Determinants of quality of life among individuals seeking mental health care after termination of state of emergency due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Medicine (Baltimore)
; 100(31): e26854, 2021 Aug 06.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34397861
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Prompted by the need to measure the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on main areas of quality of life related to mental health (MH), the COV-19-impact on quality of life (COV19-QoL) scale has been developed recently. We measured how patients seeking face-to-face MH care perceived the coronavirus disease 2019 impact on QoL and how socio-demographic factors, stress, and personality contributed to QoL in this diagnostically diverse population.Patients aged 18 to 65âyears (nâ=â251) who came for the first time to the outpatient units during the 6-week index-period (May 21-July 1, 2020) were included. The cross-sectional assessment involved sociodemographic variables, working diagnosis, personality traits (7-dimension model, including HEXACO and DELTA), stress (list of threatening experiences and proximity to virus), and COV19-QoL.The perceived impact of the pandemic on QoL was above the theoretical mean of a 5-point scale (COV19-Qolâ=â3.1â±â1.2). No association between total COV19-QoL score, sociodemographic parameters, and working diagnoses was found in the present sample. After testing whether positional (threatening experiences), or dispositional (personality) factors were predominant in the perceived impact of COV-19 on QoL, significant predictors of the outcome were personality traits Disintegration (Bâ=â0.52; Pâ<â.01) and Emotionality (Bâ=â0.18; Pâ<â.05).It seems that pervasiveness and uncertainty of the pandemic threat triggers-especially in those high on Disintegration trait-a chain of mental events with the decrease of QoL as a final result. Present findings could be used to establish a profile of MH help seeking population in relation to this biological disaster, and to further explore QoL and personality in different contexts.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Social Isolation
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COVID-19
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Mental Health Services
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Medicine (Baltimore)
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article