LIFE ADJUSTMENT ANALYSES OF THE PEOPLE WITH CORONA VIRUS IN TURKEY. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Year 2024, Volume: 33 Issue: 1, 114 - 119, 01.04.2024

Selma Kahraman , Arzu Timuçin , Zeynep İbaer

https://doi.org/10.34108/eujhs.1317206

Abstract

We aimed to determine the life adjustment process of people who have had coronavirus andthe factors affecting this process, to investigate the long-term effects related to this disease and reportthem for the first time.In thiscross-sectional study conductedbetween March and December 2021, 202 participants who previously had coronavirus infection, identified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test, were enrolled. The data was collected online using the Hacettepe Personality Inventoryandevaluatedusing descriptive statistics, survival analyses and Kaplan–Meier survival analyses in SPSS software. According to the Hacettepe personality inventory, the mean total adjustment score of the participants was 91.97±16.9, the mean social adjustment score was 45.47±9.7 and the mean personal adjustment score was 46.49±8.7. According to the hazard function graphs, it was calculated that the mean general adjustment month of the participants was 13.59±0.64, the mean social adjustment month was 13.89±0.65 and the mean personal adjustment month was 11.83±0.52. It has been observed that the coronavirus disease has a negative impact on life and social and personal adjustment, while the mean time for people to adjust to life is 1 year.

Keywords

Coronavirus disease, life adjustment, survival analysis

KORONA VİRÜS HASTALIĞI GEÇİRMİŞ İNSANLARIN YAŞAMA UYUM ANALİZLERİ : KESİTSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Bu araştırma ile korona virüs hastalığı geçirmiş insanların hastalıktan sonraki zaman içinde kişisel ve sosyal boyutlarıyla yaşama uyum sürecini ve etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi, hastalıkla ilişkili uzun vadeli sonuçların araştırılması ve literatüre ilk bilgilerinin verilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Bu araştırma 1 Mart-31 Aralık 2021 tarihlerini kapsayan kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini daha önce RT-PCR testi ile tanımlanan koronavirüs enfeksiyonu geçirmiş olan 202 kişi oluşturmuştur. Veriler, Hacettepe Kişilik Envanteri ile online olarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirmesi SPSS programında tanımlayıcı istatistik, yaşam sürdürme analizlerinde Kaplan-Meier sağ kalım analizleri ile yapılmıştır. Katılımcıların Hacettepe Kişilik Envanterine Göre toplam uyum puan ortalaması 91.97±16.9; sosyal uyum puanı ortalaması 45.47±9.7 ve kişisel uyum puan ortalaması 46.49±8.7 olduğu saptanmıştır. Hazard fonksiyon grafiklerine göre de katılımcıların genel uyum ortalama ayının 13.59±0.64 olduğu, sosyal uyum ortalama ayının 13.89±0.65 olduğu ve kişisel uyum ortalama ayının ise 11.83±0.52 olduğu hesaplanmıştır. Korana virus hastalığının kişisel ve sosyal olarak genel yaşam uyuma olumsuz etkisi olduğu ve insanların yaşama uyum yapma süresinin ortalama 1 yıl olduğu görülmüştür.

Keywords

Korona Virüs Hastalığı, Yaşama Uyum, Yaşam Sürdürme Analizi

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