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Title: Exploring the relationships between quarantine stressors, COVID-19 severity, pre-existing vulnerabilities, and first psychotic symptoms in COVID-19 survivors in North Lebanon
Authors: Trad, Yara
Advisors: Kolakez, Pascale
Keywords: COVID-19, psychotic symptoms, quarantine stress, support during hospitalization, pre-existing vulnerabilities, illness severity, correlational study
Subjects: University of Balamand--Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
Issue Date: 2024
Publisher: [Kalhat, Lebanon] : [University of Balamand], 2024
Abstract: 
The World Health Organization (WHO) officially classified COVID-19 as a
pandemic on March 11, 2020, due to its significant challenges in public health, medical
research, and other disciplines (Tariku & Hajure, 2020). COVID-19 survivors displayed
psychotic symptoms without a prior history, influenced by factors such as quarantine stress,
pre-existing vulnerabilities, and illness severity, including ICU admission (Parra et al., 2020;
Haddad et al., 2020). This is a correlational, cross-sectional design study of quantitative type
that intends to explore the relationships between predictor variables, including stressors
associated with quarantine, severity of COVID-19 infection, and pre-existing vulnerabilities,
and the first experience of psychotic symptoms among COVID-19 survivors, who are 18
years of age or older, following discharge from Saydet Zgharta University Medical Center, a
hospital located in North Lebanon. We used the Prodromal Questionnaire, Brief Version (PQ B) to check for psychotic symptoms. In addition, data were analyzed using descriptive and
inferential statistics using STATA (version 17). The final sampling involved a total of 233
survivors who were 18 years of age or older. Results showed a significant correlation
between the long duration of quarantine, not receiving support during hospitalization, having
a pre-existing psychological or medical issue, and the first experience of psychotic
symptoms. Unfortunately, studies concerning the various variables that could have a
correlation with the first appearance of psychotic symptoms in COVID-19 patients are quite
limited (Esposito et al., 2021). To ensure patient psychological health and establish health
organizations for future pandemics, further research on the long-term effects on COVID-19
survivors' mental health is necessary
Description: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-95)
URI: https://scholarhub.balamand.edu.lb/handle/uob/7582
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Type: Thesis
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