Showing papers in "Journal of Psychosomatic Research in 2021"

TL;DR: This meta-analysis found that approximately one third of nurses working during the COVID-19 epidemic were suffering from psychological symptoms, highlighting the importance of providing comprehensive support strategies to reduce the psychological impact of the CO VID-19 outbreak among nurses under pandemic conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of studies that evaluated physical and mental health problems post-COVID-19 was conducted by searching PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases for items dated from 1 January to 7 November 2020.

TL;DR: As there is limited empirical literature on delirium management in COVID-19, management with non-pharmacological measures and judicious use of pharmacotherapy is suggested.

TL;DR: In this article, the trajectories of anxiety, depression, and pandemic-related stress factors (PRSF) of COVID-19 hospitalized patients one-month following hospitalization were examined.

TL;DR: The results showed that subjects with pre-existing psychopathology and those reporting economic damage during the pandemic were more likely to develop deterioration of their mental health.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined self-reported mental distress, psychosocial burdens, working conditions and potential risk and protective factors for depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in health care workers (HCW).

TL;DR: Reported increases in physical inactivity and TV-viewing during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with poorer mental health indicators and people with depression and consistently physically inactivity were more likely to present loneliness and sadness.

TL;DR: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can effectively improve the mental health of cancer patients, and can be applied to clinical practice as an effective psychological intervention.

TL;DR: Subjective wellbeing in parents raising children aged 0-18 years appears to be disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions in Australia.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive search of Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and PsycINFO databases was conducted from January 1, 2020 to December 26, 2020 for eligible studies reporting on the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and insomnia symptoms in patients with COVID-19.

TL;DR: In this article, an umbrella review of meta-analyses showed that the prevalence of insomnia among health care workers during the COVID-19 crisis was 36.36% (95% CI: 33.36-39.36, I2 index was used to assess heterogeneity.

TL;DR: For example, this paper explored the reasons behind Australian parents' vaccine intentions for themselves and for their children, and found that parents who did not intend to vaccinate their children were more likely to have lower trust in doctors and expressed concerns about testing, side effects, and long-term outcomes.

TL;DR: Women, patients >50 years, patients who used NSAIDs before hospital admission, and those with lifetime psychiatric disorders may be at risk for anxiety and depressive symptoms in the COVID-19 ward.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted an online survey of 638 adults in Brazil on March 25-28, 2020, about one month (32 days) cross-sectionally after the first COVID-19 case in South America was confirmed in Sao Paulo.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated risk factors for childbirth-related post-traumatic stress disorder (CR-PTSD) measured 1-month after first childbirth, and the association between CR-pTSD and maternal-infant bonding.

TL;DR: People with psychotic disorders are more likely to experience multimorbidity than those without psychotic disorders, and Clinicians treating people with psychosis should closely monitor for a range of physical health conditions.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess depressive and anxiety symptoms and perceived mastery just after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years in community-dwelling older adults and to identify potential risk groups according to the comprehensive geriatric assessment framework.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aimed to prospectively assess clinically relevant psychological distress in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and their relatives 90 days after hospital discharge, and found that clinically relevant mental distress was present in 23/108 patients (21.3%) and 22/120 relatives (18.3%).

TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis of 17 randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) showed that Short-term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (STPP) reduced somatic symptoms compared to wait list, minimal treatment, and treatment-as-usual controls.

TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive literature search was conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Embase to identify studies that investigated the association between discrimination and AL.

TL;DR: GI-anxiety and GI-avoidance were mediators of change in Internet-CBT and high levels of the mediators at baseline were associated with larger mediated effects, and healthcare professionals should be aware of the potential benefits of reducing symptom-specific fear and avoidance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the association between resilience and indicators of mental health in a large sample of Australian parents at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and found that high loneliness was a key contributor to distress.

TL;DR: There exists evidence for an association, even independent of other mental disorders, between somatic symptom and related disorders and suicide outcomes, and practice guidelines for the management of these disorders should incorporate recommendations for the assessment and management of suicide risk.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors collected data from patients undergoing elective operation from 12 hospitals in China and assessed the relationship between preoperative anxiety and postoperative anxiety, pain, sleep quality, nausea and vomiting.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors systematically reviewed reports of suicidal ideation, attempts, or suicides among subjects diagnosed with psoriasis or atopic dermatitis compared to healthy controls or persons with other illnesses.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the impact of isolation form on the recovery of psychological distress in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after being discharged from hospital.

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review aimed to identify patients' cognitive-emotional characteristics predicting the outcome of CBT for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), and the results showed that pre-treatment differences in patients' emotional characteristics predict patients' outcome in CBT.

TL;DR: In this paper, the association between heart rate variability (HRV) and illness burden in patients with bipolar disorder was investigated. But none of the studies analyzed the association of HRV with illness burden.

TL;DR: It is concluded that subjects with pre-pandemic psychological distress may have experienced additional psychological overload, opening the door to TTS by a series of physiological alterations as the secretion of cortisol and catecholamines, making the subject more vulnerable to the onset of TTS.

TL;DR: Higher levels of somatic symptoms over multiple weeks were associated with the persistence and carry-over of within-day anxiety-related symptoms, suggesting that, over a time span of 6-h, anxiety symptoms relate to somatic Symptoms only in a minority of people from the general population.