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Psychological resilience and anxiety in response to COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

T. Ionescu ,
V. Boscaiu ,
B. Fetecau  and
C. Tudose
T. Ionescu*
Affiliation:
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Neuroscience 6, Bucharest, Romania
V. Boscaiu
Affiliation:
Romanian Academy of Sciences, Institute Of Mathematical Statistics & Applied Mathematics Of Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
B. Fetecau
Affiliation:
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Cardiology, Bucharest, Romania
C. Tudose
Affiliation:
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Neuroscience 6, Bucharest, Romania
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

In Romania, the first case of COVID-19 was detected on 26 February 2020 and the number of cases has been rising afterward.

Objectives

The goal of this study was to assess anxiety and resilience regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyse possible protective measures and risk factors.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study and data were collected March and April 2021. Participants filled in the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale.

Results

The sample consisted of 440 participants who presented to the general practitioner (female-65.7%) and the most representative age group was 35-64 years old; 18.4% of the participants stated that they were infected; 56.6% reported that they do not know anyone in their entourage who was infected/ has died of COVID-19 (group A), 32.9% knowing people with an infection in their close social environment (group B) and 10.5% had close people who died (group C). Almost half of the respondents (49,3%) scored above the cut-off point of the anxiety index (mild 38.6%, moderate 9.9%, severe 0.8%). As we expected, there is a strong negative correlation between anxiety levels and resilience (Pearson Correlation=-.551, p<0.01). If groups A and B had similarities regarding anxiety levels (44.97 and 44.23), those knowing someone who died of COVID-19 (group C) had a higher anxiety level (47.81%) (p<0.05).

Conclusions

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused an understandable surge in anxiety among the general population. Low level of resilience is predictive of the phenomenon of having high anxiety in the face of the death of others.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Covid-19general practitionerpandemicAnxiety
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S485
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