Despite the high number of studies on mental health among healthcare workers, only a few have attempted to assess the mental health of people with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the symptoms of insomnia, anxiety, and depression among people with chronic diseases working in healthcare and in other professions. The study participants were divided into two groups. The first group consisted of 441 healthcare workers, and the second consisted of 572 non-healthcare professionals. Correlation analysis showed a strong correlation between autoimmune diseases and an increase in GAD-7 scale, ISI score, and PHQ-9 scale. Therefore, only autoimmune diseases were included for further analyses as a predictor of insomnia, depression, and anxiety. After adjusting the results for gender, age, smoking, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and profession, the group with autoimmune diseases showed a more than a 2-fold increase in the risk of anxiety symptoms, a more than 2.5-fold increase in the risk of depressive symptoms, and a 4-fold increase in the risk of insomnia symptoms. This study shows that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of insomnia, anxiety disorders, and depressive disorders may depend on the pre-existent health status of an individual rather than on their profession.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, SLE, PHQ-9, GAD-7, Hashimoto disease, ISI, 【초록키워드】 Anxiety, Depression, mental health, COVID-19 pandemic, Gender, risk, Symptom, smoking, hypertension, Symptoms, chronic disease, anxiety disorders, Autoimmune disease, Depressive symptoms, healthcare, age, Health status, Insomnia, incidence, correlation, Analysis, anxiety symptoms, COVID-19 crisis, two groups, professionals, depressive, disorder, evaluate, increase in, study participant, 【제목키워드】 status, profession,