Abstract

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused physical and mental health problems among individuals around the world. Recent studies have reported various mental health problems among both health-care workers and the general population. In this meta-analysis, evidence is provided concerning the relationships between the Fear of COVID-19 Scale. The fear of COVID-19 scale: Development and initial validation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction] – the most widely used, translated, and validated scale – and mental health problems including, anxiety, stress, depression, distress, post-traumatic stress, and sleep problems among the general population. We searched for relevant studies on Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed, and ERIC databases and conducted a meta-analysis with selected studies in accordance with the inclusion criteria. A total of 33 studies met the inclusion criteria. The results demonstrated that fear of COVID-19 was strongly related to anxiety (r = 0.55, n = 19,578), traumatic stress (r = 0.54, n = 8,752), distress (r = 0.53, n = 11,785) as well as being moderately related to stress (r = 0.47, n = 4,340) and depression (r = 0.38, n = 23,835). The correlation with insomnia (r = 0.27, n = 2,114) was modest. These results demonstrate that fear of COVID-19 is associated a wide range of mental health problems among the general population.

摘要

2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行已在世界各地的人们中引起身心健康问题。最近的研究报告了卫生保健工作者和普通人群的各种心理健康问题。在这项荟萃分析中，提供了有关 COVID-19 恐惧量表之间关系的证据。对 COVID-19 规模的恐惧：开发和初步验证。International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction]——最广泛使用、翻译和验证的量表——以及普通人群中的心理健康问题，包括焦虑、压力、抑郁、痛苦、创伤后压力和睡眠问题。我们在Web of Science、Google Scholar、PubMed和ERIC上搜索了相关研究数据库并根据纳入标准对选定的研究进行荟萃分析。共有 33 项研究符合纳入标准。结果表明，对 COVID-19 的恐惧与焦虑（r  = 0.55，n  = 19,578）、创伤性压力（r  = 0.54，n  = 8,752）、痛苦（r  = 0.53，n  = 11,785）以及被与压力（r  = 0.47，n  = 4,340）和抑郁（r  = 0.38，n  = 23,835）中度相关。与失眠的相关性 ( r  = 0.27, n = 2,114）是适度的。这些结果表明，对 COVID-19 的恐惧与普通人群中广泛的心理健康问题有关。