COVID-19 disease

The Covid-19 pandemic has made fundamental changes in the human world at the levels of relationships, jobs, education, and health issues. This study was conducted to identify the components of basic psychological coping strategies in people with Covid-19 disease. Participants were people recovered from coronavirus. The research method was qualitative. Eighteen persons were studied through semi-structured interviews. One hundred thirty codes identified related to the objectives of the study. The results of the analysis identified four main topics and sixteen primary categories for hospitalized patients. The four main issues include symptoms and coping skills, treatment expectation, and consequences. The results showed that benefiting from psychological capital can be considered an essential aspect of coping skills. In dealing with Covid-19 disease, patients use all kinds of problem-focused to emotion-focused coping strategies and their resources and even negative coping methods to survive. How a cohesive body and mind make survival. Good physical perception, self-confidence, high will to survive, and hope are among these resources. All patients are grateful for their health after recovery. More importantly, the perception of social support, such as being supported by a spouse, family member, and proper physical activity, are healing factors against Covid-19 disease.

Objective: The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019, as an epidemic widespread disease has led people to physical and psychological problems as well. Recent studies about the psychological effects of COVID-19 has shown that, health anxiety and also negative emotions due to COVID-19 epidemic, has influenced patient’s health both physically and mentally. This study aimed to survey the psychopathology and personality psychopathology profile of cured patients of COVID-19 disease and also the important factors related to infectious and recovering process of patients in Iran. Method: 30 cured patients of COVID-19 were chosen randomly and voluntarily, and answered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory- 2nd restructured form (MMPI-2-rf) questionnaire. Results: The study showed that cured patients of COVID-19 are normal in psychopathology and personality psychopathology scales of MMPI-2-rf. As there were no observed abnormality in psychopathology and personality psychopathology profile of patients. The study also showed that cured patients of COVID-19 disease suffer from somatic/cognitive problems such as head pain, gastrointestinal and neurological problems. Conclusion: Anxiety, depression, negative emotions and also low positive emotions are important factors in not only the infectious but also the recovering process of COVID-19 disease. As the negative emotions and fears are important factors in infectious to COVID-19, Self-Control and normality in the psychopathological profile are important factors in recovering process. Keywords: COVID-19, Psychopathology, Personality Psychopathology, Profile, MMPI-2-rf