Assessment of Psychological Problems and Traumatic Stress Response among Survivors from COVID19 Pandemic | ||||
International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research | ||||
Article 15, Volume 3, Issue 1, July 2022, Page 259-271 PDF (601.9 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejnsr.2022.247079 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Amal Ibrahim Sabra1; Sabah Abo El Ftouh Mohamed2 | ||||
1Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta | ||||
2Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kafr elsheikh University- egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Mental health issues among Covid19 survivors during the post-illness period are an emerging and essential health issue. The ability to recognize mental health problems in patients who survived of COVID-19 is highly critical in detecting early symptoms of mental disorders. Covid19 can be highly traumatic experiences for patients. Aim: This study aimed to assess of psychological problems and traumatic stress response among survivors from COVID19 Pandemic. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional was followed. Setting: COVID 19 outpatient clinic of Chest Hospital, Tanta city, Gharbia Governorate which affiliated to Ministry of Health. Subjects: A convinces sample of 50 COVID-19 survivors. Tools: Two tools were used; (I) Impact of Event Scale-Revised Scoring (IES-R) and (II) Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). In addition, a Socio-demographic Structured Questionnaire Sheet was used. Results: About one third of studied COVID-19 survivors had psychological problems and the most common psychological problem of survivors was depression .In addition half of them had traumatic stress response. Conclusion: COVID-19 survivors experience a wide range of severe psychological problems. Recommendation: Throughout convalescent stage of COVID-19, patients urgently require substantial mental health services and psychological crisis assistance | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Survivors; COVID19; psychological problem; traumatic stress response | ||||
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