Health Anxiety in the Early Phase of COVID-19 Outbreak in Turkey: Investigation of Predictive Variables

• Abdi Güngör ^[2] ; Halil brahim Sar ^[1] ; Esra Asıcı ^[1]
  1. [1] Kilis 7 Aralık University

     Kilis 7 Aralık University

     Turquía

     
  2. [2] Düzce University, Education Faculty, Departmant of Educational Sciences, Düzce/TURKEY
• Localización: Ansiedad y estrés, ISSN 1134-7937, Vol. 27, Nº 2-3 (Julio - Diciembre 2021), 2021, págs. 74-80
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5093/anyes2021a10
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Ansiedad relacionada con la salud en la fase inicial del brote de COVID-19 en Turquía: Investigación de las variables predictivas
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    Objetivo: La ansiedad relacionada con la salud puede ser un factor de riesgo para la salud mental y el bienestar, particularmente en brotes pandémicos debido a la naturaleza desafiante de la pandemia. En este sentido, las personas pueden ser más vulnerables a la ansiedad relacionada con la salud durante el brote de COVID-19. Para entender mejor y superar la ansiedad de la salud es importante examinar los factores que afectan la ansiedad. Este estudio busca examinar los efectos de género, percepción de riesgo, exposición a medios de comunicación, depresión, ansiedad y estrés sobre la ansiedad de la salud durante la fase temprana del brote de COVID-19 en Turquía.

    Método: Los participantes incluidos fueron 1473 adultos y la información fue recolectada por medio de una herramienta en Internet. Las preguntas demográficas, la escala DAS y la escala corta de la ansiedad de salud fueron utilizadas para recolectar los datos. El método de regresión lineal múltiple fue aplicado para analizar los datos utilizando el programa R.

    Resultados: Los resultados mostraron que la ansiedad fue el indicador positivo más importante de la ansiedad de la salud, seguido del estrés, las noticias en televisión y las redes sociales, depresión y la percepción del riesgo. No se encontró que la edad y el género fueran indicadores relevantes.

    Conclusión: Este estudio reveló que los predictores más importantes de la ansiedad de la salud pueden intensificar la ansiedad de la salud durante el brote de COVID-19. Los resultados y las limitaciones son discutidas junto con las implicaciones para investigaciones futuras y posibles programas de prevención e intervención.

  • English

    Objective: Health anxiety can be a risk factor for mental health and well-being. People can experience higher levels of health anxiety during pandemic outbreaks because such pandemic outbreaks can cause additional stress and threats. In this sense, people can be more vulnerable to health anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. To better understand and overcome health anxiety, it is important to examine factors that affect health anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. This study aimed to examine the effects of age, gender, perceived risk, exposure to media, depression, anxiety, and stress on health anxiety during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey.

    Materials and Method: The participants included 1473 adults and the data were collected via an online tool. The demographic questions, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and the Short Health Anxiety Scale were used to collect data. Multiple linear regression analysis was implemented to analyze the data using R program.

    Results: The results showed that anxiety was the strongest positive predictor of health anxiety, following stress, TV News and social media, depression, and risk perception. Age and gender were not found to be significant predictors.

    Conclusions: This study showed that the significant predictors of health anxiety can escalate health anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak. The results and limitations are discussed along with implications for future research and intervention and prevention planning.

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