Mehmedinovic Senad, Causevic Midhat, Zildzic Muharem, Salihovic Renata, Avdic Benjamin, Sitarevic Mirza, Salihefendic Nizama, Sinanovic Samir
Faculty od Education and Rehabilitation, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mater Sociomed. 2023 Sep;35(3):196-200. doi: 10.5455/msm.2023.35.196-200.
In December of 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus, appeared, and it turned into an international epidemic. The consequences of the pandemic, especially the isolation measures, fear of infection and bad economic trends, as a result of the crisis, threaten people's basic psychological needs.
The objective of this research was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and perceived social support of persons with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The research included a total sample of 232 respondents with different types of disabilities. The Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) was used to verify the research objective, which assessed three dimensions: somatization, depression and anxiety. Also, in order to verify the research objective, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support was applied, which consists of 12 statements that measure the perceived social support of family, friends and other people. The research data was processed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The basic statistical parameters were calculated, while the t-test was used for an independent sample of respondents to verify the set objective.
The results of the research showed that persons with disabilities, who were infected with the SARS-Cov-2 virus, had a significantly higher level of somatization, anxiety and depression compared to those who were not infected with the virus. The results in relation to social support did not prove to be statistically significant.
The obtained results lead to the conclusion that, in the future, interventions by experts of various profiles must be planned to preserve the mental health of persons with disabilities, which is why it is important to invest in the emotional, psychological, social, physical and spiritual well-being of the individual.
2019年12月，一种新型冠状病毒——严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）出现，并演变成一场国际疫情。这场大流行的后果，尤其是隔离措施、对感染的恐惧以及危机导致的不良经济趋势，威胁着人们的基本心理需求。
本研究的目的是评估新冠疫情对波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那残疾人心理健康和感知社会支持的影响。
该研究共纳入232名不同类型残疾的受访者作为样本。使用症状清单（SCL-90）来验证研究目的，该清单评估三个维度：躯体化、抑郁和焦虑。此外，为了验证研究目的，应用了多维感知社会支持量表，该量表由12个陈述组成，用于测量家庭、朋友和其他人的感知社会支持。研究数据采用描述性和推断性统计进行处理。计算了基本统计参数，同时使用t检验对受访者的独立样本进行分析，以验证设定的目标。
研究结果表明，感染SARS-CoV-2病毒的残疾人在躯体化、焦虑和抑郁方面的水平明显高于未感染病毒的残疾人。关于社会支持的结果在统计学上并不显著。
所得结果得出结论，未来必须规划各领域专家的干预措施，以维护残疾人的心理健康，这就是为何投资于个人的情感、心理、社会、身体和精神福祉很重要的原因。
