LIFE ADJUSTMENT ANALYSES OF THE PEOPLE WITH CORONA VIRUS IN TURKEY. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

We aimed to determine the life adjustment process of people who have had coronavirus andthe factors affecting this process, to investigate the long-term effects related to this disease and reportthem for the first time.In thiscross-sectional study conductedbetween March and December 2021, 202 participants who previously had coronavirus infection, identified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test, were enrolled. The data was collected online using the Hacettepe Personality Inventoryandevaluatedusing descriptive statistics, survival analyses and Kaplan–Meier survival analyses in SPSS software. According to the Hacettepe personality inventory, the mean total adjustment score of the participants was 91.97±16.9, the mean social adjustment score was 45.47±9.7 and the mean personal adjustment score was 46.49±8.7. According to the hazard function graphs, it was calculated that the mean general adjustment month of the participants was 13.59±0.64, the mean social adjustment month was 13.89±0.65 and the mean personal adjustment month was 11.83±0.52. It has been observed that the coronavirus disease has a negative impact on life and social and personal adjustment, while the mean time for people to adjust to life is 1 year.