Background: The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has devastated the world’s population. On 14 February
Egypt reported its first COVID-19 case according Egypt scaled up measures of prevention. While
most COVID-19 patients reported experiencing mild respiratory symptoms, severe illness or even
death has been recorded a significant number of healthy individuals. Aim: This study aimed to
determine the association between psychological resilience and mental health among patients with
COVID-19 pandemic. Design: A descriptive correlational design was used to achieve the aim of this
study. Setting: The study was conducted in Outpatient Thorax Clinic at Benha University Hospital
Governorate. Methods: Subject in this study 100 patients were selected using a purposive sample
with COVID-19 during recovery stage was included from the above settings for conduction of this
study. Tools: Three tools used for data collection. Tool (I):- A structured interviewing questionnaire
was used to collect data about socio-demographic and clinical data of the studied sample. Tool (II):
Resilience Scale. Tool (III): Mental health scale. Results: More than two thirds of studied sample
had moderate level of resilience and less than three quarter of studied sample had good mental health.
This mean positive correlation between total level of psychological resilience and mental health.
Conclusion: The current study revealed that there was a highly statistically significantly positive
correlation between total level of psychological resilience and mental health. This mean when level
of resilience become high, mental health become good and when level of resilience become low,
mental health become poor. Recommendation: Providing psycho-social support programs for
COVID-19 patients during recovery stage may be effective to alleviate negative psychological effects
and to enhance mental health for them. |
