EnglishCyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology Vol.4 Issue.2
Doi:10.35365/ctjpp.22.2.07
RESEARCH ARTICLE / ARAŞTIRMA YAZISI
Investigation of Activities of Daily Living and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Levels of COVID-19 Patients: A Descriptive Study
COVID-19 Hastalarının Günlük Yaşam Aktiviteleri ve Hastane Anksiyete ve Depresyon Düzeylerinin İncelenmesi: Tanımlayıcı Bir Çalışma
Betül Tosun1, İsmail Dusak2, Nursemin Unal3, Serap Güngör4, Nuran Tosun5
Abstract:
This study aimed to examine the COVID-19 patients’ hospital anxiety, depression levels and independence in activities of daily living. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with n=100 COVID-19 patients. The data was collected using a patient descriptive information form, the “Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living”, and the “Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale”. Descriptive statistics, Student t-test, Mann Whitney U test, One-way ANOVA test, and Kruskal Wallis test were used to compare groups. The significance level is pre-specified as 0.05. The mean age of the patients was 41.77 ± 12.10 years (Min: 20, Max: 70). More than half of the patients were male (68%), and 86% were treated and cared for in the service isolation rooms. Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale mean scores were 6.66 ± 6.05 (Min: 0, Max: 21) and the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living mean scores were 5.57 ± 1.27 (Min: 0, Max: 6). It was determined that as the patients’ level of independence in their daily living activities increased, their hospital anxiety and depression levels decreased. A negative moderate correlation (r = -0.530, r = -0.552) was found between the mean scores of these variables. Since these patients usually receive care in isolation in their rooms, activities of daily living should be monitored and supported in terms of the hospital anxiety and depression levels.
Keywords: Activities of daily living, anxiety, COVID-19, depression, pandemic
1Assoc. Prof., Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Gaziantep-Turkey, [email protected], Orchid ID: 0000-0002-4505-5887
2MSN, Sanliurfa Mehmet Akif Inan Education and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa-Turkey, [email protected], Orchid ID: 0000-0002-5052-8175
3Assist. Prof., Ankara Medipol University, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Ankara-Turkey, [email protected], Orchid ID: 0000-0003-3141-7194
4MSN, Kahramanmaras Sütçü İmam University, Vocational School of Health Services, Kahramanmaras-Turkey, [email protected], Orchid ID: 0000-0003-0854-6350
5Prof., Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Gaziantep-Turkey, [email protected], Orchid ID: 0000-0002-8414-8269
Address of Correspondence/Yazışma Adresi: Betül TOSUN, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Gaziantep-Turkey, E-mail: [email protected]
Date of Received/Geliş Tarihi: 28.10.2021, Date of Revision/Düzeltme Tarihi: 29.03.2022, Date of Acceptance/Kabul Tarihi: 08.03.2022, Date of Online Publication/Çevirimiçi Yayın Tarihi: 20.06.2022
Citing/Referans Gösterimi: Tosun, B., Dusak, İ., Ünal, N., Güngör, S. & Tosun, N. (2022). Investigation of Activities of Daily Living and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Levels of COVID-19 Patients: A Descriptive Study, Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry & Psychology, 4(2): 171-179
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