Effect of Sociodemographic Variables on Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety Levels in COVID-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT

Traumatic events can reduce people's sense of safety, remind them of the reality of death and have negative effects on their mental health. When it comes to somatic symptoms, physical symptoms are also the most common individual expressions of social problems and emotional distress among different cultural groups (Kirmayer and Young 1998). [...]coercive life events and comorbid psychiatric disorders often lead to exacerbation of somatic symptoms (Katon et al. 2001). In daily routine life, given the ubiquitous death news in the form of daily updates on news and social media, face masks, anti-bacterial sprays, wipes, social distancing and public health campaigns reminds the population a strong correlation with the COVID-19 and death rates. [...]334 adult individuals met all requirements to be included in the study.