Study on the Psychological Behavior of patients With Chronic Diseases During the Pandemic Period of COVID-19/ 新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情对慢性疾病患者就诊时心理行为的影响

Objective To study the psychological behavior of patients with chronic diseases during the pandemic period of COVID-19 Methods A total of 84 patients with chronic diseases in clinic during the outbreak of COVID-19 were collected as the study subjects The psychological behaviors of patients with metabolic diseases during the outbreak of COVID-19 were investigated by the questionnaire of WeChat Results Among the participants, 88 08% were afraid being infected with COVID-19 in the hospital, but 82 15% thought they were not the source of infection;and 70 24% of subjects were anxious about cancelling treatment because of the outbreak of COVID-19 60 71% subjects thought chronic disease was effectively controlled during the outbreak of COVID-19, and 90 48% of the subjects suggested more prescription drugs should be provided to reduce the clinic return and risk of infection The proportion of subjects with mild depression or anxiety and subclinical insomnia was the highest The SDS, SAS and ISI scale scores were significantly higher than the national norm (P ＜ 0 05) Multivariate regression analysis showed that age and education level were risk factors for insomnia Conclusion During the pandemic period of COVID-19, the patients with chronic disease suffered from depression, anxiety and insomnia