Mental health during the third wave of the pandemic in Poland

• Authors: Sebastian Skalski

Title variants

PL

Zdrowie psychiczne podczas III fali pandemii w Polsce

Abstracts

PL

Celem badania było określenie nasilenia problemów dotyczących zdrowia psychicznego podczas III fali COVID-19 w Polsce. W badaniu wzięło udział 574 respondentów. Ankieta skonstruowana na potrzeby badań składała się z części demograficznej, Kwestionariusza Zdrowia Pacjenta-4 (PHQ-4) oraz Kwestionariusza Ogólnego Stanu Zdrowia GHQ-12. Analizy przeprowadzono, wykorzystując test U Manna–Whitneya. Wyniki badań wskazują, że kobiety mają większe nasilenie problemów ze zdrowiem psychicznym niż mężczyźni. Ponadto kobiety wykazują większe nasilenie depresji i lęku. Dokonując kolejnych analiz, stwierdzono, że respondenci z wykształceniem co najwyżej średnim mają więcej problemów ze zdrowiem psychicznym niż osoby z wykształceniem wyższym. Badani z wykształceniem co najwyżej średnim mają również większe nasilenie depresji i lęku. Analizując pozostałe zmienne, ustalono, że większe nasilenie problemów ze zdrowiem psychicznym mają studenci w porównaniu do osób pracujących. Uzyskane dane można wykorzystać w działaniach łagodzących negatywne skutki pandemii.

EN

The study aimed to determine the severity of mental health problems during Poland’s third wave of COVID-19. The study included 574 respondents. The survey constructed for the purposes of the study comprised a demographic component, the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Analyses were performed using the Mann–Whitney U test. The results indicated that women experienced more severe mental health problems than men. Women were also higher in depression and anxiety. Further analyses revealed that respondents with secondary or lower education had more mental health problems than individuals with higher education. Respondents with secondary or lower education had higher levels of depression and anxiety as well. When analyzing the remaining variables, the author found that the level of mental health problems was higher in students compared to working people. The obtained data can be used to mitigate the negative effects of the pandemic.

Keywords

EN

pandemic; COVID-19; mental health; anxiety; depression

PL

pandemia; COVID-19; zdrowie psychiczne; lęk; depresja

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy
• Journal: Polskie Forum Psychologiczne
• Year: 2023
• Volume: XXVIII
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 215-230

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Sebastian Skalski

• Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Techniczno-Ekonomiczna im. ks. Bronisława Markiewicza w Jarosławiu

• https://orcid.org/0000000166822857

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34767/PFP.2023.02.06

Biblioteka Nauki

55677617