Quality of life and its related psychological problems during coronavirus pandemic
<h4>Background</h4> The prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has endangered the psychological health of individuals. This study aimed to assess the quality of life and its related psychological problems during COVID-19 pandemic. <h4>Methods</h4> In this cross-sec...
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| author | Atefeh Homayuni Zahra Hosseini Nahid Shahabi Roghayeh Ezati Rad Farah Moayedi |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4> The prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has endangered the psychological health of individuals. This study aimed to assess the quality of life and its related psychological problems during COVID-19 pandemic. <h4>Methods</h4> In this cross-sectional study, 559 citizens above the age of 16 years, in Isfahan and Bandar Abbas cities in Iran were selected with a convenient sampling method. An online questionnaire was used to collect the data, which consisted of five sections: demographic information, short health anxiety inventory (SHAI), perceived stress scale (PSS), world health organization quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) and Padua inventory. Data were analyzed using statistical tests including t-test, path analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) using SPSS 24 and Amos 21 statistical software. <h4>Results</h4> A total of 559 subjects with the mean age of 37.34 ± 11.19 years participated in this study. Most of the participants were female (78.5%), married (71.6%) and employed (40.9%). The majority of them also had a bachelor’s degree (42.9%). There were significant negative correlations between perceived helplessness (r = -.597, p = .000), perceived stress (r = -.715, p = .000), risk of disease (r = -.302, p = .000), negative effect of disease (r = -.424, p = .000), health anxiety (r = -.366, p = .000), contamination obsessions (r = -.187, p = .000) and washing compulsions (r = -.193, p = .000) with quality of life. On other hand, significant positive correlation was found between perceived self-efficacy (r = .665, p = .000) and quality of life. <h4>Conclusions</h4> According to our findings, health anxiety, perceived stress and obsessive-compulsive disorder were negatively affected psychological health during COVID-19 which in turn decreased quality of life. Therefore, we suggest considering prevention and treatment of theses psychological problems to diminish the risk of reduced quality of life during COVID-19 global pandemic crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85b799fbd4bc463cac02c674ff96240d2022-12-22T02:38:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011710Quality of life and its related psychological problems during coronavirus pandemicAtefeh HomayuniZahra HosseiniNahid ShahabiRoghayeh Ezati RadFarah Moayedi<h4>Background</h4> The prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has endangered the psychological health of individuals. This study aimed to assess the quality of life and its related psychological problems during COVID-19 pandemic. <h4>Methods</h4> In this cross-sectional study, 559 citizens above the age of 16 years, in Isfahan and Bandar Abbas cities in Iran were selected with a convenient sampling method. An online questionnaire was used to collect the data, which consisted of five sections: demographic information, short health anxiety inventory (SHAI), perceived stress scale (PSS), world health organization quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) and Padua inventory. Data were analyzed using statistical tests including t-test, path analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) using SPSS 24 and Amos 21 statistical software. <h4>Results</h4> A total of 559 subjects with the mean age of 37.34 ± 11.19 years participated in this study. Most of the participants were female (78.5%), married (71.6%) and employed (40.9%). The majority of them also had a bachelor’s degree (42.9%). There were significant negative correlations between perceived helplessness (r = -.597, p = .000), perceived stress (r = -.715, p = .000), risk of disease (r = -.302, p = .000), negative effect of disease (r = -.424, p = .000), health anxiety (r = -.366, p = .000), contamination obsessions (r = -.187, p = .000) and washing compulsions (r = -.193, p = .000) with quality of life. On other hand, significant positive correlation was found between perceived self-efficacy (r = .665, p = .000) and quality of life. <h4>Conclusions</h4> According to our findings, health anxiety, perceived stress and obsessive-compulsive disorder were negatively affected psychological health during COVID-19 which in turn decreased quality of life. Therefore, we suggest considering prevention and treatment of theses psychological problems to diminish the risk of reduced quality of life during COVID-19 global pandemic crisis.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9621443/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Atefeh Homayuni Zahra Hosseini Nahid Shahabi Roghayeh Ezati Rad Farah Moayedi Quality of life and its related psychological problems during coronavirus pandemic PLoS ONE |
| title | Quality of life and its related psychological problems during coronavirus pandemic |
| title_full | Quality of life and its related psychological problems during coronavirus pandemic |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of life and its related psychological problems during coronavirus pandemic |
| title_short | Quality of life and its related psychological problems during coronavirus pandemic |
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