ArticleIrish journal of psychological medicine2021
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with pre-existing anxiety disorders attending secondary care.
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- The Acute Impact of the Early Stages of COVID-19 Pandemic in People with Pre-Existing Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Validation of modified COVID-19 Phobia Scale (MC19P-SE) to examine the relationships between corona anxiety and COVID-19 symptoms: A case-control study.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2025Article
- Assessing the Fear of Covid-19 in Psychiatric Patients: Results from an Italian Multicentric Study.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2024Article
- Health-Promoting Factors and Their Relationships with the Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Anxiety Disorders during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Direct and Interactive Effects of Personality and Experiencing Changes in Relationships on Symptoms of Internalizing Psychopathology During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Cognitive therapy and research · 2023Article
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- Psychological sequelae within different populations during the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review of extant evidence.Singapore medical journal · 2022Review
- Stable through the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from a longitudinal telephone interview study in psychiatric outpatients.PloS one · 2022Article
- A quantitative and qualitative examination of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. veterans with self-reported anxiety and alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with serious mental disorders: A systematic review of the literature.World journal of psychiatry · 2021Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on a cohort of patients treated with clozapine.Irish journal of psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Correlates of COVID-19 Pandemic on Anxiety among Adults in Appalachia, USA.Journal of research in health sciences · 2021Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions on people with pre-existent mental health conditions: A scoping review.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2021Article
- What Is the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients with Pre-Existing Mood or Anxiety Disorder? An Observational Prospective Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Observational
- Narrative Review of COVID-19 Impact on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Child, Adolescent and Adult Clinical Populations.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- An Observational Study of OCD Patients Treated With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the psychological and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with established anxiety disorders during a period of stringent mandated social restrictions.
methodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted with 30 individuals attending the Galway-Roscommon Mental Health Services with an International Classification of Diseases diagnosis of an anxiety disorder to determine the impact of the COVID-19 restrictions on anxiety and mood symptoms, social and occupational functioning and quality of life.
resultsTwelve (40.0%) participants described COVID-19 restrictions as having a deleterious impact on their anxiety symptoms. Likert scale measurements noted that the greatest impact of COVID-19 related to social functioning (mean = 4.5, SD = 2.9), with a modest deleterious effect on anxiety symptoms noted (mean = 3.8, SD = 2.9). Clinician rated data noted that 8 (26.7%) participants had disimproved and 14 (46.7%) participants had improved since their previous clinical review, prior to commencement of COVID-19 restrictions. Conditions associated with no 'trigger', such as generalised anxiety disorder, demonstrated a non-significant increase in anxiety symptoms compared to conditions with a 'trigger', such as obsessive compulsive disorder. Psychiatric or physical comorbidity did not substantially impact on symptomatology secondary to COVID-19 mandated restrictions.
conclusionsThe psychological and social impact of COVID-19 restrictions on individuals with pre-existing anxiety disorders has been modest with only minimal increases in symptomatology or social impairment noted.
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