Ürün Ünal Bahar, İyit Neslihan, Akdoğan Yunus, Gök Erdoğan Burcu, Altıparmak Yüksel Duygu
Department of Family Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Department of Statistics, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey.
Immun Inflamm Dis. 2025 Mar;13(3):e70181. doi: 10.1002/iid3.70181.
COVID-19 infection has affected individuals mentally and socially in many areas. Restrictions, fear of infection, and anxiety about the future have created a great psychological burden on people. In this study, we aimed to investigate the significant negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals' mental health and psychological functioning.
A 42-question questionnaire was applied to a total of 557 participants, including 350 people over the age of 18 who applied to the COVID-19 Vaccination Unit of Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine Hospital between December 2021 and May 2022 to be vaccinated and 207 people with a simultaneous online survey application. The psychological effects experienced by the participants due to the COVID-19 epidemic were questioned with psychological distress and burnout scales. Differences in the demographic characteristics of the participants were investigated according to the fear and anxiety sub-dimension.
According to the psychological distress scale, gender, COVID-19 vaccination status, educational status and place of residence were found to be significant. According to the burnout scale, gender, marital status, presence of chronic disease, COVID-19 posttest status, occupation and income status were found significant.
The anxiety, fear, and stress levels reported by participants may not be consistent with an objective assessment by mental health professionals. The majority of participants were public sector employees and students, so the results regarding job loss anxiety cannot be generalized. No information was collected on participants' past medical psychiatric disorders within the scope of the study.
It is obvious that stress and psychiatric disorders are more common in individuals with high perception of infectiousness and lethality of the agent, especially during epidemic periods. We think that this study will be useful for planning interventions to alleviate mental health problems of individuals in future epidemics.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）感染在许多方面对个体的心理和社交产生了影响。限制措施、对感染的恐惧以及对未来的焦虑给人们造成了巨大的心理负担。在本研究中，我们旨在调查COVID-19大流行对个体心理健康和心理功能的重大负面影响。
对总共557名参与者应用了一份包含42个问题的问卷，其中包括2021年12月至2022年5月期间前往塞尔丘克大学医学院医院COVID-19疫苗接种单位申请接种疫苗的350名18岁以上人员，以及通过在线调查同步参与的207人。通过心理困扰和倦怠量表询问参与者因COVID-19疫情所经历的心理影响。根据恐惧和焦虑子维度调查参与者人口统计学特征的差异。
根据心理困扰量表，发现性别、COVID-19疫苗接种状况、教育程度和居住地点具有显著意义。根据倦怠量表，发现性别、婚姻状况、慢性病的存在、COVID-19检测后状况、职业和收入状况具有显著意义。
参与者报告的焦虑、恐惧和压力水平可能与心理健康专业人员的客观评估不一致。大多数参与者是公共部门员工和学生，因此关于失业焦虑的结果无法推广。在研究范围内未收集参与者过去的医学精神疾病信息。
显然，在病原体传染性和致死率认知较高的个体中，压力和精神障碍更为常见，尤其是在疫情期间。我们认为这项研究将有助于规划干预措施，以缓解未来疫情中个体的心理健康问题。
