TY - JOUR
T1 - Extending the Common Sense Model to Explore the Impact of the Fear of COVID-19 on Quality of Life in an International Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort
AU - Hayes, Bree
AU - Apputhurai, Pragalathan
AU - Mikocka-Walus, Antonina
AU - Barreiro-de Acosta, Manuel
AU - Bernstein, Charles N.
AU - Burgell, Rebecca
AU - Burisch, Johan
AU - Bennebroek Evertsz, Floor
AU - Ferreira, Nuno
AU - Graff, Lesley A.
AU - Trindade, Inês A.
AU - Gearry, Richard
AU - Lo, Bobby
AU - Mokrowiecka, Anna
AU - Moser, Gabriele
AU - Petrik, Megan
AU - Stengel, Andreas
AU - Knowles, Simon R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work by Mrs Bree Hayes was supported through an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The aim of this cross-sectional study was to use an extended common sense model (CSM) to evaluate the impact of fear of COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) in an international inflammatory bowel disease cohort. An online study involving 319 adults (75% female, mean (SD) 14.06 (15.57) years of symptoms) completed the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale, Brief Illness Perceptions Questionnaire, Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Scale, Brief-COPE, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, and the EUROHIS-QOL. The extended CSM had an excellent fit (χ2 (9) = 17.06, p =.05, χ2/N = 1.90, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.04, CFI =.99, TLI =.97, GFI = 0.99), indicating the influence of gastrointestinal symptoms on QoL was mediated by illness perceptions, fear of COVID-19, adaptive and maladaptive coping, and psychological distress. Interventions targeting the fear of COVID-19 in the context of an individual’s perceptions will likely enhance QoL during the pandemic.
AB - The aim of this cross-sectional study was to use an extended common sense model (CSM) to evaluate the impact of fear of COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) in an international inflammatory bowel disease cohort. An online study involving 319 adults (75% female, mean (SD) 14.06 (15.57) years of symptoms) completed the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale, Brief Illness Perceptions Questionnaire, Fear of Contracting COVID-19 Scale, Brief-COPE, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, and the EUROHIS-QOL. The extended CSM had an excellent fit (χ2 (9) = 17.06, p =.05, χ2/N = 1.90, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.04, CFI =.99, TLI =.97, GFI = 0.99), indicating the influence of gastrointestinal symptoms on QoL was mediated by illness perceptions, fear of COVID-19, adaptive and maladaptive coping, and psychological distress. Interventions targeting the fear of COVID-19 in the context of an individual’s perceptions will likely enhance QoL during the pandemic.
KW - Common sense model
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - Fear
KW - Inflammatory bowel disease
KW - Psychological distress
KW - Quality of life
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U2 - 10.1007/s10880-021-09823-y
DO - 10.1007/s10880-021-09823-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115631622
SN - 1068-9583
JO - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
JF - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
ER -