Rehman Usama, Yıldırım Murat, Shahnawaz Mohammad Ghazi
Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ağrı Ibrahim Çeçen University, Ağrı, Turkey.
Psychol Health Med. 2023 Jan;28(1):60-68. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2021.2023751. Epub 2022 Jan 2.
The COVID-19 has caused significant public health chaos. Whether infected or uninfected, people have reported significant mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study explored symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress of uninfected people with the disease over three time periods. A total of 132 participants took part in all the three phases. Data at Time 1 and Time 2 were collected during the national lockdown with 1 month apart, while data at Time 3 were collected immediately once the lockdown was uplifted in India. Participants completed the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 online. The results indicated that despite an increase in the average number of COVID-19 cases, depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms decreased over time with the lowest level once the lockdown was ended. These results suggest that the restrictions implemented during the national lockdown led to distress, and not an increase in COVID-19 cases per se.
新冠疫情引发了严重的公共卫生混乱。无论是否感染，人们都报告在新冠疫情期间出现了严重的心理健康问题。本研究探讨了未感染该疾病的人群在三个时间段内的抑郁、焦虑和压力症状。共有132名参与者参与了所有三个阶段。第一阶段和第二阶段的数据是在全国封锁期间收集的，间隔1个月，而第三阶段的数据是在印度解除封锁后立即收集的。参与者在线完成了抑郁、焦虑和压力量表-21。结果表明，尽管新冠病例平均数量有所增加，但抑郁、焦虑和压力症状随时间推移而减少，在封锁结束时降至最低水平。这些结果表明，全国封锁期间实施的限制措施导致了困扰，而不是新冠病例本身的增加。
