Mental Health Problems During COVID-19 and Attitudes Toward Digital Therapeutics

• 영문명: Mental Health Problems During COVID-19 and Attitudes Toward Digital Therapeutics
• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: Manjae Kwon Young-Chul Jung Deokjong Lee Jaeun Ahn
• 간행물 정보: 『Psychiatry Investigation』제20권 제1호, 52~61쪽, 전체 10쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2023.01.31

영문 초록

Objective We aimed to elucidate public mental health problems and associated factors during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID- 19). Furthermore, we evaluated people’s attitudes toward digital therapeutics during the pandemic. Methods Data was collected online from participants, aged between 20–50 without any history of mental illness, from June 1st to June 30th 2021. The survey consisted of questions regarding demographics, changes during pandemic and attitude towards digital therapeutics, and mental health measures. Results Among the total of 445 participants, 49.2% reported significant level of stress and 13.5% and 7.0% met the screening criteria for major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, respectively. Significant predictive factors for mental health problems were-younger age group, female sex, currently being treated for medical or surgical disease, change in the amount of time spent on mobile device or computer after pandemic, change in household income, and change in work environment due to pandemic. Furthermore, 35.1% of participants, considered psychiatric consultation, at least slightly, but were hesitant to receive it due to the fear of contacting COVID-19 at the clinics. Instead, 54.4% of them preferred using digital therapeutics as an alternative to visiting offline clinics. Conclusion We demonstrated that COVID-19 increased mental health problems along with access problems and identified their predictive factors. Digital therapeutics emerged as a viable solution to mental health problems and it was well-received by those in need of psychiatric consultation. Therefore, development and implementation of digital therapeutics should be considered to improve the mental health of people.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Digital therapeutics Pandemic Mental health