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COVID-19-related stigma and its impact on psychological distress: A cross-sectional study in Wuhan, China.
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- Post-pandemic mental health: Understanding the global psychological burden and charting future research priorities.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19 within 2 years: a multinational cohort study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- A scoping review of cultural issues concerning institutional quarantine and isolation during major multi-country outbreaks in Africa: 2000-2023.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Effects of scenario-based attribution on collective emotions and stigma toward persons with COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey.Health science reports · 2023Article
- COVID-19-related stigma and its impact on psychological distress: A cross-sectional study in Wuhan, China.Health science reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background and Aims: Health-related stigma arises from the perceived association between a person or group of certain characteristics and a specific disease. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought about stigma targeted at individuals and groups who are perceived to be connected with the virus. Wuhan of China was not only the locale where the first COVID-19 cases were detected in the world but was also the hardest hit across China. Methods: Using new data ( Results: 69.47% (95% confidence interval (CI): 66.81%─72.13%) of the surveyed Wuhan residents have experienced some forms of stigma related to COVID-19. The average posttraumatic stress disorder score based on the impact of event scale-revised is 20.28 (95% CI: 19.096─21.468) out of 88. In particular, 27.75% (95% CI: 25.17%─30.34%) of the respondents display clinically significant distress symptoms. Moreover, this stigma not only aggravates individuals' posttraumatic stress disorder score by 10.652 (95% CI: 8.163─13.141) but also elevates the chance of developing clinically significant distress symptoms. Specifically, the probability of clinical distress is significantly higher ( Conclusion: The public should be aware of the distress-inducing impact of stigma related to COVID-19 and prevent it from causing more harm to certain individuals and groups.
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