ArticleBMC psychology2023
Investigating the correlation between perceived stress and health anxiety with obsessive-compulsive disorder and quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic.
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- The relationships among trauma, stress, social support, and psychopathology: exploring early warning factors of mental illness from a network analysis perspective.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The long-term impact of the covid-19 pandemic on patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.Medicine · 2025Article
- Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in the General Population Under Stressful Conditions: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Health anxiety during a global pandemic: a comparison of medical and non-medical students in Mashhad, Iran.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
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aimsThe present study aimed to investigate the correlation between perceived stress and health anxiety with obsessive-compulsive symptoms and quality of life during COVID-19 pandemic.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was performed in the general public in Isfahan and Bandar Abbas. 559 citizens were selected by convenience sampling. An online questionnaire was used to collect the data, which consisted of: short health anxiety inventory, perceived stress scale, world health organization quality of life questionnaire and Padua inventory. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 and Amos-21.
resultsThere were significant positive correlations between health anxiety and perceived stress (r = 0/338), obsessive-compulsive symptoms and perceived stress (r = 0/16), obsessive-compulsive symptoms and health anxiety (r = 0/344). Also there were significant negative correlations between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and quality of life (r = - 0/21), health anxiety and quality of life (r = - 0/366), perceived stress and quality of life (r = - 0/715).
conclusionhealth anxiety and perceived stress during COVID-19 affect the obsessive-compulsive symptoms and quality of life. Therefore, it is recommended to pay attention to these psychological disorders during this global crisis and take actions to prevent and treat them.
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