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Socio-demographic predictors of the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in a healthy population during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

J. Koniukhovskaia ,
E. Pervichko ,
V. Petrenko ,
O. Mitina ,
O. Stepanova ,
I. Shishkova  and
E. Dorokhov
J. Koniukhovskaia*
Affiliation:
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Clinical Psychology Department, Moscow, Russian Federation Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
E. Pervichko
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
V. Petrenko
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Mitina
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Stepanova
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
I. Shishkova
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation Ryazan State Medical University named after I.P. Pavlov, Faculty Of Clinical Psychology, Ryazan, Russian Federation
E. Dorokhov
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Dysfunctional breathing is a breathing patterns that do not correspond to the physiological needs of the body, provoke many poly-systemic symptoms. Dysfunctional breathing is experienced as a feeling of “difficulty in breathing”, which in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic may be similar to the symptoms of coronavirus infection (Taverne et al., 2021).

Objectives

To examine the role of socio-demographic predictors in the prevalence of dysfunctional breathing in the Russian population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

The author’s socio-demographic questionnaire, the Naimigen Questionnaire (Van Dixhoorn, Duivenvoordent, 1985), the STAI (Spielberger et al., 1983) and the “Perceived Stress Scale-10” (Cohen,Kamarck,Mermelstein,1983) were used. The study was conducted online from April 27 to December 28, 2020. It was attended by 1,362 people from all regions of Russia (38.3 ±11.4 y.o.).

Results

In men, the average values for NQ (11.19±7.74) are lower than among women (18.73±9.96, p=0.000). Persons with incomplete higher education have a higher score on NQ (N=103,NQ=20.44±11.8) than persons with higher education (N=1051,NQ= 17.40±9.63,p=0.048) and candidates/doctors of sciences (N=97,NQ= 15.34±11.20,p=0.005). There was also a connection between the severity of dysfunctional breathing and the level of income, which is associated with a negative correlation between income level and perception of stress (r=-0.215,p=0.000), state (r=-0.165,p=0.000) and trait anxiety (r=-0.127,p=0.000).

Conclusions

The severity of dysfunctional breathing is associated with gender, income levels and education, what can be used to identify a group of people who are most susceptible to the occurrence of dysfunctional breathing during the pandemic COVID-19. The study was supported of the Russian Science Foundation, project No.21-18-00624.

Disclosure

The study was supported of the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 21-18-00624.

Keywords

Covid-19 pandemicdysfunctional breathing
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S494
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