Cargando…

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BACKGROUND: In December of 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus, appeared, and it turned into an international epidemic. The consequences of the pandemic, especially the isolation measures, fear of infection and bad economic trends, as a result of the crisis, threaten people's basic psyc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mehmedinovic, Senad, Causevic, Midhat, Zildzic, Muharem, Salihovic, Renata, Avdic, Benjamin, Sitarevic, Mirza, Salihefendic, Nizama, Sinanovic, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10545925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37795162
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2023.35.196-200
_version_ 1785114768076439552
author Mehmedinovic, Senad
Causevic, Midhat
Zildzic, Muharem
Salihovic, Renata
Avdic, Benjamin
Sitarevic, Mirza
Salihefendic, Nizama
Sinanovic, Samir
author_facet Mehmedinovic, Senad
Causevic, Midhat
Zildzic, Muharem
Salihovic, Renata
Avdic, Benjamin
Sitarevic, Mirza
Salihefendic, Nizama
Sinanovic, Samir
author_sort Mehmedinovic, Senad
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: In December of 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus, appeared, and it turned into an international epidemic. The consequences of the pandemic, especially the isolation measures, fear of infection and bad economic trends, as a result of the crisis, threaten people's basic psychological needs. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and perceived social support of persons with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS: The research included a total sample of 232 respondents with different types of disabilities. The Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) was used to verify the research objective, which assessed three dimensions: somatization, depression and anxiety. Also, in order to verify the research objective, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support was applied, which consists of 12 statements that measure the perceived social support of family, friends and other people. The research data was processed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The basic statistical parameters were calculated, while the t-test was used for an independent sample of respondents to verify the set objective. RESULTS: The results of the research showed that persons with disabilities, who were infected with the SARS-Cov-2 virus, had a significantly higher level of somatization, anxiety and depression compared to those who were not infected with the virus. The results in relation to social support did not prove to be statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The obtained results lead to the conclusion that, in the future, interventions by experts of various profiles must be planned to preserve the mental health of persons with disabilities, which is why it is important to invest in the emotional, psychological, social, physical and spiritual well-being of the individual.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10545925
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-105459252023-10-04 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmedinovic, Senad Causevic, Midhat Zildzic, Muharem Salihovic, Renata Avdic, Benjamin Sitarevic, Mirza Salihefendic, Nizama Sinanovic, Samir Mater Sociomed Original Paper BACKGROUND: In December of 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus, appeared, and it turned into an international epidemic. The consequences of the pandemic, especially the isolation measures, fear of infection and bad economic trends, as a result of the crisis, threaten people's basic psychological needs. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and perceived social support of persons with disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS: The research included a total sample of 232 respondents with different types of disabilities. The Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) was used to verify the research objective, which assessed three dimensions: somatization, depression and anxiety. Also, in order to verify the research objective, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support was applied, which consists of 12 statements that measure the perceived social support of family, friends and other people. The research data was processed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The basic statistical parameters were calculated, while the t-test was used for an independent sample of respondents to verify the set objective. RESULTS: The results of the research showed that persons with disabilities, who were infected with the SARS-Cov-2 virus, had a significantly higher level of somatization, anxiety and depression compared to those who were not infected with the virus. The results in relation to social support did not prove to be statistically significant. CONCLUSION: The obtained results lead to the conclusion that, in the future, interventions by experts of various profiles must be planned to preserve the mental health of persons with disabilities, which is why it is important to invest in the emotional, psychological, social, physical and spiritual well-being of the individual. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2023-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10545925/ /pubmed/37795162 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2023.35.196-200 Text en © 2023 Senad Mehmedinovic, Midhat Causevic, Muharem Zildzic, Renata Salihovic, Benjamin Avdic, Mirza Sitarevic, Nizama Salihefendic, Samir Sinanovic https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Paper
Mehmedinovic, Senad
Causevic, Midhat
Zildzic, Muharem
Salihovic, Renata
Avdic, Benjamin
Sitarevic, Mirza
Salihefendic, Nizama
Sinanovic, Samir
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Perceived Social Support and Mental Health of Persons With Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort impact of covid-19 pandemic on perceived social support and mental health of persons with disabilities in bosnia and herzegovina
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10545925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37795162
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2023.35.196-200
work_keys_str_mv AT mehmedinovicsenad impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina
AT causevicmidhat impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina
AT zildzicmuharem impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina
AT salihovicrenata impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina
AT avdicbenjamin impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina
AT sitarevicmirza impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina
AT salihefendicnizama impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina
AT sinanovicsamir impactofcovid19pandemiconperceivedsocialsupportandmentalhealthofpersonswithdisabilitiesinbosniaandherzegovina