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. 2023 Apr:43:15-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2022.12.019. Epub 2023 Jan 4.

The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety and stress in persons with disabilities: A cross-sectional study

Hatice Güdül Öz  1 , Evşen Nazik  2
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The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety and stress in persons with disabilities: A cross-sectional study

Hatice Güdül Öz et al. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and the depression, anxiety and stress in persons with disabilities.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the data were collected using an online survey from 178 persons with disabilities using the Personal Information Form, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S).

Results: The mean age of the participants was 34.08 ± 11.8 years. The disability types that participants had were related to vision (47.2 %), hearing (25.8 %), mobility (24.7 %), cognitive (8.4 %), and chronic disease (10.1 %). It has been determined that 73.6 % of the participants stated that their access to healthcare services was restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mean DASS-21 was 10.24 ± 8.25 and the mean FCV-19S was 17.71 ± 5.05. A positive correlation was found between DASS-21 and FCV-19S.

Conclusion: The pandemic has created a need to provide appropriate interventions to improve the psychosocial health of persons with disabilities.

Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Fear of COVID-19; Persons with disabilities; Stress.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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