@article{ref1,
title="Psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hungarian adults",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2020",
author="Szabó, Csanád and Pukánszky, Judit and Kemény, Lajos",
volume="17",
number="24",
pages="e9565-e9565",
abstract="We aimed to explore psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Hungarian adults in the time of the national quarantine situation in May 2020.We conducted a  cross-sectional observational study with the use of an anonymous online  questionnaire that consisted of 65 items. The following measuring instruments were  used: Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10); The General Anxiety Disorder Assessment  (GAD)-2; The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)-2; European Quality of Life Visual  Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS); Self-administered inventory of complaints (Hungarian  questionnaire); Shortened (Hungarian) version of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire; 2  open-ended questions to examine the participants' mood and ways of coping during the  pandemic. The data of 431 participants were analyzed, their average age was 47.53 ±  11.66 years, and the percentage of females was 90%. The mean of participants' scores  were the following: 19.34 ± 7.97 for perceived stress, 73.05 ± 21.73 for health  status, and 8.68 ± 4.65 for neurotic complaints. Thirty-four and one-tenth percent  of participants were depressed, 36.2% were anxious, and they tended to use  problem-focused coping strategies more frequently than emotion-focused ones. We  found significant correlations between all of the seven examined psychological  variables. Our results highlight the importance of stress management in the  psychological support of healthy adults in quarantine situation caused by the  coronavirus pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph17249565",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249565"
}