Constructing and Validating Iranians’ COVID-19-related Stressors (ICRS) and Its Relation with Mental Health

IF 0.5 Q4 PSYCHIATRY

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Pub Date : 2023-02-19 DOI:10.5812/ijpbs-118403

Nazanin Abed, Shima Shahyad, S. Saadat

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Background: The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused stress and anxiety for various parts of society all over the world. This concern and stress are not limited to being affected by COVID-19 because this condition has also caused changes in people’s lifestyles. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate the validity and reliability of the COVID-19-related stressors questionnaire and determine the contribution of each of the stressors to the prediction of mental health in the Iranian population. Methods: This descriptive-analytical and correlational study was performed on 301 volunteers living in Tehran, Iran. Due to the prevalence of COVID-19, questionnaires were distributed by convenience sampling method and online conduction. The instruments used in the present study were the researcher-made questionnaire on Iranians’ COVID-19-related stressors (ICRS) and the general health questionnaire (GHQ-12). Content validity (qualitative and quantitative), face validity, structural validity (exploratory factor analysis), Cronbach’s alpha, and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS version 24 and AMOS24 software. Results: In exploratory factor analysis, the final 25 items were obtained in seven factors with an explanation of 66.25% variance. The results of logistic regression analysis showed that worrying about changing economic status, getting COVID-19 and change in lifestyle increased the chance of developing mental health disorder up to 1.29 (OR = 1.29), 1.28 (OR = 1.28), and 1.18 times (OR = 1.18), respectively. The variable of changing family interactions reduces the chance of developing a mental health disorder by 0.85 times (OR = 0.85). Conclusions: The COVID-19-related stressors questionnaire is valid and can be used in future research. Identifying the most important stressors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and determining each contribution to mental health prediction will help health policymakers to make better decisions.

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伊朗人新冠肺炎相关应激源(ICRS)的构建与验证及其与心理健康的关系

背景：2019冠状病毒病（新冠肺炎）的爆发给世界各地的社会各阶层带来了压力和焦虑。这种担忧和压力不仅限于受新冠肺炎的影响，因为这种情况也导致了人们生活方式的改变。目的：本研究旨在设计和评估COVID-19相关应激源问卷的有效性和可靠性，并确定每种应激源对伊朗人口心理健康预测的贡献。方法：对居住在伊朗德黑兰的301名志愿者进行描述性分析和相关研究。由于新冠肺炎的流行，采用方便抽样和网上传导的方式发放问卷。本研究使用的工具是研究人员制作的伊朗人新冠肺炎相关应激源问卷（ICRS）和一般健康问卷（GHQ-12）。内容有效性（定性和定量）、面孔有效性、结构有效性（探索性因素分析）、Cronbachα和逻辑回归用于分析数据。采用SPSS 24版软件和AMOS24软件进行统计分析。结果：在探索性因素分析中，获得了7个因素中的最后25个项目，解释了66.25%的方差。逻辑回归分析结果显示，对经济状况变化、感染新冠肺炎和生活方式改变的担忧使患精神健康障碍的几率分别增加到1.29倍（OR=1.29）、1.28倍（OR=1.28）和1.18倍（OR=1.18）。改变家庭互动的变量将患精神健康障碍的几率降低了0.85倍（OR=0.85）。结论：COVID-19相关压力源问卷是有效的，可用于未来的研究。识别与新冠肺炎大流行相关的最重要的压力源，并确定每种对心理健康预测的贡献，将有助于卫生政策制定者做出更好的决定。

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