Assessment of Psychological Problems and Traumatic Stress Response among Survivors from COVID19 Pandemic

Abstract

Background:Mental health issues among Covid19 survivors during the post-illness period are an emerging and essential health issue. The ability to recognize mental health problems in patients who survived of COVID-19 is highly critical in detecting early symptoms of mental disorders. Covid19 can be highly traumatic experiences for patients. Aim: This study aimed to assess of psychological problems and traumatic stress response among survivors from COVID19 Pandemic. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional was followed. Setting: COVID 19 outpatient clinic of Chest Hospital, Tanta city, Gharbia Governorate which affiliated to Ministry of Health. Subjects: A convinces sample of 50 COVID-19 survivors. Tools: Two tools were used; (I) Impact of Event Scale-Revised Scoring (IES-R) and (II) Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R). In addition, a Socio-demographic Structured Questionnaire Sheet was used. Results: About one third of studied COVID-19 survivors had psychological problems and the most common psychological problem of survivors was depression .In addition half of them had traumatic stress response. Conclusion: COVID-19 survivors experience a wide range of severe psychological problems. Recommendation: Throughout convalescent stage of COVID-19, patients urgently require substantial mental health services and psychological crisis assistance