ANXIETY CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE INDIVIDUAL AND ESCAPE FROM THE HOSPITAL

Abstract

In the epidemic period, other health services can be interrupted by allocating resources to epidemic-causing cases. It has been reported that anxiety and depression levels of individuals increase during these periods. Some studies report a decrease in the number of patients using health services during the SARS epidemic. With this study, it is aimed to give an idea about the health problems that may arise by identifying the tendency of the COVID-19 pandemic to negatively affect the mental health of individuals and to avoid using health services, apart from the effect of making people sick and killing them. Back anxiety and back depression scales were used in the study. In addition, a scale was developed to measure the intention of individuals to go to hospital. The validity and reliability of the scales were tested and approved. Data were collected from one thousand seven people with the easy sampling method with the digitally created questionnaire form. During the pandemic process, it was found that approximately one third (34.5%) of the individuals had symptoms of anxiety and nearly half (48%) of them had depression symptoms. Individuals stated that they could go to the hospital only when they had a serious illness (3.49) or emergencies (3.6). It has been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic should be evaluated holistically with other health problems, and pandemic hospitals should be identified and separated from other hospitals, and other patient groups should benefit from uninterrupted health services and practices to reduce the social stress associated with the pandemic.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Intention to Go to Hospital

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