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

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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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

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10.21608/ejnsr.2022.247079

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Survivors, COVID19, psychological problem, traumatic stress response

Authors

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Amal

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Ibrahim Sabra

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Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta

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amal.sabra@nursing.tanta.edu.eg

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Sabah

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Abo El Ftouh Mohamed

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Assistant professor of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kafr elsheikh University- egypt

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sabah_mohammed@nur.kfs.edu.eg

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3

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1

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35350

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2022-07-01

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2022-04-28

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2022-07-01

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259

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271

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2682-4574

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International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research

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https://ejnsr.journals.ekb.eg/

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

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22 Jan 2023