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The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample
INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019, is now a global pandemic that has spread rapidly causing many deaths. Most countries have opted for compulsory confinement which had repercussions on mental health and well-being. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to assess mental health consequences du...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9471501/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.760 |
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author | Bejar, M. Mohamed, B. Ben Faouel, N. Ali, R. Belhadj Zaafrane, F. Gaha, L. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019, is now a global pandemic that has spread rapidly causing many deaths. Most countries have opted for compulsory confinement which had repercussions on mental health and well-being. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to assess mental health consequences during the confinement period. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 360 Tunisians in April and May 2020. We used an anonymous E-questionnaire that included a socio-demographic fact sheet, The HAD questionnaire, and a Q-EDD questionnaire to explore eating disorders. RESULTS: The subjects of our sample were mostly males with a mean age of 31. The body mass index was 25.5 (range 16.10 -46.24), 15% suffered from obesity. Half of the subjects were single and 6.7% spent the confinement time alone. 11.1% were smokers while 4.4% were alcohol users. The HAD-A and the HAD-D scores had an average of 9.1 and 8.48 respectively.A pathological threshold of anxiety and depression was found in 20% and 30% of the sample respectively.15% had an eating disorder: 76% had binge eating, 20% had bulimia and 17% had anorexia. In our study, we found an association between eating disorder and obesity, single marital status (p=0.007), living alone (p=0.001), history of depression (p=0.046), anxiety (p=0.049) and depression (p=0.038). CONCLUSIONS: Reduced social interactions, decreased physical activity and increased stress are potentially harmful causes for our brain. Confining the population for several weeks has a negative impact on our physical and mental health. A crisis unit has been formed in Tunisia to help subjects overcome these psychological difficulties. |
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spelling | pubmed-94715012022-09-29 The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample Bejar, M. Mohamed, B. Ben Faouel, N. Ali, R. Belhadj Zaafrane, F. Gaha, L. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019, is now a global pandemic that has spread rapidly causing many deaths. Most countries have opted for compulsory confinement which had repercussions on mental health and well-being. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to assess mental health consequences during the confinement period. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study of 360 Tunisians in April and May 2020. We used an anonymous E-questionnaire that included a socio-demographic fact sheet, The HAD questionnaire, and a Q-EDD questionnaire to explore eating disorders. RESULTS: The subjects of our sample were mostly males with a mean age of 31. The body mass index was 25.5 (range 16.10 -46.24), 15% suffered from obesity. Half of the subjects were single and 6.7% spent the confinement time alone. 11.1% were smokers while 4.4% were alcohol users. The HAD-A and the HAD-D scores had an average of 9.1 and 8.48 respectively.A pathological threshold of anxiety and depression was found in 20% and 30% of the sample respectively.15% had an eating disorder: 76% had binge eating, 20% had bulimia and 17% had anorexia. In our study, we found an association between eating disorder and obesity, single marital status (p=0.007), living alone (p=0.001), history of depression (p=0.046), anxiety (p=0.049) and depression (p=0.038). CONCLUSIONS: Reduced social interactions, decreased physical activity and increased stress are potentially harmful causes for our brain. Confining the population for several weeks has a negative impact on our physical and mental health. A crisis unit has been formed in Tunisia to help subjects overcome these psychological difficulties. Cambridge University Press 2021-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9471501/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.760 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Bejar, M. Mohamed, B. Ben Faouel, N. Ali, R. Belhadj Zaafrane, F. Gaha, L. The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample |
title | The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample |
title_full | The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample |
title_fullStr | The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample |
title_full_unstemmed | The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample |
title_short | The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample |
title_sort | psychological impact of the covid-19 pandemic and confinement period on a tunisian sample |
topic | Abstract |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9471501/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.760 |
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