Psychological distress and symptom-related burnout in asthma during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: People with asthma may be particularly vulnerable to pandemic-related psychological distress, and research is needed to understand the impact of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic on their health and well-being. We sought to study the well-being of people with asthma relative to non-asthmatic controls during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also investigated asthma symptoms and COVID-19-related anxiety as potential mediators of distress. Participants completed self-report measures of psychological functioning, including anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout. Controlling for potential confounds, multiple-regression analyses examined differences in psychological health between people with and without asthma. Mediator analyses investigated the role of asthma symptoms and COVID-19-rela

SUBMITTER: Salsman ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10211287 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature