Prevalence of depression and its relation to quality of life during the initial period of COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study on Turkish society and suggestions on potential solutions

IF 0.7 Q3 Medicine

Minerva Psichiatrica Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI:10.23736/S2724-6612.20.02118-4

Begüm Okudan, Burcu Uslu, Sadık E. Çelebi

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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to identify the prevalence of depression and assess the quality of life with the emergence of a global COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey METHODS: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study An online questionnaire was conducted, including demographics, the self-rating depression scale (SDS), and the quality of life (WHOQOL) evaluation RESULTS: The overall prevalence of depression was 15 4% in our sample, with 505 participants SDS overall mean in participants was 39 50 +/- 9 02, which indicates no psychopathology There was a significant difference between the quality of life scores according to depressive levels (P=0 001) except general health (P=0 25) CONCLUSIONS: In the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, mild and moderate depression has been identified Quality of life is becoming the most critical issue to improve physical, social, and mental components Besides, to prevent the spread of the virus, mental health, and quality of life improvement interventions should become priority public health strategies

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新冠肺炎大流行初期抑郁症患病率及其与生活质量的关系：土耳其社会的横断面研究和潜在解决方案建议

背景：本研究旨在确定土耳其出现全球新冠肺炎大流行时抑郁症的患病率并评估其生活质量。方法：这是一项描述性和横断面研究。进行了在线问卷调查，包括人口统计学、抑郁自评量表（SDS）、，和生活质量（WHOQOL）评估结果：在我们的样本中，抑郁症的总患病率为15.4%，505名参与者的SDS总平均值为3950+/-9202，这表明没有精神病理学除了一般健康（P=025）外，根据抑郁水平的生活质量评分之间存在显著差异（P=001）。结论：在新冠肺炎大流行的早期阶段，轻度和中度抑郁症已被确定。生活质量正成为改善身体、社会和心理成分的最关键问题，为了防止病毒的传播，心理健康和改善生活质量的干预措施应该成为优先的公共卫生策略

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期刊介绍： The journal Minerva Psichiatrica publishes scientific papers on psychiatry, psycology and psycopharmacology. Manuscripts may be submitted in the form of editorials, original articles, review articles, case reports, therapeutical notes, special articles and letters to the Editor. Manuscripts are expected to comply with the instructions to authors which conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Editors by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org). Articles not conforming to international standards will not be considered for acceptance.