dc.contributor.author | Fjermestad, Krister Westlye | |
dc.contributor.author | Orm, Stian | |
dc.contributor.author | Silverman, Wendy K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cogo Moreira, Hugo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-15T13:36:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-15T13:36:46Z | |
dc.date.created | 2022-01-26T15:57:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2022, 123, Artikkel 104181. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0891-4222 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3018115 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background For adults with rare disorders, COVID-19 can be more severe and deadlier. This may lead to anxiety about COVID-19 among adults with rare disorders, including worries about being infected. COVID-19 anxiety is linked with mental health problems in the general population. Aims To examine the levels of mental health problems and COVID-19 anxiety, and their association, among adults with rare disorders. Methods and procedures Adults with rare disorders (N = 58, Mage = 45.2 years, SD = 12.7, 69.0% females, 31.0% males) answered standardized mental health and COVID-19 anxiety questionnaires online. Their scores were compared with samples without rare disorders. Outcomes and results Mental health problems were higher than in a sample without rare disorders (effect size d = 1.14), as was COVID-19 anxiety (effect size d = 0.53). COVID-19 anxiety correlated significantly with mental health problems (r = .46). Controlling for age, gender, and work status, COVID-19 anxiety explained 16.1% of the variance in mental health problems (ΔR2 = .161, p = .001). Conclusions and implications COVID-19 anxiety is higher than norms and associated with mental health problems for adults with rare disorders. During the pandemic, clinicians are recommended to assess COVID-19 anxiety for patients with rare disorders. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.subject | rare disorders | en_US |
dc.subject | mental health problems | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 anxiety | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
dc.title | Short report: COVID-19-related anxiety is associated with mental health problems among adults with rare disorders | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2022 The Authors. | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Helsefag: 800 | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Health sciences: 800 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 123 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Research in Developmental Disabilities | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104181 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1990672 | |
dc.source.articlenumber | 104181 | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |