Kılınçel Oğuzhan, Tan Ezgi, Tarımtay Altun Feray, Nuryüz Özgecan, Kurtuluş Elif, Kılınçel Şenay, Yazıcı Esra, Ayaz Muhammed
Department of Child Development, İstanbul Gelişim University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Psychology, Istanbul Ticaret University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Psychiatry Clin Psychopharmacol. 2021 Jun 1;31(2):189-197. doi: 10.5152/pcp.2021.21057. eCollection 2021 Jun.
The COVID-19 outbreak affects both the physical and mental health of individuals and society. This study investigates the factors related to health anxiety in COVID-19 patients and explores their sociodemographic-, disease-, and treatment-related factors, trait anxiety, and characteristics of secure or insecure attachment.
The sample consisted of 420 individuals aged 18-65 years and diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 15 and May 15, 2020. The participants completed a sociodemographic data form and the Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI), Adult Attachment Scale (AAS), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI).
Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that female gender, presence of chronic physical diseases, presence of mental health problems, and high AAS insecure attachment scores significantly predicted high HAI scores. Moreover, results indicated that the model explained approximately 21% of variance in HAI scores.
Factors such as gender, presence of chronic physical diseases, presence of mental health problems, and attachment style influence health anxiety. Determining the appropriate factors that cause health anxiety can contribute to the implementation of protective measures for mental health and to the application of effective interventions for individuals who develop mental problems.
新冠疫情的爆发影响着个人和社会的身心健康。本研究调查了新冠患者中与健康焦虑相关的因素，并探讨了其社会人口学、疾病和治疗相关因素、特质焦虑以及安全或不安全依恋的特征。
样本包括420名年龄在18至65岁之间、于2020年3月15日至5月15日期间被诊断为新冠的个体。参与者完成了一份社会人口学数据表以及健康焦虑量表（HAI）、成人依恋量表（AAS）和状态-特质焦虑量表（STAI）。
分层回归分析显示，女性、存在慢性躯体疾病、存在心理健康问题以及AAS不安全依恋得分高显著预测了HAI得分高。此外，结果表明该模型解释了HAI得分中约21%的变异。
性别、慢性躯体疾病的存在、心理健康问题的存在以及依恋风格等因素会影响健康焦虑。确定导致健康焦虑的适当因素有助于实施心理健康保护措施，并为出现心理问题的个体应用有效的干预措施。
