METHODS: A total of 196 patients out of those suspected of having COVID-19 and visiting the reference hospitals were selected. They had completed the type D personality and the anxiety and stress scales along with their hospital admission form before undergoing COVID-19 testing. After their COVID-19 test, the participants were divided into two groups based on their disease, an infected group (n = 90) and a non-infected group (n = 106).
RESULTS: Type D personality has no significant direct effect on infection with the disease, but taking into account the mediating variable of stress, the odds of an event in those with type D personality is 2.21 times higher than those without this personality (p = .027) and, taking into account the mediating variable of anxiety, having a type D personality increases the odds of an event by 2.62 times (p = .011), holding demographic characteristics and perceived symptoms constant.
CONCLUSIONS: Given the indirect relationship between COVID-19 and type D personality, the mediating variables of stress and anxiety can be considered full mediating variables.
方法:在疑似COVID-19患者中,共选择196例患者,并在参考医院就诊。在接受COVID-19检测之前,他们完成了D型人格、焦虑和压力量表以及入院表。在他们的COVID-19测试之后,参与者根据他们的疾病分为两组,感染组(n=90)和非感染组(n=106)。
结果:D型人格对感染疾病没有显著的直接影响,但是考虑到压力的中介变量,具有D型性格的人发生事件的几率是没有这种性格的人的2.21倍(p=.027),考虑到焦虑的中介变量,具有D型性格会使事件发生的几率增加2.62倍(p=.011),保持人口统计学特征和感知症状不变。
结论:考虑到COVID-19与D型人格之间的间接关系,压力和焦虑的中介变量可以被认为是完全中介变量。