A mediating role for mental health in associations between COVID-19-related self-stigma, PTSD, quality of life, and insomnia among patients recovered from COVID-19.

Hosein MahmoudiMohsen SaffariMahmoud MovahediHormoz SanaeinasabHojat Rashidi-JahanMorteza PourgholamiAli PoorebrahimJalal BarshanMilad GhiamiSaman KhoshmaneshMarc N PotenzaChung-Ying LinAmir H Pakpour

Published in: Brain and behavior (2021)

Mental health may mediate effects of COVID-19-related self-stigma and PTSD on quality of life and insomnia. Designing programs to improve mental health among patients with COVID-19 may include efforts to reduce negative effects of PTSD and COVID-19-related self-stigma on quality of life and insomnia.

Keyphrases

mental health
coronavirus disease
sars cov
mental illness
social support
posttraumatic stress disorder
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
sleep quality
human immunodeficiency virus