3.6 The Relationship between Data on Areas of Concern and Psychological Response Levels
While 236 (6.6%) of the individuals stated that they did not have anxiety and the pandemic was exaggerated, the remaining 3313 participants (93.4%) stated that they experienced more or less anxiety. Participants were most concerned about the health of their families and relatives (82.4%). Considering the distribution of concerns according to age groups, 63.46% (n=331) of the people between the ages of 18-25 were experiencing academic anxiety mostly. While 60.4% (n=539) of the people between the ages of 26-35 were worried about the other people, the object of the anxiety of the individuals of 36 years old and above was based on the health of their families and relatives. The group with the most common economic anxiety was those with monthly income between 2500-5000 TL (n=463, 46.3%). 536 (54.5%) of 983 people with chronic diseases were worried about taking the medications that they should use regularly.
The anxiety of one’s health had an enhancing effect by 1.56 times (p <0.001, OR= 1.565) for anxiety and 1.49 times for trauma (p<0.001, OR=1.49). Anxiety for the health of relatives increased the stress level by about 1.99 times (p= 0.01, OR=1.992). Experiencing economic anxiety had a 1.25 times increasing effect on trauma formation (p=0.042, OR=1.254). While experiencing academic anxiety only had 1.30 times increasing effect on the risk of depression (p = 0.028, OR = 1.305), the anxiety that treatment of the disease could not be found and safety anxiety was a risk-increasing factor in all areas of psychological response (p<0.001). Experiencing anxiety while taking medications that should be used regularly increased 1.75 times the risk of anxiety (p=0.02, OR=1.755) had an enhancing effect. Experiencing fear of going to health controls had an enhancing effect by 1.39 times (p=0.003, OR=1.39) for depression, 1.363 times (p = 0.025, OR = 1.363) for stress and 1.269 times (p=0.031, OR=1.269) for trauma. The relationship between the areas of concern and the level of psychological response is given in Table 6.