Trauma-Related Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic In 59 Countries
| Autor: | Melissa M. Ertl, Stephen K. Trapp, Elisabet Alzueta, Fiona C. Baker, Paul B. Perrin, Sendy Caffarra, Dilara Yüksel, Daniela Ramos-Usuga, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación instname |
| ISSN: | 1552-3861 0011-0000 |
| Popis: | First published online March 11, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life like few other events in modern history, with differential impacts on varying population groups. This study examined trauma-related distress among 6,882 adults ages 18 to 94 years old in 59 countries during April to May 2020. More than two-thirds of participants reported clinically significant trauma-related distress. Increased distress was associated with unemployment; identifying as transgender, nonbinary, or a cisgender woman; being from a higher income country; current symptoms and positive diagnosis of COVID-19; death of a loved one; restrictive government-imposed isolation; financial difficulties; and food insecurity. Other factors associated with distress included working with potentially infected individuals, care needs at home, a difficult transition to working from home, conflict in the home, separation from loved ones, and event restrictions. Latin American and Caribbean participants reported more trauma-related distress than participants from Europe and Central Asia. Findings inform treatment efforts and highlight the need to address trauma-related distress to avoid long-term mental health consequences. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the European Commission (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018-837228-ENGRAVING). Daniela Ramos-Usuga was supported by a predoctoral fellowship from the Basque Government (PRE_2019_1_0164). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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