Abstract
Introduction: Current COVID-19 pandemic increased anxiety and psychological stress, by unprecedently met health and social worries anxiety.
Aim: To assess impact of COVID-19 pandemics on anxiety and depression profile. To correlate anxiety with tobacco use (PA) and COVID-19 related health determinants.
Methods: Analysis of anxiety profile of 53 patients in a psychiatric practice during COVID-19 pandemic, based on demographics, COVID-19/other disease history, tobacco dependence, HAM-D score, pandemic stress factors.
Results: Fig.1: Graphic representation of HAM-D scores and PA
Factorial analysis of factors contributing to COVID-19 anxiety in relation with smoking, alcohol, HAM-D, PA and COVID-19-panic (Fig.2) revealed 3 such contributors with total dataset variation of 30 % (age and panic induced by COVID-19), 21 % (PA and alcohol consumption) and 18% (HAM-D scores).
Conclusions: While COVID-19 linked panic symptoms had a positive correlation with co-morbidities (r=0,53, p˂0,05), and with age (r=0,32, p˂0,05), smoking induced oxidative stress has enhanced anxiety symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic.
Footnotes
Cite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2021; 58: Suppl. 65, PA3198.
This abstract was presented at the 2021 ERS International Congress, in session “Prediction of exacerbations in patients with COPD”.
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