Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, China
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the social environment of most individuals around the world and has profoundly impacted people's lives, ontological security, and behavior. Among them, the patients are one of the groups most influenced by the pandemic.ObjectiveThe present research ai...
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| author | Chengwen Luo Xiaoyan Wu Weizhen Wang Mei-Xian Zhang Fengmin Cheng Haixiao Chen Tao-Hsin Tung |
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| description | BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the social environment of most individuals around the world and has profoundly impacted people's lives, ontological security, and behavior. Among them, the patients are one of the groups most influenced by the pandemic.ObjectiveThe present research aimed to study the relationship of COVID-19 pandemic-induced disruption to patients' daily lives, ontological security, and patients' responses to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and explore the role of ontological security.MethodsThis article was based on an online structured questionnaire study conducted among hospitalized patients in Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Taizhou, China, from 8 July to 11 August 2021. We analyzed the data using the multivariate regression model and mediation analysis method.ResultsThe results showed that the higher the pandemic-induced disruption to inpatients' lives, the better behavior would be taken by hospitalized patients to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the perceived scarcity of ontological security played a mediating role in this process. Higher pandemic-induced disruption to patients' lives increased the ontological insecurity which further, in turn, reduced patients' good practice toward measures to prevent the novel coronavirus.ConclusionThese findings provided direct evidence for the relationship between pandemic-induced disruption, scarcity of ontological security, and patients' prevention behavior. It suggested that there was a need to emphasize patients' ontological security. Overall, these findings suggested that it is important to emphasize the mental health among patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and implement strategies to offer psychological support when needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb3bb7790ff1434180bb67307d759ae72022-12-22T02:22:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-05-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.865046865046Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, ChinaChengwen Luo0Xiaoyan Wu1Weizhen Wang2Mei-Xian Zhang3Fengmin Cheng4Haixiao Chen5Tao-Hsin Tung6Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, ChinaTaizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, ChinaEvidence-Based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, ChinaDepartment of Orthopedics, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, ChinaEvidence-Based Medicine Center, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, ChinaBackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the social environment of most individuals around the world and has profoundly impacted people's lives, ontological security, and behavior. Among them, the patients are one of the groups most influenced by the pandemic.ObjectiveThe present research aimed to study the relationship of COVID-19 pandemic-induced disruption to patients' daily lives, ontological security, and patients' responses to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and explore the role of ontological security.MethodsThis article was based on an online structured questionnaire study conducted among hospitalized patients in Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Taizhou, China, from 8 July to 11 August 2021. We analyzed the data using the multivariate regression model and mediation analysis method.ResultsThe results showed that the higher the pandemic-induced disruption to inpatients' lives, the better behavior would be taken by hospitalized patients to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the perceived scarcity of ontological security played a mediating role in this process. Higher pandemic-induced disruption to patients' lives increased the ontological insecurity which further, in turn, reduced patients' good practice toward measures to prevent the novel coronavirus.ConclusionThese findings provided direct evidence for the relationship between pandemic-induced disruption, scarcity of ontological security, and patients' prevention behavior. It suggested that there was a need to emphasize patients' ontological security. Overall, these findings suggested that it is important to emphasize the mental health among patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and implement strategies to offer psychological support when needed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.865046/fullontological securitypandemic-induced disruptionpandemic controladaptive practiceCOVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Chengwen Luo Xiaoyan Wu Weizhen Wang Mei-Xian Zhang Fengmin Cheng Haixiao Chen Tao-Hsin Tung Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, China Frontiers in Public Health ontological security pandemic-induced disruption pandemic control adaptive practice COVID-19 |
| title | Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, China |
| title_full | Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, China |
| title_fullStr | Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, China |
| title_short | Patients' Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: The Relationship Between Potential Pandemic-Induced Disruptions, Ontological Security, and Adaptive Responses in Taizhou, China |
| title_sort | patients responses to covid 19 pandemic the relationship between potential pandemic induced disruptions ontological security and adaptive responses in taizhou china |
| topic | ontological security pandemic-induced disruption pandemic control adaptive practice COVID-19 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.865046/full |
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