在COVID-19大流行之前,期间和之后对焦虑治疗的反应
David H Rosmarin1,2, Steven Pirutinsky2,3
1McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA, United States of America.
PloS one
|March 13, 2024
概括
COVID-19 流行病并没有显著影响焦虑治疗结果. 认知行为疗法在流行病之前,期间和之后对患者保持有效.
科学领域:
- 精神病学和行为科学 精神病学和行为科学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,全球焦虑的流行和严重程度增加了.
- 关于大流行对焦虑治疗有效性的影响的数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19大流行对焦虑症患者认知行为疗法 (CBT) 反应的影响.
- 为了比较不同流行病阶段的治疗轨迹.
主要方法:
- 764名门诊患者被分为流行病前,流行病发作,流行病期间和流行病后的组.
- 在5621个时间点使用条件多层回归模型分析了治疗数据.
主要成果:
- 患者表现出中度焦虑水平,在研究期间显著下降.
- 流行病组之间没有观察到治疗反应的实质差异.
- 在急性流行病阶段,对于先前存在的患者来说,没有发现焦虑的增加.
结论:
- 通过CBT治疗焦虑的反应在COVID-19大流行之前,期间和之后保持一致.
- 流行病的急性阶段并没有对正在接受治疗的患者的焦虑水平产生负面影响.
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