Major Stress-Related Symptoms During the Lockdown

A Study by the Italian Society of Psychophysiology and Cognitive Neuroscience

Bibliographic Data

ID22072980
AuthorsSara Invitto (0000-0002-0841-7770, University of Salento, corresponding author), Daniele Romano (0000-0002-6366-8433, University of Milano-Bicocca), Francesca Garbarini (0000-0003-1210-0175, University of Turin), Valentina Bruno (0000-0003-2878-695X, University of Turin), Cosimo Urgesi (0000-0003-0572-1328, University of Udine), Giuseppe Curcio (0000-0003-2248-781X, University of L'Aquila), Alberto Grasso (University of Salento), Maria Concetta Pellicciari (0000-0003-2455-8220, Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences), Giacomo Koch (0000-0001-6155-9439, University of Ferrara), Viviana Betti (0000-0003-3429-2104, Fondazione Santa Lucia), Mirta Fiorio (0000-0002-6356-0211, University of Verona), Emiliano Ricciardi (0000-0002-7178-9534, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca), Marina de Tommaso (0000-0001-6567-5373, University of Bari Aldo Moro), Massimiliano Valeriani (0000-0001-6602-103X, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital)
Year2021
Volume9
Pages636089-636089
Publication date2021-03-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2021.636089
PMID33842419
OpenAlexW3149911095
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited57

The clinical effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are now the subject of numerous studies worldwide. But what are the effects of the quarantine imposed by the states that implemented the measures of lockdown? The present research aims to explore, in a preliminary way, the major stress-related symptoms during the lockdown, due to Covid-19, in the Italian population. Subjects were asked to fill out a survey, that traced a line identifying the most relevant psychophysiological symptoms that took into account factors such as perceived stress, body perception, perceived pain, quality of sleep, perceptive variations (i.e., olfactory, gustatory, visual, acoustic, and haptic perception). A network approach formulating a hypothesis-generating exploratory analysis was adopted. Main results of the network analysis showed that the beliefs of having had the Covid-19 was related to individual variables (i.e., gender, working in presence, sleep quality, anxiety symptoms), while the familiarity of Covid-19 disease was related to contextual factors (e.g., number of recorded cases in the Region, working in presence). The self-perception of olfactory and perceptive alterations highlighted a great sensorial cross-modality, additionally, the olfactory impairment was related to the belief of having had the Covid-19. Compared to general network data, BAI, perceived stress, anxiety and chronic pain were in relation to daily sleep disturbance. Main study's results show how the management of the Covid-19 stressful representation, in its cognitive aspects, can modulate the psychophysiological responses

Anxiety · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Perception · Population · Psychiatry · Psychophysiology · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Neuroscience · Psychology

Tools

Open DOIOpen Access