Post-traumatic Growth and Related Influencing Factors in Discharged COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Psychology

Chaoying Xie¹  Man Ye²  Jin Huang²  Shihao Chen³  Shixin Yan⁴  Haiyang Liu⁵  Jun Yang⁶ 

[1] Changsha Public Health Treatment Center, Changsha, China;Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China;Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China;Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University, Changsha, China;Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;Department of Nephrology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China;Department of Psychiatry, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China;

关键词: post-traumatic growth;    COVID-19;    post-traumatic stress disorder;    social support;    self-esteem;    coping style;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.658307

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current state of post-traumatic growth (PTG) and identify its influencing factors in discharged COVID-19 patients. PTG refers to individual experiences of significant positive change arising from the struggle with a major life crisis. This descriptive cross-sectional study used the convenient sampling method to recruit 140 discharged COVID-19 patients in Hunan, China. The results show that the PTG of the discharged COVID-19 patients was positively correlated with self-esteem, post-traumatic stress disorder, coping style tendency, and social support, but negatively correlated with the time from onset to diagnosis. Our findings could provide guidance on improving the psychological state and well-being of discharged COVID-19 patients.

【 授权许可】

CC BY