Email this article Psychological well-being of outpatients with mental disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic — a brief survey results
- Authors: Chumakov E.M.1,2, Azarova L.A.1, Limankin O.V.1,3,4
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Affiliations:
- St.-Petersburg Psychiatric Hospital №1 named after P.P. Kaschenko
- Saint-Petersburg State University
- North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
- St.-Petersburg Institute of Postgraduate Improvement of Physicians-experts of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
- Issue: Vol LIII, No 1 (2021)
- Pages: 76-79
- Section: Brief communications
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/1027-4898/article/view/58048
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/nb58048
- ID: 58048
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Abstract
Aim. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social restrictions associated with it on the psychological well-being of outpatients with mental disorders.
Methods. A total of 151 outpatients (60.9% female; mean age 34.4±12.9 years) who received treatment at psychiatric day hospitals in St. Petersburg during the first two weeks of May 2020 participated in the study.
Results. The majority of respondents (72.8%) indicated that they became more stressed during the COVID-19 pandemic, including one-third of patients (29.1%) indicating deterioration in family relationships. Two-thirds of patients (60.3%) indicated that the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions imposed in connection with it resulted in and increased anxiety and distress.
Conclusions. This study confirmed that outpatients with psychiatric disorders, as well as the general Russian population, experienced an increase in stress, anxiety, and distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the study underscore the importance of continuing to provide outpatient psychiatric care during epidemics or social upheaval, despite the imposition of social restrictions.
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Egor M. Chumakov
St.-Petersburg Psychiatric Hospital №1 named after P.P. Kaschenko; Saint-Petersburg State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: chumakovegor@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0429-8460
Russian Federation, 190121, St. Petersburg, Kanonerskaya str., 12; 199034, St. Petersburg, Universitetskaya nab., 7–9
Larisa A. Azarova
St.-Petersburg Psychiatric Hospital №1 named after P.P. Kaschenko
Email: azarova812@me.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1144-2782
Russian Federation, 190121, St. Petersburg, Kanonerskaya str., 12
Oleg V. Limankin
St.-Petersburg Psychiatric Hospital №1 named after P.P. Kaschenko; North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov; St.-Petersburg Institute of Postgraduate Improvement of Physicians-experts of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection
Email: limankin@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6318-7536
Russian Federation, 190121, St. Petersburg, Kanonerskaya str., 12; 191015, St. Petersburg, Kirochnaya str., 41;
194044, St. Petersburg, Bolshoy Sampsonievskiy pr., 11/12
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