suffered from greater psychological effects of the pandemic and the lockdown (fear, anxiety, sadness, sleep quality, loss of daily routine). However, health risk behaviors (smoking, drinking, non-compliance with lockdown and barrier gestures) and perceived vulnerability did not differ between the participant groups, although more severely depressed participants tended to be less respectful of health guidelines. In addition, the most heightened effects on the depressed participants were boredom and the feeling of social isolation, which was not compensated by the search for social affiliation. Supporting people with depression should be a public health priority because they suffer psychologically more than others from the pandemic and the lockdown.
这项研究调查了患有抑郁症的人在应对 COVID-19 大流行和封锁带来的压力环境时所经历的困难。两个大型的法国人群样本根据他们的抑郁症状进行了分类，并完成了一份关于他们在封锁期间的情绪和行为的在线问卷。结果表明，与没有或轻度心理健康相关症状的参与者相比，有中度至重度抑郁症状的参与者受到大流行和封锁的心理影响更大（恐惧、焦虑、悲伤、睡眠质量、日常生活规律的丧失）。然而，健康风险行为（吸烟、饮酒、不遵守封锁和障碍手势）和感知脆弱性在参与者群体之间没有差异，尽管病情更严重的参与者往往不太遵守健康指南。此外，对抑郁参与者影响最大的是无聊和社交孤立感，而这种感觉并没有通过寻求社交联系得到补偿。支持抑郁症患者应该成为公共卫生的重点，因为他们比其他人更受大流行和封锁的心理影响。
