EMRULLAH DÜNDAR, EMİNE NUR ÇORUM
Türk Fen ve Sağlık Dergisi - 2022;3(3):207-214
Purpose: Our study aimed to examine the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and psychiatric symptoms in patients with schizophrenia Material and Methods: Following the rules on infection, a face-to-face questionnaire was conducted with 103 patients with schizophrenia. Participants were evaluated by using the COVID-19 Fear Scale (FCoV-19S) and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Results: Participants’ average FCoV-19 scores were less than half of the maximum score on the scale. We found that positive symptoms score was significantly negatively associated with FCoV-19S scores, whereas negative symptoms score was positively associated with the FCoV-19S scores in the bivariate model. We found that positive symptoms predicted fear of COVID-19 negatively and significantly, while general psychopathology symptoms predicted fear of COVID-19 positively and significantly. Conclusion: Schizophrenia patients had low COVID-19 fear scores. Fear of COVID-19 were associated with positive and negative symptoms. These findings need to be confirmed together in the future, both with the larger population and also with other variables Thus, it will contribute to the development of special strategies for schizophrenia patients during the covid-19 pandemic period.
