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Fear of COVID 19 Infection Across Different Cohorts: A Scoping Review
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Author Affiliations
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Government of India, ...
Published InFrontiers in Psychiatry
Year2021
Citations170
Abstract
Background: Psychological stressors like panic, fear, phobia, etc., are being substantially reported during the COVID-19 outbreak. In the prior outbreaks, fear of being infected was reported as the prominent suicide stressor. Therefore, fear of infection has become a concern in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic because it worsens emotion, cognition, and behavioral responses. Understanding the extent of fear of COVID-19 infection in various cohorts would aid in gauging the mental health services, which was a remedy in the present review. Methods: Adhering to Arksey and O'Malley's framework for conducting a scoping review, a systematic search was performed in the month of September 2020 in several databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, etc. Considering the inclusion criteria, a total…
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