Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit
Introduction Chronic psychiatric patients admitted to subacute and long-stay hospital units are especially vulnerable to the situation of confinement due to the pandemic. Throughout 2020 and 2021 they have suffered the consequences of multiple strict confinements given the differences in isolation...
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| author | A. Llimona González J. Mayans Henares E. Pechuan Martínez O. Orejas Pérez C. Masferrer Herrera C. Muro Celma L. Vargas Puertolas J. Peñalver Aguilar |
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Introduction
Chronic psychiatric patients admitted to subacute and long-stay hospital units are especially vulnerable to the situation of confinement due to the pandemic. Throughout 2020 and 2021 they have suffered the consequences of multiple strict confinements given the differences in isolation protocols in hospitalized patients compared to the general population. This has repercussions on the increase in anxious symptomatology, which influences a more torpid and prolonged evolution of mental disorders in this subpopulation.
Objectives
The objective of this study is to study the anxiety levels of patients admitted to a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit in a situation of confinement due to covid-19.
Methods
We have carried out a cross-sectional descriptive observational study in 25 patients admitted to the subacute and long-stay unit of the Barcelona Forum Center between December 8 and 23, 2021 in the context of confinement due to a covid-19 outbreak. Sociodemographic and clinical variables are collected. We have used the self-administered STAI scale to assess clinical anxiety.
Results
The mean age is 47.7 years; women 60%. 80% with single marital status. 90% of the patients presented active tobacco consumption, with an average of 21.2 cigarettes/day. The mean score on the STAI scale was 58.8 for state anxiety and 46.7 for trait anxiety, both levels above the 75th percentile for adults, both men (state anxiety 28, trait anxiety 25) and women (state anxiety 31, trait anxiety 32).
Conclusions
The state and trait anxiety scores of the STAI scale of hospitalized patients are higher than the average of the general population, which could be due to the situation of confinement due to the covid pandemic.
Disclosure of Interest
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4cbb78bd2fd461a9fe0bc5d9d8520d92023-11-17T05:06:46ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852023-03-0166S151S15210.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.374Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unitA. Llimona González0J. Mayans Henares1E. Pechuan Martínez2O. Orejas Pérez3C. Masferrer Herrera4C. Muro Celma5L. Vargas Puertolas6J. Peñalver Aguilar71Psychiatry1Psychiatry1Psychiatry1Psychiatry2Psychology, Parc de salut mar, Barcelona, Spain1Psychiatry1Psychiatry1Psychiatry Introduction Chronic psychiatric patients admitted to subacute and long-stay hospital units are especially vulnerable to the situation of confinement due to the pandemic. Throughout 2020 and 2021 they have suffered the consequences of multiple strict confinements given the differences in isolation protocols in hospitalized patients compared to the general population. This has repercussions on the increase in anxious symptomatology, which influences a more torpid and prolonged evolution of mental disorders in this subpopulation. Objectives The objective of this study is to study the anxiety levels of patients admitted to a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit in a situation of confinement due to covid-19. Methods We have carried out a cross-sectional descriptive observational study in 25 patients admitted to the subacute and long-stay unit of the Barcelona Forum Center between December 8 and 23, 2021 in the context of confinement due to a covid-19 outbreak. Sociodemographic and clinical variables are collected. We have used the self-administered STAI scale to assess clinical anxiety. Results The mean age is 47.7 years; women 60%. 80% with single marital status. 90% of the patients presented active tobacco consumption, with an average of 21.2 cigarettes/day. The mean score on the STAI scale was 58.8 for state anxiety and 46.7 for trait anxiety, both levels above the 75th percentile for adults, both men (state anxiety 28, trait anxiety 25) and women (state anxiety 31, trait anxiety 32). Conclusions The state and trait anxiety scores of the STAI scale of hospitalized patients are higher than the average of the general population, which could be due to the situation of confinement due to the covid pandemic. Disclosure of Interest None Declaredhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933823003747/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | A. Llimona González J. Mayans Henares E. Pechuan Martínez O. Orejas Pérez C. Masferrer Herrera C. Muro Celma L. Vargas Puertolas J. Peñalver Aguilar Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit European Psychiatry |
| title | Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit |
| title_full | Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit |
| title_fullStr | Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit |
| title_short | Cross-sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid-19 in a sub-acute and long-stay mental health unit |
| title_sort | cross sectional study on anxiety in confinement due to covid 19 in a sub acute and long stay mental health unit |
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