在COVID-19流行病期间耻辱严重性的变化
İrfan Esen1, Selda Kaya2, Ersin Günay3
1Internal Medicine, Yüksek İhtisas University, Ankara, TUR.
Cureus
|November 6, 2023
概括
随着时间的推移,随着对疾病的理解越来越大,COVID-19的耻辱感逐渐减少. 疫情初期,人们对失业和社会歧视的担忧在下半年显著减少.
科学领域:
- 医学社会学 医学社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行带来了前所未有的社会挑战,包括耻辱的出现.
- 了解这种耻辱的演变及其促成因素对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查随着时间的推移,COVID-19相关的耻辱的变化.
- 确定影响减少大流行期间耻辱感的因素.
主要方法:
- 在2021年5月至2022年4月期间,对被诊断为COVID-19的个人进行了一项比较研究.
- 根据感染的时间,参与者被分为两组:第一六个月 (第一组) 和第二六个月 (第二组) 的流行病.
- 一个29项调查问卷评估了参与者对与耻辱和歧视有关的陈述的同意.
主要成果:
- 耻辱感,特别是关于终止工作和社会歧视的耻辱感,在前六个月明显高于第二个月.
- 对"COVID-19是一种惩罚"的同意率从第一组的76.1%下降到第二组的94.9% (p=0.011).
- 对"雇主可以终止雇佣"的同意率从第一组的56.8%下降到第二组的97.4% (p<0.001),而对"社会歧视"的同意率从80.7%下降到38.5% (p<0.001).
结论:
- 随着时间的推移,关于就业保障和社会地位的最初的流行病恐惧逐渐减弱.
- 在大流行初期,COVID-19的污名更为明显.
- 增加疾病识别和经验有助于减少耻辱和歧视.
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