Prevalence and correlates of somatization in anxious individuals in a Chinese online crisis intervention during COVID-19 epidemic.
J Affect Disord
; 277: 436-442, 2020 12 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-726594
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Somatization is a common comorbidity in anxious people. From January 31 to February 2, 2020, a high prevalence of moderate to severe anxiety was detected due to COVID-19 outbreak. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and correlates of somatization among Chinese participants with anxiety receiving online crisis interventions from Feb 14 to Mar 29 during the COVID-19 epidemic.METHODS:
A total of 1134 participants who participated in online crisis interventions completed the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale and the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) and demographic questions online. Somatization was defined as the average score of each item ≥ 2 in SCL-90 somatization subscale. Moderate to severe anxiety was defined as a score ≥ 10 in the GAD-7 scale.RESULTS:
Among all participants, 8.0% reported moderate to severe anxiety and 7.4% reported somatization. After March 1, the prevalence of anxiety with or without somatization did not significantly change (both p > 0.05), while the prevalence of somatization increased significantly (p < 0.01). Logistic regression analysis indicated that somatization was associated with chronic disease history (with an odds ratio of 4.80) and female gender (with an odds ratio of 0.33).CONCLUSIONS:
Our findings suggest that the history of chronic diseases is associated with somatization in individuals with anxiety, indicating some stress-related mechanisms. Chinese men in crisis intervention need more attention because they are more likely to report anxiety comorbid somatization.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Somatoform Disorders
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Coronavirus Infections
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Crisis Intervention
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Affect Disord
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.jad.2020.08.035
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