在COVID-19大流行期间的疲劳 - 患病率和预测因素:来自前性队列研究的研究结果
Michail Kalfas1, Kieran Ayling2, Ru Jia3
1Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|May 17, 2024
概括
由于COVID-19的封锁,英国人口的疲劳显著增加. 抑郁症和处于危险群体是这种疲劳的关键预测因素,影响日常功能.
科学领域:
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 流行病和相关的封锁严重影响了心理健康.
- 疲劳和焦虑紧密相关,但与流行病相关的疲劳决定因素仍未得到充分研究.
- 了解疲劳患病率和预测因素对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间调查英国人口中疲劳的流行情况.
- 确定疲劳的关键预测因素,包括心理健康和社会人口统计因素.
- 为了检查抑郁和持续疲劳之间的纵向关系.
主要方法:
- 一个英国社区队列完成了三个波的在线调查 (2020年4月,7月-9月,11月-12月).
- 使用Chalder疲劳量表测量疲劳;分析头发样本的HairE (压力激素).
- 统计分析确定了疲劳及其持久性的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 在第二波中,平均疲劳得分明显高于大流行前的水平 (p = .003).
- 44.3%的参与者符合第2波疲劳的情况定义.
- 第三波疲劳的预测因素包括风险组状态,抑郁症和对COVID-19的信念,解释了23.8%的差异.
结论:
- 在英国的COVID-19大流行期间,疲劳非常普遍,影响了日常功能.
- 抑郁症,特别是在第一波,是持续疲劳的重要预测因素.
- 社会人口统计学变量和心理因素是流行病相关疲劳的重要决定因素.
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