anxiety and depressive symptomatology among iranian patients hospitalized for covid-19 in january 2020

Background: widespread outbreaks of coronavirus disease among iranian people are not only associated with physical illness but also with psychological symptoms which need special attention. objectives: this study was an endeavor to examine the relationship between comorbidity and death anxiety with anxiety and depressive symptomatology among those survived after the covid-19 pandemic in iran. methods: this was a cross-sectional study in which the probands o survivors of covid-19 participated. by means of convenient smpling method and adhering to selection criteria we chose 300 patients admitted for covid-19 in a university affiliated hospital in isfahan-iran during the january 2020. we collected the data pertaining to their illness history, including information about their comorbidity and demographic background by means of an interview schedule with closed-ended questions. we used the persian version of templer's death anxiety scale (tdas) and hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads). data were computer analyzed using spss-19 and running hierarchical log-linear analysis symptomatology in a saturated model. results: majority of the participants were female (64%) with the mean (sd) age of 44.8 (12.8) years. positive comorbidity was accompanied by a higher chance of exhibiting depressive symptoms (or=34.67, df =1, p=0.000). high death anxiety was accompanied by higher chances of anxiety-depressive symptoms (or=90.13, df =1, p=0.00). conclusion: these observations reinforce the hypothesis proposed on the basis of hill‘s (1958) abc-x model and provided impetus to idea that how absence of comorbidity and positive perception of illness condition protect individuals from psychological hazards of covid-19.