Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Seyyed Salman Alavi, Ali Khaleghi, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Fereshteh Jannatifard, Hossein Gharaati Sotudeh, Mojgan Sadat Abbasi, Nahid Tokhmafshan, Ghazal Panahi Saeb, Mohammad Jalali, Mahsa Mirabi, Fatemeh Padrad
Summary: This study conducted a two-year prospective cohort study on COVID-19 patients and healthy individuals to estimate the odds and risks of psychiatric disorders caused by coronavirus infection. The results showed that COVID-19 patients experienced lower quality of life and higher incidence of psychiatric disorders.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Melissa Kimber, Sheila Harms, Noam Soreni, Maggie Inrig, Anita Acai, Ellen Louise Lipman, Roberto Sassi, David L. Streiner, Harriet L. MacMillan
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of implementing and evaluating the "LIVES for Families" PFA training program to help mental health practitioners better recognize and respond to psychological distress among young people and their families due to COVID-19. The research design involves a triangulation mixed methods approach, including collection and merging of quantitative and qualitative data.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Darpan Patel, Yazmin Gamez, Lajja Shah, Jaini Patel
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity levels and mental health status among individuals with and without comorbidities in Texas before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The research found that individuals with pre-existing comorbidities were more likely to experience stress and anxiety during the pandemic, and among those with multiple medical conditions, sedentary lifestyles significantly increased.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Alice Murteira Morgado, Joana Cruz, Maria Manuela Peixoto
Summary: Individual factors, family and contextual features, and community support may influence how individuals feel, think and act during a crisis. This study explores how Portuguese residents dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic during the first confinement period, and how sociodemographic characteristics and trauma exposure perceptions played a role. Findings suggest that perceived exposure to the pandemic predicts quality of life in different domains. The results have practical implications for policy-making and psychological interventions.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Adelinda Candeias, Edgar Galindo, Marcus Stueck, Antonio Portelada, Jessica Knietzsch
Summary: The study compares the psychological adjustment of German and Portuguese adults during the pandemic, revealing that young adults rated their quality of life, optimism, and well-being lower than middle-age and old adults, with higher levels of trait anxiety and difficulty to relax.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Juan Gomez-Salgado, Ingrid Adanaque-Bravo, Monica Ortega-Moreno, Regina Allande-Cusso, Cristian Arturo Arias-Ulloa, Carlos Ruiz-Frutos
Summary: This study analyzed the level of psychological distress in the population of Ecuador during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic using an online self-developed questionnaire. The percentage of high psychological distress was lower compared to Europe, with women, young people, those with higher education, living without a partner, not living with children under 16, and those with worse perception of health showing the highest psychological distress. Differences were observed in symptoms, preventive measures, infected relatives, and diagnostic tests compared to European studies.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Tuba Akinci, H. Melek Basar
Summary: This study investigated the sleep quality of COVID-19 patients in hospital and found that patients with poor sleep quality had longer hospitalization durations and higher rates of depression. Improving sleep quality may help reduce the length of hospital and intensive care unit stays.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Manan P. P. Shah, Sarah W. W. Rosenthal, Mohana Roy, Ali Raza Khaki, Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Kavitha Ramchandran
Summary: This study investigates the change in self-reported global health scores in cancer patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study found that the average global mental health score was similar for patients before and during the pandemic, while the average global physical health score decreased significantly. The modality of the survey (in-person versus telehealth) did not affect the scores.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Katie Seaborn, Mark Chignell, Jacek Gwizdka
Summary: This study aims to systematically evaluate the research reviews on psychological resilience during the global COVID-19 pandemic, assessing their quality and risk of bias, and summarizing key findings and evaluation of psychological resilience strategies. Through a meta-review, the goal is to identify effective strategies for psychological resilience and provide recommendations for mental health during the pandemic.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Philipp Jaschke, Yuliya Kosyakova, Coline Kuche, Lena Walther, Laura Gossner, Jannes Jacobsen, Thi Minh Tam Ta, Eric Hahn, Silke Hans, Malek Bajbouj
Summary: This study aimed to examine the potential deteriorations in mental health and well-being in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, specifically focusing on vulnerable subgroups. The analysis of secondary longitudinal survey data revealed a decline in mental health-related quality of life in 2020 compared to previous years. However, there was no significant change in life satisfaction during the same period. The results for vulnerability factors, such as age and parenthood, partially aligned with expectations. Overall, there was no substantial breakdown in mental health or subjective well-being in the German population or its subgroups during the first year of the pandemic, suggesting the need for further investigation.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sanja D. D. Tomic, Slobodan Tomic, Goran Malenkovic, Jelena Malenkovic, Armin Sljivo, Ermina Mujicic
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of students in Serbia, mainly due to fear of COVID-19 and the shift from traditional to online lectures. A questionnaire-based study was conducted to assess COVID-19-related fear, stress, and satisfaction with online teaching among nursing students. The results showed that most students experienced moderate to extremely high stress levels, with first-year students having less fear and lower stress scores on certain subscales compared to senior students. Overall, students were reasonably satisfied with online teaching.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Iris Schelhorn, Angelika Ecker, Michael Noah Luedtke, Stefan Rehm, Thomy Tran, Judith Lena Bereznai, Marie Lisa Meyer, Stefan Sutterlin, Max Kinateder, Ricardo Gregorio Lugo, Youssef Shiban
Summary: The study analyzed self-reported symptoms of psychological burden in a German sample during the COVID-19 pandemic, showing a high prevalence of depressive symptoms, eating disorder, and compulsion symptoms. Younger adults and women reported higher symptom severity compared to other groups. No difference in psychological burden was found between different German states.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Bartosz Wojtera, Nisha Singh, Sofia Iankovitch, Lilly Post, Alhassan Ali Ahmed, Mohamed Abouzid
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the psychological distress and its changes in Polish academic medical teachers after two years of the global pandemic. The results showed that anxiety, stress, and depression levels significantly improved after the pandemic compared to the initial levels. Females had higher odds of improving their levels of psychological distress. The distress was not significantly associated with years of experience, the number of taught subjects, and weekly teaching hours, but only with academic work during COVID-19.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ma Teresa Tuason, C. Dominik Guss, Lauren Boyd
Summary: The study found that during the lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, biological, psychological, and socio-economic factors significantly impacted people's psychological well-being, explaining 53% of the variance. Social loneliness and sense of agency were the most important predictors of psychological well-being. Individuals with high psychological well-being tended to use more intentional coping strategies, while those with low psychological well-being tended to use more passive coping strategies.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Evangelos C. Fradelos, Stylianos Boutlas, Eleni Tsimitrea, Alexandra Sistou, Konstantinos Tourlakopoulos, Ioanna Papathanasiou, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis
Summary: Patients recovering from COVID-19 often experience symptoms such as cough, dyspnea, and myalgia, as well as psychological distress and poor quality of life. This study aimed to assess the impact of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on the psychological distress and quality of life of COVID-19 survivors. Data were collected through a questionnaire, and the results showed that pain, loss of smell, mandatory education, ICU admission, female gender, and experiencing skin disturbance were associated with poor physical quality of life and psychological distress.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cristiano Scandurra, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Pasquale Dolce, Paolo Valerio, Benedetta Muzii, Nelson Mauro Maldonato
Summary: Trust in governmental organizations is positively associated with compliance with protective behaviors. Lower trust leads to higher future anxiety, which in turn increases fatigue and reduces protective behaviors. Additionally, increased Covid-19 risk perception weakens the impact of fatigue on protective behaviors.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Daniele Rucco, Annalisa Anzani, Cristiano Scandurra, Andrea Pennasilico, Antonio Prunas
Summary: The rejection of the Zan Bill has had a strong impact on the well-being of Italian bisexual+ people, leading to increased levels of discrimination, internalized binegativity, anxiety, and depression. However, the level of outness remained unchanged.
JOURNAL OF BISEXUALITY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Natascia De Lucia, Giovanni Carbone, Benedetta Muzii, Nicola Ferrara, Giuseppe Rengo, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Grazia Daniela Femminella
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the association between neuropsychiatric symptoms, cognitive function, regional tau deposition, and brain volumes in MCI subjects. The results showed that 61.4% of MCI subjects had at least one neuropsychiatric symptom, with depression, irritability, and sleep disturbances being the most prevalent. MCI subjects with neuropsychiatric symptoms showed significant differences in cognitive tests of frontal and executive functions and reduced brain volumes in the orbitofrontal and posterior cingulate cortices.
INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS
(2023)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Selene Mezzalira, Cristiano Scandurra, Fabrizio Mezza, Marina Miscioscia, Marco Innamorati, Vincenzo Bochicchio
Summary: Despite having the ability to utilize resilience factors, transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children and adolescents generally experience more negative mental health outcomes compared to cisgender individuals due to the minority stressors they face. A systematic review of 33 articles highlighted the high levels of anxiety, depression, and other emotional and behavioral problems, such as eating disorders and substance use, among TGD individuals. While resilience factors were identified, health disparities still exist for this population due to societal pressure to conform to assigned genders. Considerations for further research and clinical practice are provided.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Cristiano Scandurra, Laura Rosa, Antonio Carotenuto, Marcello Moccia, Sebastiano Arena, Antonio Ianniello, Agostino Nozzolillo, Mariavittoria Turrini, Lidia Mislin Streito, Gianmarco Abbadessa, Elisabetta Ferraro, Manuela Mattioli, Alessandro Chiodi, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Simona Bonavita, Marinella Clerico, Cinzia Cordioli, Lucia Moiola, Francesco Patti, Luigi Lavorgna, Massimo Filippi, Giovanna Borriello, Emanuele D'Amico, Carlo Pozzilli, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Maria Petracca, Roberta Lanzillo
Summary: Despite being a common issue, sexual dysfunction in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) is underinvestigated. This study aimed to assess the potential determinants of sexual dysfunction in pwMS by considering its relationship with disease severity, illness perception, and depressive symptoms. The results showed that disease severity indirectly affects sexual dysfunction through illness perception and depressive symptoms. Illness perception plays a more crucial role in sexual dysfunction for pwMS with mild disability. Modulating the effect of illness perception might be a valid approach to mitigate sexual dysfunction symptoms in pwMS.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Agostino Carbone, Alessandro Gennaro, Paolo Valerio, Cristiano Scandurra
Summary: The study investigates the experiences of same-sex parents in Italy, where same-sex parenting is not legally recognized. The results indicate a cultural backwardness in Italy regarding LGBTQ+ parental rights.
SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Fabio Carraturo, Tiziana Di Perna, Viviana Giannicola, Marco Alfonso Nacchia, Marco Pepe, Benedetta Muzii, Mario Bottone, Raffaele Sperandeo, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Cristiano Scandurra
Summary: This study reviews the evidence for the reciprocal relationship between envy and social comparison on social networking sites (SNSs) and depression. A total of 9 articles were included, and all articles showed a correlation between SC on SNSs, envy, and depression. Three cross-sectional studies found that envy mediated the relationship between SNSs and depression. The moderating role of additional variables such as self-efficacy, neuroticism, SC orientation, marital quality, and friendship type was also evident.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATION IN HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Fabrizio Mezza, Selene Mezzalira, Rosa Pizzo, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Cristiano Scandurra
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the relationships between gender minority stress and mental health outcomes among European transgender and gender diverse individuals. The results confirmed a significant association between gender minority stress factors and mental health problems in this population. Discrimination based on gender was identified as the most commonly documented risk factor, while factors such as resilience-promoting factors and social support were found to buffer the impact of stressors on mental health.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Francesco Di Bello, Gabriele Pezone, Benedetta Muzii, Simone Cilio, Claudia Colla Ruvolo, Cristiano Scandurra, Edoardo Mocini, Massimiliano Creta, Simone Morra, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Giovanni Salzano, Luigi Angelo Vaira, Francesco Mangiapia, Gaetano Motta, Nelson Mauro Maldonato, Nicola Longo, Elena Cantone, Gianluigi Califano
Summary: This study found that IPSS total score, age, and BMI are independent predictors of OSAS in males. The use of IPSS in assessing urinary functioning may help identify hidden sleep apnea symptoms.
NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS
(2023)
