Učinci pandemije COVID-19 na psihičko zdravlje populacije

master's thesis

• Title (english): The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on general population mental health
• Author: Zrinka Pivac
• Mentor: Marina Šagud (mentor)
• Committee member: Martina Rojnić Kuzman (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dražen Begić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Šagud (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; (Department of Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-02, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences; Psychiatry

Abstract

Pandemija COVID-19 koja se početkom 2020. godine proširila cijelim svijetom u
velikoj je mjeri promijenila ljudske živote i samim time utjecala na psihičko zdravlje
opće populacije. Mnoga istraživanja su pokazala da su u pandemiji ugrožene
osnovne ljudske potrebe kao i da na mentalno zdravlje ljudi podjednako negativno
djeluju strah od zaraze, strah od ekonomske nestabilnosti te socijalna distanciranost.
Kao najčešći psihološki simptomi pokazali su se subjektivan osjećaj stresa,
anksioznost i depresija. Najveći udarac na mentalno zdravlje osjetili su pripadnici
vulnerabilnih skupina među kojima se nalaze zdravstveni djelatnici, žene, djeca i
mladi, ekonomski nesigurne osobe te osobe oboljele od kroničnih tjelesnih i
mentalnih bolesti. Starija životna dob pokazala se kao zaštitni faktor po pitanju
očuvanja mentalnog zdravlja u određenim istraživanjima, dok se u drugim
istraživanjima pokazala kao čimbenik rizika. Doživljaj pandemije COVID-19 u
hrvatskoj populaciji isprepleten je sa psihološkim posljedicama Domovinskog rata te
potresima koji su pogodili nekoliko hrvatskih gradova u 2020. godini. S obzirom da bi
se, prema istraživanjima iz prijašnjih pandemija, psihološke posljedice pandemije
COVID-19 mogle odraziti na mentalno zdravlje populacije i u budućnosti, potrebno je
poduzeti preventivne mjere kao i mjere zaštite mentalnog zdravlja na svim razinama
u svrhu očuvanja psihičke dobrobiti populacije.

Abstract (english)

The COVID-19 pandemic which had spread across the world by the beginning of
2020 has drastically changed human lives and thus greatly influenced mental health
of the general population. Many studies have shown that basic human needs were
endangered in the circumstances of the pandemic and that fear of infection, fear of
financial instabillity and social distancing equally disrupted human mental health.
Stress, anxiety and depression have shown to be the most common psychological
symptoms. Mental health of vulnerable groups, which include health workers,
women, children and youth, financially unstable people, chronically physically ill
people and chronically mentally ill people, has suffered the greatest impact. Old age
seemed to have a protective effect on mental health preservation in some studies,
while in other studies it turned out to be a risk factor. In Croatian general population,
the experience of COVID-19 pandemic has been greatly intertwined with
psychological consequences of Croatian War of Independence and earthquakes
which hit few Croatian cities during 2020. Considering that psychological
consequences of COVID-19 pandemic could impact mental health of the general
population in the future, as previous pandemics research has shown, preventive and
protective measures of preserving mental well-being should be carried out at all
levels.

• Keywords: pandemija COVID-19; psihičko zdravlje; opća populacija; vulnerabilne skupine; psihološki simptomi
• Keywords (english): COVID-19 pandemic; mental health; general population; vulnerable groups; psychological symptoms
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:118841
• Study programme: Title: Medicine; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica medicine (doktor/doktorica medicine)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-02-06 12:40:55