Preventive Care In Nursing and Midwifery Journal

en Anxiety and Depressive Symptomatology among Iranian Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in January 2020 other Orginal research Background: Widespread outbreaks of Coronavirus disease among Iranian people are not only associated with physical illness but also with psychological symptoms, which need special attention. Objectives: This study was an endeavor to examine the relationship between comorbidity and death anxiety with Anxiety and Depressive Symptomatology among those who survived after the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which the probands, survivors of COVID-19, participated. By means of a convenient sampling method and adhering to selection criteria, we chose 300 patients admitted for COVID-19 in a university-affiliated hospital in Isfahan, Iran, during January 2020. We collected the data pertaining to their illness history, including information about their comorbidity and demographic background, by means of an interview schedule with closed-ended questions. We used the Persian version of Templer's Death Anxiety Scale (TDAS) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Data were computer-analyzed using SPSS-19 and running Hierarchical Log-linear analysis of symptomatology in a saturated model. Results: Majority of the participants were female (64%) with the mean (SD) age of 44.8 (12.8) years. Positive comorbidity was accompanied by a higher chance of exhibiting depressive symptoms (OR=34.67, df =1, P=0.000). High death anxiety was accompanied by higher chances of anxiety-depressive symptoms (OR=90.13, df =1, P=0.00). Conclusion: These observations reinforce the hypothesis proposed on the basis of Hill’s (1958) ABC-X model and provided impetus to the idea that the absence of comorbidity and positive perception of illness condition protect individuals from psychological hazards of COVID-19.   COVID-19, Death Anxiety, Anxiety, Depression, Iran 59 71 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-867-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Victoria Omranifard vomranifard95@gmail.com 100319475328460013867 100319475328460013867 No MD. Psychiatrist, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Gholamreza Ghassemi Toudeshkchuie ghr.ghassemi@gmail.com 100319475328460013868 100319475328460013868 Yes Ph D Social Work, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Medical Education Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Niloofar Nikfarjam 100319475328460013869 100319475328460013869 No MD. Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran Ali Gharavinia 100319475328460013870 100319475328460013870 No MD. Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran