海地COVID-19知识和心理健康影响评估在海地
Taehwan Park1, Jean Pierre-Louis2, Tachel Jean3
1Department of Pharmacy Administration and Public Health, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USA.
Global mental health (Cambridge, England)
|February 28, 2024
概括
COVID-19大流行严重影响了海地农村地区的心理健康,超过一半的人患有焦虑和抑郁症. 普遍缺乏社会支持,这凸显了有针对性的心理健康干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 全球心理健康挑战因COVID-19大流行而加剧,特别是在发展中国家服务不足的农村地区.
- 关于这些弱势群体中心理健康流行率和缓解因素的数据有限.
- 海地农村面临着独特的挑战,包括由于大流行病对心理健康的潜在影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19大流行对海地农村居民心理健康和社会支持的影响.
- 为了确定这个人群中焦虑,抑郁和感知压力的患病率.
- 了解COVID-19知识,社会支持和心理健康结果之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 从2020年3月到5月,在海地农村的500名居民中进行了一项调查.
- 使用的患者健康问卷对焦虑和抑郁的分量表,以及感知压力量表.
- 包括针对COVID-19知识和社会支持可用性的定制问题.
主要成果:
- 超过一半的受访者报告说,与COVID-19相关的日常或频繁的焦虑 (51.8%) 和抑郁 (50.2%).
- 显著的大多数 (70.4%) 缺乏社会支持.
- 13.4%的受访者表示,他们感受到很高的压力,只有4.6%的受访者有合适的家用管道.
结论:
- COVID-19大流行严重影响了海地农村人的心理健康,焦虑和抑郁的比例很高.
- 缺乏社会支持是一个关键问题,需要基于社区的干预.
- 对于发展中国家尚未研究的农村社区来说,紧急的长期公共卫生投资至关重要.
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