Khatatbeh Moawiah, Khasawneh Aws, Hussein Hasan, Altahat Omar, Alhalaiqa Fadwa
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
Psychiatry, Neurosciences Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology and King Abdullah University Hospital, Irbid, Jordan.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 14;12:618993. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.618993. eCollection 2021.
Pandemics are claimed to result in certain stressors. However, the potential psychological impact of a pandemic is often overlooked. The current study aimed to assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Jordanians and to evaluate the influence of the socio-demographic variables on this impact. The current study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) via a web-based questionnaire. The researchers utilized convenience sampling which led to a total of 2,854 participants from the 12 governorates of Jordan. The average score of the participants' responses on the IES-R questionnaire turned out to be 22.5 ± 11.7. Females were found to have more than double the odds of having an increased IES-R score [odds ratio (OR) = 2.2, confidence interval (CI) = 1.76-2.67] and participants who were older than 65 years had triple the odds of having the same risk compared to young adults aged 18-25 years (OR = 3.1, CI = 1.3-7.4). Significantly, having a family member diagnosed with COVID-19 placed individuals at a 7-fold higher risk of having an increased IRS-R score compared to their counterparts who did not have a family member diagnosed with COVID-19 (OR = 7, CI = 3.7-13.3). COVID-19 pandemic has imposed significant level of psychological burden on Jordanians, especially among females. Governments should collaborate with psychiatrists, mental health professionals and local institutions to offer high-quality, timely crisis-oriented psychological services to the affected individuals for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
大流行被认为会导致某些压力源。然而，大流行对心理的潜在影响往往被忽视。本研究旨在评估新冠疫情对约旦人的心理影响，并评估社会人口统计学变量对这一影响的作用。本研究采用描述性横断面设计，通过基于网络的问卷使用事件影响量表修订版（IES-R）。研究人员采用便利抽样法，从约旦的12个省份共招募了2854名参与者。参与者在IES-R问卷上的平均得分是22.5±11.7。结果发现，女性的IES-R得分增加的几率是男性的两倍多[比值比（OR）=2.2，置信区间（CI）=1.76-2.67]，与18-25岁的年轻人相比，65岁以上的参与者出现相同风险的几率是年轻人的三倍（OR = 3.1，CI = 1.3-7.4）。值得注意的是，与没有家庭成员被诊断感染新冠病毒的人相比，有家庭成员被诊断感染新冠病毒的人IRS-R得分增加的风险高出7倍（OR = 7，CI = 3.7-13.3）。新冠疫情给约旦人带来了巨大的心理负担，尤其是女性。政府应与精神科医生、心理健康专业人员和当地机构合作，在新冠疫情期间为受影响的个人提供高质量、及时的面向危机的心理服务。
