Psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in France: a national assessment of at-risk populations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lockdowns were implemented to limit the spread of COVID-19. Peritraumatic distress (PD) and post-traumatic stress disorder have been reported after traumatic events, but the specific effect of the pandemic is not well known.

Aim

The aim of this study was to assess PD in France, a country where COVID-19 had such a dramatic impact that it required a country-wide lockdown.

Methods

We recruited patients in four groups of chatbot users followed for breast cancer, asthma, depression and migraine. We used the Psychological Distress Inventory (PDI), a validated scale to measure PD during traumatic events, and correlated PD risk with patients' characteristics in order to better identify the ones who were the most at risk.

Results

The study included 1771 parti

SUBMITTER: Chaix B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7692000 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature