2021
DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2021.17
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Abstract: Background SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread worldwide, threatening public health and financial and social life. Aims The current study's aim was to determine the prevalence of psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms in the Greek population during the first COVID-19 lockdown, and to detect potential correlates. Method An anonymous online survey was conducted between 10 April and 4 May 2020, to collect information regarding people's psychological functionin… Show more

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“…However, it is known that quarantine, as an unexpected intervention in everyday life, can have negative psychological impacts (7). All over the world, the prevalence of psychological distress (8)(9)(10) and loneliness (11,12) has increased in the context of the pandemic. Moreover, boredom is a major issue during lockdown that particularly affects women, singles, unemployed, and low-income people (13).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, it is known that quarantine, as an unexpected intervention in everyday life, can have negative psychological impacts (7). All over the world, the prevalence of psychological distress (8)(9)(10) and loneliness (11,12) has increased in the context of the pandemic. Moreover, boredom is a major issue during lockdown that particularly affects women, singles, unemployed, and low-income people (13).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The present study has a number of limitations. The representative nature of the study is obviously limited because of the small sample size, the high dropout rates, particularly in the backstage hospital workforce group, and the lack of a strong sampling frame, especially due to data collection also through an online questionnaire, which was mainly distributed through social media [26]. Volunteer participants were self-selected and so the generalizability of the results remains to be determined.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Considering anxiety and depression symptom severity in the analyses and not HADS, GAD-7 and PHQ-9 raw data was a pragmatic strategy which enabled the comparison of anxiety and depression symptoms between hospital workforces and general population online survey participants. Enriching the study sample and design with participants of a convenience general population online survey [26], conducted during the first COVID-19 confinement period in Greece, resulted in a relatively long time frame of data collection. The detected significant differences in the time since the diagnosis of the first COVID-19 case in Greece between hospital workforces and online survey participants may be considered as another shortcoming of the present study.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Karaivazoglou and colleagues 5 used an anonymous online survey-based approach to estimate the prevalence of symptoms relating to psychological distress in the Greek population during the first COVID-19 lockdown. This editorial discusses the study in further detail, and what can be learned from its findings.…”
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confidence: 99%