Medo de contrair COVID-19: Estudo de validação da Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Scale em adolescentes portugueses

Introduction: Given the pandemic circumstances, fear may emerge due to uncertainty, the possibility of being infected by SARS-Cov 2 or infecting others. It may also be associated with psychopathological symptoms and impact quality of life resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: The current study aimed to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Scale (FCCS) in Portuguese adolescents and analyze the relationship between fear of contracting COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms, and with the quality of life of this age group. Method: The sample comprised 269 adolescents (137 boys and 132 girls), aged between 11 and 16 years old, attending the 3rd cycle of basic education. Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the FCCS, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21), and the KIDSCREEN-10, as a measure of the quality of life in adolescents. Results: The FCCS revealed, as in its original version for adults, a one-dimensional structure, with good adjustment indicators and good reliability. The fear of contracting COVID-19 was associated with anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms, but it did not show a relationship with the adolescents’ quality of life. Gender differences showed that the girls present higher levels of fear of contracting COVID-19, more anxiety, depression, and stress symptoms, and a worse perception of their quality of life. Conclusions: The Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Scale showed to be suitable for use with adolescents. The fear of contracting COVID-19, although associated with psychopathological symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress, does not seem to be related to the quality of life of adolescents.

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Spanish Adaptation of the Overall Anxiety and Depression Severity and Impairment Scales in University Students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph19010345 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 345

Author(s):

Jorge Osma ◽

Víctor Martínez-Loredo ◽

Amanda Díaz-García ◽

Alba Quilez-Orden ◽

Óscar Peris-Baquero

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

University Students ◽

Emotional Disorders ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Validity Evidence ◽

Depression Severity ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Anxiety Depression

The lifetime prevalence of emotional disorders in Spain is 4.1% for anxiety and 5.2% for depression, increasing among university students. Considering the scarcity of screenings with adequate psychometric properties, this study aims to explore the validity evidence of the Overall Anxiety/Depression Severity and Impairment Scales (OASIS and ODSIS). A total of 382 university students from the general population were assessed on anxiety and depressive symptoms, as well as quality of life. The one-dimensional structure of both the OASIS and ODSIS explained 87.53% and 90.60% of variance, with excellent internal consistency (α = 0.94 and 0.95, respectively) and optimal cut-offs of 4 and 5, respectively. Both scales show a significant moderate association with other measures of anxiety, depression and quality of life. The OASIS and ODSIS have shown good reliability and sound validity evidence that recommend their use for the assessment and early detection of anxiety and depressive symptoms, and associated quality of life impairment in Spanish youth.

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The Relationship of Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life in Adults With Left Ventricular Assist Devices

ASAIO Journal ◽

10.1097/mat.0000000000000681 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 64 (4) ◽

pp. 515-520 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jesus M. Casida ◽

Martha Abshire ◽

Bidisha Ghosh ◽

James J. Yang

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Left Ventricular ◽

Ventricular Assist Devices ◽

Left Ventricular Assist Devices ◽

Ventricular Assist ◽

Left Ventricular Assist ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

The Relationship

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Evaluation of The Relevance of Urgency in Dermatological Patients Admitted to The Emergency Department with The Relationship Between Anxiety, Depression Levels and Dermatological Quality of Life: A Prospective Observational Study

Ankara Medical Journal ◽

10.17098/amj.576971 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Hatice Kaya ◽

Onur Karakayali

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Emergency Department ◽

Observational Study ◽

Prospective Observational Study ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

The Relationship

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Anxiety, depression and quality of life in mothers of intellectually disabled children

Journal of Psychiatrists Association of Nepal ◽

10.3126/jpan.v6i2.21757 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 28-35

Author(s):

N Sapkota ◽

A K Pandey ◽

BK Deo ◽

MK Shrivastava

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Anxiety And Depression ◽

Disabled Children ◽

Intellectually Disabled ◽

Icd 10 ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: Studies have shown that there is an association between Anxiety, Depression in mothers of children having Intellectual disability with poor quality of life (QOL) in mothers of such children. This study was carried with the objectives to describe the clinico-socio-demographic profile of mothers of intellectually disabled children and to investigate the relationship among anxiety and depression with quality of life in mothers with intellectually disabled children.Material And Method: Mothers (N=31), whose children's IQ score was below 70, were enrolled in to the study with their informed consent. Depression and Anxiety disorders were diagnosed as per ICD 10. Severity of depression was measured with BDI and Anxiety symptoms with STAI. WHOQOL-BREF was used to assess Quality of life. The relationship among anxiety, depression and QOL were analysed using diagonal matrix, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test.Results: The mean age of participants was 50.23 (S.D= 6.11), BDI score was 13.65(S.D= 11.301), STAI score was 53.90 (SD= 15.821), WHOQOL- BREF in all four domains was 290.90 (S.D=49.42). There was significant correlation between BDI and STAI (P=0.01, r:0.651 ) and the three domains of WHOQOL- BREF(P=0.01, r:0.821, 0.843, 0.635 respectively) scale except Environment domain. Among the participants, 48.4% (ICD 10) had depression of varying degree along with 54.8% depression as per BDI cut off score. Anxiety disorder was seen in 22.6% as per ICD 10 but as per STAI it was 53.90(SD=15.821) which was statistically significant (p:0.01, r: -0.507). Depression when compared with no diagnosis persons has poor quality of life in WHOQOL-BREF physical domain (p:0.002) but with compared to Anxiety or both it was not statistically significant.Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that mothers of children having Intellectual disability have high level of Anxiety and Depression which indeed had impact in quality of life. J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol. 6, No. 2, 2017 Page: 28-35

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The Relationship Between Social Support and the Level of Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life of Turkish Women With Gynecologic Cancer

Cancer Nursing ◽

10.1097/ncc.0b013e31822c47bd ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 229-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Gul Pinar ◽

Seyda Okdem ◽

Lale Buyukgonenc ◽

Ali Ayhan

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Support ◽

Gynecologic Cancer ◽

Turkish Women ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

The Relationship

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Relating health-related Quality of Life to disability progression in multiple sclerosis, using the 5-level EQ-5D

Multiple Sclerosis Journal ◽

10.1177/1352458512474860 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (9) ◽

pp. 1190-1196 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Emer Fogarty ◽

Cathal Walsh ◽

Roisin Adams ◽

Christopher McGuigan ◽

Michael Barry ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Resource Allocation ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

The Relationship ◽

Inform Resource Allocation

Background: Increasing use of the Quality-Adjusted Life-Year to inform resource allocation decision-making has highlighted the importance of relating clinical and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Objective and Methods: To investigate the relationship between the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and HRQoL utility, using the 5-level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L). The discriminatory power of the EQ-5D-5L was assessed using Shannon’s indices. Results: A linear decline in utility was observed with changes in EDSS score from 0 to 6, after which point the relationship exhibited greater variability. Mean utility values ranged from −0.22 at EDSS 9 to 0.88 at EDSS 0. We found that the discriminative capacity of the EQ-5D-5L was considerably lower for the domains self-care and anxiety/depression, compared with other health-related domains. Conclusion: In its first reported use in an MS population, the EQ-5D-5L displayed good discriminatory capacity, although performance differed between the various domains of health, with evidence of a ceiling effect present in the domains of self-care and anxiety/depression. The EQ-5D-5L demonstrated a high correlation with EDSS in our MS cohort up to EDSS 6, after which point the utility valuation of severe health states exhibited much greater variability. Utility estimates from this study may be used in economic evaluations of disease-modifying therapies in MS, to inform resource-allocation decisions.

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