The Fear of Covid-19 Among Adults with Chronic Disease

Abstract

Objective: The Covid-19 epidemic is known to have caused many setbacks worldwide. This study determined the Covid-19 fears in the epidemic process of individuals with chronic disease and the factors that could cause this fear. This study aims to be a guide in the process of the Covid-19 epidemic and the development of the right health strategies for potential new outbreaks. Methods: The universe of our work is composed of 92,350 people over 18 who applied to XXX Faculty of Medicine between 01.07.2020 and 30.09.2020. When the sample was calculated with a 5% margin of error, a 95% confidence interval and a 10% chance of data loss, 421 people were identified. The data was obtained through the application of surveys generated by the literature screening using face-to-face discussions with the volunteers. In addition to various questions about sociodemographic features and the epidemic process, the coronavirus (Covid-19) scare scale has been applied in the survey. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 21.0 package program. Results: In our study, the majority of the healthy group (52.5%) is made up of men, while the majority of the patient group (56.9%) in women. The healthy group has the most common 53.1 to 18-34% age group, and the patient group has the most common 33.0 to 50-64% age group. The frequency of 65 years and older was 0.6% in the healthy group and 13.8% in the patient group. The difference between age groups is statistically significant (p