Shevlin, M;
Nolan, E;
Owczarek, M;
McBride, O;
Murphy, J;
Gibson Miller, J;
Hartman, TK;
... Bentall, RP; + view all
(2020)
COVID‐19‐related anxiety predicts somatic symptoms in the UK population.
British Journal of Health Psychology
10.1111/bjhp.12430.
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Abstract
This study aimed to estimate the association between anxiety associated with COVID‐19 and somatic symptoms, using data from a large, representative sample (N = 2,025) of the UK adult population. Results showed that moderate to high levels of anxiety associated with COVID‐19 were significantly associated with general somatic symptoms and in particular with gastrointestinal and fatigue symptoms. This pattern of associations remained significant after controlling for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), pre‐existing health problems, age, gender, and income. This is the first evidence that anxiety associated with COVID‐19 makes a unique contribution to somatization, above and beyond the effect of GAD.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | COVID‐19‐related anxiety predicts somatic symptoms in the UK population |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjhp.12430 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12430 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors. British Journal of Health Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | COVID‐19 pandemic, somatic symptoms, COVID‐19 related anxiety |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10102166 |
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