COVID-19 ile İlişkili Korku ve Kaygı: Sistematik Derleme ve Meta-Analiz

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 165 - 182, 30.06.2025

Eyüp Sabır Erbiçer , Ahmet Metin , Sedat Şen

https://doi.org/10.47793/hp.1648973

Abstract

Çalışmalar, COVID-19 ile ilişkili korku ve kaygının; depresif ve kaygı bozuklukları, obsesif-kompulsif bozukluk (OKB), travma sonrası stres bozukluğu (TSSB) ve yaygın anksiyete bozukluğu gibi çeşitli psikolojik sorunlarla ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Bu sistematik derleme ve meta-analiz çalışması, COVID-19 ile ilişkili korku ve kaygının birleştirilmiş ham ortalamasını tahmin etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışmanın ikinci amacı ise, COVID-19 ile ilişkili korku ve kaygı düzeylerinde potansiyel moderatörlerin rolünü açıklığa kavuşturmaktır. Bu nedenlerle, çalışmalar Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science ve SCOPUS gibi çeşitli veri tabanlarında taranmıştır. Çalışmanın bulguları, COVID-19 korkusunun birleştirilmiş ortalamasının 18.96, COVID-19 kaygısının birleştirilmiş ortalamasının ise 2.50 olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Moderatör analizleri, COVID-19 ile ilişkili korku açısından kültür ve kıtanın; COVID-19 ile ilişkili kaygı açısından ise kıta ve hedef popülasyonun anlamlı moderatörler olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Meta-regresyon analizleri ise, yaş ve kadın katılımcı oranı gibi sürekli moderatörlerin, COVID-19 ile ilişkili korku ve kaygının anlamlı yordayıcıları olmadığını göstermiştir.

Keywords

COVID-19 korkusu , COVID-19 kaygısı , meta-analiz

COVID-19 Related Fear and Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Studies showed that COVID-19-related fear and anxiety were correlated with varying psychological issues such as depressive and anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and generalized anxiety disorder. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to estimate the pooled raw mean of COVID-19-related fear and anxiety. The second purpose of this study is to clarify the role of potential moderators in COVID-19-related fear and anxiety. For these reasons, the studies were searched in various databases (e.g., Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, and SCOPUS). The study’s findings revealed that the pooled mean of fear of COVID-19 was 18.96, and the pooled mean of 2.50 was for COVID-19 anxiety. Moderator analyses revealed that culture and continent were significant moderators for COVID-19-related fear; continent and target population for COVID-19-related anxiety. Meta-regression analyses found that none of the continuous moderators (i.e., age and female proportion) were significant predictors of COVID-19-related fear and anxiety.

Keywords

fear of COVID-19 , COVID-19 anxiety , meta-analysis

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