Introduction: Hepatitis B is the most prevalent type of
viral hepatitis. Psychological reactions among patients with hepatitis B infection is
considerably different and affects their decision about treating and following up the
disease. The present study aims at explaining the psychological demonstrations experienced
by these patients.
Methods: In this qualitative study, a total of 18 patients
with hepatitis B (8 women and 10 men) were selected by purposive sampling method. Data
were collected by unstructured in-depth interviews during 2014-2015 in the medical centers
of three cities in Iran. All interviews were recorded, typed and analyzed by the
conventional content analysis approach.
Results: By analyzing the data, the main theme including
psychological instability, with three sub-themes were emerged: grief reaction (stupor,
denial, anger and aggression), emotional challenges (worry and apprehension, contradiction
with beliefs, fear of deprivation, fear of stigma, waiting for death and prognosis
ambiguity) and inferiority complex (social withdrawal, sense of humiliation and
embarrassment and sense of guilt and blame) were acquired.
Conclusion: The findings indicate that patients with
hepatitis B experience various psychological reactions that need to be controlled and
managed by themselves or healthcare providers. Thus, implementation of health
interventions with emphasis on psychological care to prevent problems and execution of
educational and consultation programs about hepatitis especially by medical centers and
mass media is seems necessary.
Purpose
This study investigated the optimal cutoff points of three psychological tools for screening psychiatric disorders in women with high‐risk pregnancy.
Design and Methods
In this cross‐sectional study (N = 155), sensitivity/specificity of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), the Brief Symptom Inventory 53‐items (BSI‐53), and the BSI‐18 were computed with respect to having a psychiatric diagnosis based on the clinical interview.
Results
The usual cutoffs (≥13 for EPDS, T‐score of 63 for BSI‐53) demonstrated poor diagnostic accuracy. The optimal thresholds were computed for EPDS cutoff of 6.5, GSI = 0.47 for BSI‐53, and GSI = 0.5 for BSI‐18.
Practice Implications
The use of psychological tools among pregnant women with high‐risk pregnancy may need to be modified in order to accurately identify psychiatric disorders.
Background: The association between serum zinc levels and cognitive impairment is a controversial issue. Objectives: The association between serum zinc levels and cognitive impairment was investigated in the elderly population of Amirkola city, northern Iran.
Background:
The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on mental disorders in postnatal period remains unknown.
Aim:
The study aimed to determine the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may aggravate depressive symptoms and psychological distress of women with high-risk pregnancy in postnatal period.
Methods:
This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted on women with complicated pregnancies from antenatal to postnatal period. In the first phase, from December 2019 to January 2020 (before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic), 122 pregnant women filled in the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Brief Symptom Inventory 53-items (BSI-53). In the second phase, with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic from February to June, 30% of the participants (41/122) completed three questionnaires: EPDS, BSI-53, and the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scale in postpartum period.
Results:
During the COVID-19 pandemic, from antenatal to postnatal period, the depression score of EPDS, total scores, all the subscales of BSI-53, and global severity index-53 increased in women with high-risk pregnancy. Furthermore, the persistence of antenatal depression occurred in 85.7% of the participants, and the onset of postnatal depression occurred in 80% of them. About 12% of the women also experienced PTSD symptoms during the postnatal period.
Conclusion:
The COVID-19 pandemic may aggravate the prevalence and persistence of postnatal depression in women with high-risk pregnancy. The study calls for clinical implementation to identify and help women with mental disorders in postnatal period, especially women experiencing complicated pregnancies.
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