关于COVID-压力综合征的患病率和危险因素
Ahmad Al Houri1, Abdullah Alhouri2, Hanaa Zahrawi1
1Department of Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, SYR.
Cureus
|June 26, 2023
概括
叙利亚和约旦的大学生经历了严重的COVID压力综合征 (CSS). 非医学学生和特定的人口统计报告了更高的痛苦,突出显示了大流行病对心理健康的影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- COVID-19显著影响心理健康,导致痛苦,孤立和抑郁.
- 由于学术压力和潜在的不发达的应对机制,大学生尤其容易受到伤害.
- 冠状病毒应激量表 (CSS) 是为了评估与流行病相关的心理痛苦而开发的.
研究的目的:
- 在叙利亚和约旦的大学生中比较COVID压力综合征 (CSS) 的流行率和特征.
- 在这些学生群体中确定与CSS相关的人口和社会经济因素.
- 为管理未来流行病期间的心理痛苦提供适用于管理心理痛苦的见解.
主要方法:
- 从2021年9月1日至12月1日进行了一项横截面研究,涉及叙利亚和约旦的2525名大学生.
- 数据采集使用了经过验证的结构化问卷来评估参与者特征和CSS.
- 统计分析包括千平方测试,用于比较各国之间的CSS流行率,使用SPSS软件.
主要成果:
- 近40%的学生报告CSS得分高,20%的学生出现严重症状.
- 约旦男性和单身叙利亚学生的CSS患病率较高.
- 家庭规模,财务状况和研究领域等因素显著影响了CSS水平,非医学学生表现出更高的敏感性.
结论:
- 由于COVID-19的流行,其心理和社会经济影响远远超出了身体健康的范围.
- CSS包括恐惧,社会经济问题,仇外心理,创伤和强迫行为,有效地衡量与大流行有关的压力.
- 针对性心理健康支持对大学生至关重要,特别是那些在非医学领域的学生,以减轻大流行引起的心理痛苦.
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