The emotional side of post-traumatic stress reaction during COVID-19 pandemic: an Italian survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social restrictions due to COVID-19 might have had a significant impact on mental health. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of four emotional domains (nervousness, anger, numbness, physiological arousal) in a sample of citizens during the first pandemic wave in 2020, and their association with sociodemographic characteristics, housing conditions and lifestyle modifications.

Methods

A cross-sectional study based on a self-administered online questionnaire was set up to investigate emotions. Respondents were recruited through a non-probabilistic snowball sampling approach. The SPAN questionnaire was used to measure emotions in the interviewed population. The association between emotions and independent variables (gender, age, marital status, educati

SUBMITTER: Ferrante G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851796 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature