Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey.
Psychiatr Danub. 2021 Spring;33(1):107-113. doi: 10.24869/psyd.2021.107.
The aim of this study is to investigate risk-taking behavior and decision-making processes in recovered COVID-19 patients.
Twenty patients recovered from COVID-19 as confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests and twenty-one healthy individuals were recruited. A computerized version of the Iowa Gambling Test (IGT) for measuring risk-taking behavior tendencies as a decision-making process and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and WMS-R Digit Span Forward Test (DSFT) for clinical assessments included. The assessments of the recovered patients were applied on the initial phase that the tests of the patients were negative and on the 4-week follow up phase.
The results showed that the anxiety scores were significantly higher in the healthy control group than in the group of recovered patients. The IGT-Net 4 scores were significantly and IGT-Net total scores were marginally significantly lower in the group of recovered patients. In other words, recovered patients showed higher risk-taking behavior tendencies. This tendency difference is consistent with the anxiety levels of the groups. These IGT scores showed to be persistent in the 4-week follow up phase.
Our findings indicate that recovered patients show higher risk-taking behavior tendencies than healthy controls and this may be the result of overcoming the COVID-19 threat.
本研究旨在探讨已康复的 COVID-19 患者的冒险行为和决策过程。
招募了 20 名经聚合酶链反应（PCR）检测确诊为 COVID-19 的康复患者和 21 名健康个体。采用计算机版爱荷华赌博测试（IGT）测量冒险行为倾向作为决策过程，以及状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）、贝克抑郁量表（BDI）和韦氏记忆量表修订版数字跨度向前测试（DSFT）进行临床评估。对康复患者的评估在最初的阴性测试阶段和 4 周随访阶段进行。
结果表明，健康对照组的焦虑评分明显高于康复组。IGT-Net 4 评分在康复组显著降低，IGT-Net 总分略有降低。换句话说，康复患者表现出更高的冒险行为倾向。这种倾向差异与两组的焦虑水平一致。这些 IGT 评分在 4 周随访阶段保持不变。
我们的研究结果表明，康复患者表现出比健康对照组更高的冒险行为倾向，这可能是克服 COVID-19 威胁的结果。
