Abstract

Objective

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in major changes in daily life and economic conditions while heightening physical and mental health problems, including health anxiety. Health authorities and elected officials have encouraged individuals to engage in health behaviors. Perceptions of and reactions to these changes could be subject to individual differences. In this line, the current study investigated the predictive roles of health promoting behaviors, sensory processing sensitivity, and their interactions with health anxiety.

Design and measures: In this cross-sectional study, 355 participants (73% female, 25.9% male) whose ages range from 19 to 72 (M = 25.91, SD = 9.80) filled out self-reported measures on health promoting behaviors, sensory processing sensitivity, and health anxiety via an online platform between April and May 2020.

Results

It was revealed that caring for a healthy diet, taking responsibility for health and sensory processing sensitivity, but not physical activity and stress management, were associated with health anxiety. Diagnoses and perceptions of physical and mental health problems also contributed to health anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusion

Individuals with higher levels of sensory processing sensitivity and health responsibility were more likely to experience higher levels of health anxiety, while typical physical activities and stress management behaviors were less likely to have an impact during the COVID-19 pandemic. These results highlight the importance of having a healthy diet and the need for pandemic-specific interventions for stress management and sport activities.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 期间的健康焦虑：健康促进行为和感觉处理敏感性的预测作用

摘要

客观的

COVID-19 大流行的出现导致日常生活和经济状况发生重大变化，同时加剧了包括健康焦虑在内的身心健康问题。卫生当局和民选官员鼓励个人从事健康行为。对这些变化的看法和反应可能因个体差异而异。在这方面，目前的研究调查了健康促进行为、感觉处理敏感性及其与健康焦虑的相互作用的预测作用。

设计和测量：在这项横断面研究中，355 名参与者（73% 女性，25.9% 男性）年龄在 19 至 72 岁之间（M =  25.91，SD = 9.80）填写了关于健康促进行为、感官的自我报告测量在 2020 年 4 月至 2020 年 5 月期间，通过在线平台处理敏感性和健康焦虑。

结果

结果表明，关注健康饮食、对健康和感官处理敏感度负责，而不是身体活动和压力管理，与健康焦虑有关。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，对身心健康问题的诊断和认知也导致了健康焦虑。

结论

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，具有较高感觉处理敏感性和健康责任水平的个人更有可能经历较高水平的健康焦虑，而典型的身体活动和压力管理行为不太可能产生影响。这些结果强调了健康饮食的重要性以及针对压力管理和体育活动的大流行特定干预措施的必要性。