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Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases

Since December 2019, the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been keeping the world in suspense. Proven risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19 are common diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular or respiratory disorders. Until today, little is known about the psychological burd...

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Autores principales: Kohler, Hannah, Bäuerle, Alexander, Schweda, Adam, Weismüller, Benjamin, Fink, Madeleine, Musche, Venja, Robitzsch, Anita, Pfeiffer, Corinna, Benecke, Anke-Verena, Dörrie, Nora, Führer, Dagmar, Taube, Christian, Rassaf, Tienush, Teufel, Martin, Skoda, Eva-Maria
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8851367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33719697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150132721996898
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author Kohler, Hannah
Bäuerle, Alexander
Schweda, Adam
Weismüller, Benjamin
Fink, Madeleine
Musche, Venja
Robitzsch, Anita
Pfeiffer, Corinna
Benecke, Anke-Verena
Dörrie, Nora
Führer, Dagmar
Taube, Christian
Rassaf, Tienush
Teufel, Martin
Skoda, Eva-Maria
author_facet Kohler, Hannah
Bäuerle, Alexander
Schweda, Adam
Weismüller, Benjamin
Fink, Madeleine
Musche, Venja
Robitzsch, Anita
Pfeiffer, Corinna
Benecke, Anke-Verena
Dörrie, Nora
Führer, Dagmar
Taube, Christian
Rassaf, Tienush
Teufel, Martin
Skoda, Eva-Maria
author_sort Kohler, Hannah
collection PubMed
description Since December 2019, the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been keeping the world in suspense. Proven risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19 are common diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular or respiratory disorders. Until today, little is known about the psychological burden of individuals suffering from these high-risk diseases regard to COVID-19. The aim of the study was to define the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on behavior and mental health in individuals at high risk for developing a severe COVID-19 course. Items assessed generalized anxiety (GAD-7), COVID-19-related fear, adherent/dysfunctional safety behavior, and the subjective risk perception of regarding symptoms, having a severe course and dying because of COVID-19. Data were compared between participants with the high risk diseases and individuals without any of those diseases. 16,983 respondents completed the study. Generalized anxiety, COVID-19-related fear, adherent/dysfunctional safety behavior and subjective risk perception were elevated in participants with high-risk diseases. The increased COVID-19-related fear as a functional concern is a conclusion on the increased risk of a severe course. The functionality of the fear is reflected in people’s increased need for security and includes an increase in both adherent and dysfunctional safety behavior that underlines the need for psychological support strategies.
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spelling pubmed-88513672022-02-18 Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases Kohler, Hannah Bäuerle, Alexander Schweda, Adam Weismüller, Benjamin Fink, Madeleine Musche, Venja Robitzsch, Anita Pfeiffer, Corinna Benecke, Anke-Verena Dörrie, Nora Führer, Dagmar Taube, Christian Rassaf, Tienush Teufel, Martin Skoda, Eva-Maria J Prim Care Community Health Original Research Since December 2019, the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been keeping the world in suspense. Proven risk factors for a severe course of COVID-19 are common diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular or respiratory disorders. Until today, little is known about the psychological burden of individuals suffering from these high-risk diseases regard to COVID-19. The aim of the study was to define the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on behavior and mental health in individuals at high risk for developing a severe COVID-19 course. Items assessed generalized anxiety (GAD-7), COVID-19-related fear, adherent/dysfunctional safety behavior, and the subjective risk perception of regarding symptoms, having a severe course and dying because of COVID-19. Data were compared between participants with the high risk diseases and individuals without any of those diseases. 16,983 respondents completed the study. Generalized anxiety, COVID-19-related fear, adherent/dysfunctional safety behavior and subjective risk perception were elevated in participants with high-risk diseases. The increased COVID-19-related fear as a functional concern is a conclusion on the increased risk of a severe course. The functionality of the fear is reflected in people’s increased need for security and includes an increase in both adherent and dysfunctional safety behavior that underlines the need for psychological support strategies. SAGE Publications 2021-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8851367/ /pubmed/33719697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150132721996898 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Kohler, Hannah
Bäuerle, Alexander
Schweda, Adam
Weismüller, Benjamin
Fink, Madeleine
Musche, Venja
Robitzsch, Anita
Pfeiffer, Corinna
Benecke, Anke-Verena
Dörrie, Nora
Führer, Dagmar
Taube, Christian
Rassaf, Tienush
Teufel, Martin
Skoda, Eva-Maria
Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases
title Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases
title_full Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases
title_fullStr Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases
title_full_unstemmed Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases
title_short Increased COVID-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding COVID-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases
title_sort increased covid-19-related fear and subjective risk perception regarding covid-19 affects behavior in individuals with internal high-risk diseases
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8851367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33719697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2150132721996898
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