Getúlio Rodrigues de Oliveira Filho, Leonardo Schonhorst
Attitudes of residents and anesthesiologists toward basic sciences
Anesthesia and analgesia
devastating health economic social consequences covid19 may harm already vulnerable groups particularly people severe psychiatric disorders spds present study conducted investigate anxiety response patients spds covid19 pandemic total 351 patients spds schizophrenia spectrum ssd bipolar bd major depressive mdd obsessivecompulsive ocd disorders healthy controls guilan province iran throughout 20212022 included crosssectional analytical study anxiety response consisted four concepts covid19related anxiety general health anxiety anxiety sensitivity safety behaviors conducted unstructured interview provided sociodemographic clinical information also participants asked complete four selfreport measures corona disease anxiety scale anxiety sensitivity indexrevised short health anxiety inventory checklist safety behaviors analysis variance showed significant difference groups patients spds control group covid19related anxiety f 692 p 00001 health anxiety f 621 p 00001 safety behaviors f 252 p 041 significant difference observed anxiety sensitivity f 177 p 0134 gameshowell test showed control group obtained higher mean groups people bd p 00001 ssd p 0033 ocd p 0003 disorders covid19related anxiety patients mdd p 0014 ocd p 001 higher mean score control group health anxiety tukeys test showed mean safety behaviors control group significantly higher ocd group p 021 significant difference found groups patients mdd bd ssd ocd terms covid19related anxiety health anxiety safety behaviors anxiety response health crisis different groups spds control group findings study suggest although health anxiety present many patients pandemic anxiety response health crisis may less expected various explanations preexisting symptoms low health literacy possible cooccurring cognitive impairment results study many practical policy implications meeting treatment needs group patients public health crises indicate needs may compatible expectations estimates health professionals policymakers already