ArticleJournal of affective disorders2021
Predicting PTSS in general population during COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of health anxiety.
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- Epidemiological characteristics of post-traumatic stress symptoms and its influence on length of hospital stay in inpatients with traumatic fractures in Zunyi, China.AIMS public health · 2024Article
- The Association between Physical and Psychological Domestic Violence Experienced during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health Symptoms.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- The COVID-19 lockdown promotes changes in sleep habits in the Croatian general population.Croatian medical journal · 2022Article
- Emotional processing prospectively modulates the impact of anxiety on COVID-19 pandemic-related post-traumatic stress symptoms: an ERP study.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- Health Anxiety and Its Correlates in the General Chinese Population During the COVID-19 Epidemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite health anxiety (HA) is associated with higher incidence of anxiety disorders, no studies have examined the association between this variable and the increased levels of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms (PTSS) reported during COVID pandemic.
methodsThis study was conducted online between April and May 2020. Data were collected from 468 men and women from the Spanish general population. Sociodemographic and COVID-19-related data, health anxiety, PTSS, fear of becoming infected, social support, sleep problems and past/current psychological/psychiatric history were assessed. The mediating effect of HA when predicting PTSS was explored with mediational analyses. Moderated mediational analyses were also performed to test if receiving psychological treatment during pandemic changes the mediating effect of HA.
resultsPrevalence of PTSS was higher in high-scorers in HA (p<.01). High HA was also more likely to be reported by women, individuals with sleep problems, frequently fear of getting infected, and those who have previously received psychological treatment (p<.01). HA mediates the relationship between PTSS and the following predictors of PTSS: sleep problems, psychiatric history and fear of getting infected. Being under psychological treatment did not moderate the mediating effect of health anxiety. LIMITATIONS: Further longitudinal studies with bigger sample sizes are needed to examine the causal relationship between HA and PTSS after COVID-19 pandemic.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that HA could influence the psychological consequences of the pandemic. Screening of HA could be useful to identify people with heightened risk of developing PTSS during pandemic.
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