Depression, psychoticism, somatization and fear of ageing in a sample of 128 caregivers (who cared for the elderly) during the Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The present work aims to highlight the existing relationships between depression, somatisation and psychoticism and between fear of death and depression at the level of relatives who cared for older people during the Covid-19 pandemic. The sample consists of 128 people, belonging to some older people, and is determined by convenience. The method used in the present research is a psychological survey based on a questionnaire. The research hypotheses: two on the shoulder aimed at a correlation between depression and somatisation and depression and psychoticism in relatives, and a correlation between fear of ageing and depression in the same relatives. The findings showed that hypothesis 1 is verified on the analysed sample, between depression and somatisation, respectively depression and psychoticism, there being a positive correlation. Hypothesis 2 is verified on the analysed sample, between depression and fear of ageing, there is a positive correlation, thus that the more the fear of ageing increases, the higher the probability of depressive states in the relatives, and vice versa (the more depressed they are, the more the fear of ageing increases).