Psychological distress in adults with and without cystic fibrosis during the COVID-19 lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hundreds of papers have been published on the COVID-19 pandemic, and several of them on psychological themes connected with it, but very little is so far known on how adult patients with Cystic Fibrosis (pwCFs) are coping with this dramatic event.

Methods

An online questionnaire was developed according to the Italian validated COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) and addressed to the general population (GP). A similar questionnaire, augmented with CF specific questions, targeted pwCFs. The two web-based surveys were accessible for some weeks during the lockdown mandated by the Italian government.

Results

The CF questionnaire was completed by 712 adult pwCFs (422 females), matched for sex and age with a 1/5 ratio to GP questionnaire respondents. Mild

SUBMITTER: Ciprandi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834149 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature