Stress induced by the COVID-19 health situation in a cohort of 111 subjects present in the Bataclan concert hall during the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The management of the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is all the more difficult when subjects suffer from a prior psychiatric illness. BV13 is a 54-month prospective longitudinal cohort study of 111 subjects who were present in the Bataclan concert hall during the November 2015 terrorist attack in Paris.

Objectives

Our first objective was to investigate the association between stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic and PTSD symptoms, notably with respect to two positive risk factors: trait mindfulness and social support. The second was to explore how PTSD severity mediated the relationship between trait mindfulness and COVID-19-induced stress.

Method

The primary endpoint was evaluated using the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPD

SUBMITTER: Gibert L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8725692 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature