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Psychosocial consequences of the COVID-19 social isolation in the italian general population: Preliminary results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

A. Ciaramella ,
M. Rossi ,
M. Jarego  and
A. Ferreira-Valente
A. Ciaramella*
Affiliation:
Gift Institute Of Integrative Medicine, Psychosomatic Center, Pisa, Italy Education Programme Partner With University Of Pisa, Florence, Padua, Miur, Italy, Aplysia APS, Pisa, Italy
M. Rossi
Affiliation:
Gift Institute Of Integrative Medicine, Psychosomatic Center, Pisa, Italy Education Programme Partner With University Of Pisa, Florence, Padua, Miur, Italy, Aplysia APS, Pisa, Italy
M. Jarego
Affiliation:
Health Psychology, ISPA, Lisboa, Portugal
A. Ferreira-Valente
Affiliation:
Health Psychology, ISPA, Lisboa, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Although some philosophers recognize in the loneliness an evolutionary existential process, a 2019 declaration of World Health Organization underlines the major health problem in the worldwide is the perception of state of loneliness. The feeling of loneliness linked to the social isolation (SI) or a lack of social opportunity activate a stressful condition associated to an increase of social dependence. This ‘learned social helplessness’ can be dangerous so that it is associated with an increased prevalence of suicides (Cacioppo and Cacioppo, 2018; Bzdok and Dunbar, 2020). Considering the impact of loneliness on the mental health we can assume that the COVID-19 forced SI affects the state of health and psychosocial well-being.

Objectives

To evaluate the psychosocial impact of the SI in Italy.

Methods

An ad hoc survey have been sent from May to June 2020.

Results

These results refer to the Italian survey of a multicenter investigation with partnership of Spain and Portugal universities. The investigation is in progress being a longitudinal study. Of the total 292 subjects investigated (age xM: 34; sD14.13), 118 (40,41%) had been in SI. Subjects forced into SI report more interference in the life satisfaction (p=0.003) though no more anxiety, depression and hostility we found in the SI group.

Conclusions

During the phase 2 of Italian COVID-19 diffusion, we found an impact on the life satisfaction more than psychopathology. We can assume that the impact of mental health it may occur as the reduction in life satisfaction associated with forced SI continues.

Keywords

social isolationHealth SurveyCOVID-19Life satisfaction
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S311
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