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Perceived stress level among patients with chronic illness during covid pandemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

M. Pawłowski ,
K. Fila-Witecka ,
M. Łuc ,
A. Senczyszyn ,
J. Rymaszewska ,
E. Pawłowska ,
D. Kamińska ,
P. Poznański ,
M. Krajewska  and
A. Stefaniak
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M. Pawłowski*
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wrocław, Poland
K. Fila-Witecka
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wrocław, Poland
M. Łuc
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wrocław, Poland
A. Senczyszyn
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wrocław, Poland
J. Rymaszewska
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wrocław, Poland
E. Pawłowska
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wrocław, Poland
D. Kamińska
Affiliation:
(2)nephrology And Transplantology Department, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
P. Poznański
Affiliation:
(2)nephrology And Transplantology Department, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
M. Krajewska
Affiliation:
Nephrology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
A. Stefaniak
Affiliation:
Dermatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
J. Szepietowski
Affiliation:
Dermatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
A. Pokryszko-Dragan
Affiliation:
Neurology Departament, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
S. Budrewicz
Affiliation:
Neurology Departament, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
T. Pawłowski
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland, Wrocław, Poland
J. Rymaszewska
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has enormously impacted healthcare systems around the world. Both patients and health care professionals have been subjected to a novel stressor which affects their everyday life and functioning. This issue is especially important to patients suffering from chronic diseases which had already been exposed to a psychological strain related to their primary diagnosis. As chronically ill patients are depending on the availability of a specific treatment i.e. in need of specific healthcare facilities and have more reasons to worry about their future and hence be more prone to suffer adverse psychological consequences than the general population.

Objectives

In this study we aimed to examine whether the psychological results of the pandemic affect chronically ill and whether the specific illness and other demographic factors account for any changes in perceived stress levels.

Methods

An online questionnaire has been distributed to 4 groups (n=369): 92 psoriasis patients, 73 dialysis patients, 100 patients after kidney transplantation and 104 multiple sclerosis patients. The study was conducted during the pandemic in Poland (June-July 2020). Perceived stress levels were measured by the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).

Results

The preliminary results suggest elevated perceived stress levels among the studied groups. As the data are currently under statistical evaluation specific statistical conclusions are to be expected in November 2020.

Conclusions

As the described study was conducted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Poland, it stands to reason that the epidemiological situation affected the levels of perceived stress among chronically ill patients.

Keywords

Covidstresschronic illness
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S286 - S287
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