Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq
The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, its threat to people’s health and its indirect impacts through the subsequent measures taken by governments to control the disease have led to uncertainty and huge disruption in the way people used to live with a negative impact on mental health and wellbe...
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| description | The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, its threat to people’s health and its indirect impacts through the subsequent measures taken by governments to control the disease have led to uncertainty and huge disruption in the way people used to live with a negative impact on mental health and wellbeing. The current study estimate prevalence of the common mental health disorders among a sample of the adult population in the Kurdistan Region during the pandemic. Through an online survey using DASS-21 to measure depression, anxiety, and stress data of 548 adult participants were collected during April 2020 and analyzed. The sample was mainly from Sulaimani (89%), mean age was 37.9 (SD 13.5) and male/female ratio was 1. Prevalence of any severity levels of depression, anxiety, and stress was 45%, 47%, and 18% respectively. In regression analysis, notably female sex was a significant independent factor for higher levels of depression (coefficient 1.89, p<0.05), anxiety (coefficient 2.19, p<0.001), and stress (coefficient 1.52, p<0.05). Postgraduate education and other occupations were also significantly associated with depression (coefficient 3.81, p<0.05; coefficient 2.39, p<0.05 respectively), anxiety (coefficient 2.92, p<0.05; coefficient 4.1, p<0.001 respectively) and stress (coefficient 3.83, p<0.001; coefficient 4.1, p<0.001 respectively). The study indicates high levels of common mental health disorders during the pandemic and calls for public health measures to promote the mental health and resilience of the population.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c964f256a48d465989cd8ba6f0168cf32025-02-09T21:00:18ZengSulaimani Polytechnic UniversityKurdistan Journal of Applied Research2411-76842411-77062020-05-015310.24017/covid.5Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, IraqNiaz mustafa kamal0Nasih Othman1Pediatric Nursing, Technical Institute of Sulaimani, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Sulaimani, IraqHealth, Kurdistan Institute for Strategic Studies and Scientific Research, Sulaimani, IraqThe global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, its threat to people’s health and its indirect impacts through the subsequent measures taken by governments to control the disease have led to uncertainty and huge disruption in the way people used to live with a negative impact on mental health and wellbeing. The current study estimate prevalence of the common mental health disorders among a sample of the adult population in the Kurdistan Region during the pandemic. Through an online survey using DASS-21 to measure depression, anxiety, and stress data of 548 adult participants were collected during April 2020 and analyzed. The sample was mainly from Sulaimani (89%), mean age was 37.9 (SD 13.5) and male/female ratio was 1. Prevalence of any severity levels of depression, anxiety, and stress was 45%, 47%, and 18% respectively. In regression analysis, notably female sex was a significant independent factor for higher levels of depression (coefficient 1.89, p<0.05), anxiety (coefficient 2.19, p<0.001), and stress (coefficient 1.52, p<0.05). Postgraduate education and other occupations were also significantly associated with depression (coefficient 3.81, p<0.05; coefficient 2.39, p<0.05 respectively), anxiety (coefficient 2.92, p<0.05; coefficient 4.1, p<0.001 respectively) and stress (coefficient 3.83, p<0.001; coefficient 4.1, p<0.001 respectively). The study indicates high levels of common mental health disorders during the pandemic and calls for public health measures to promote the mental health and resilience of the population. https://kjar.spu.edu.iq/index.php/kjar/article/view/492Keywords: Depression, Anxiety, Stress, DASS-21, Kurdistan Region, COVID-19 |
| spellingShingle | Niaz mustafa kamal Nasih Othman Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research Keywords: Depression, Anxiety, Stress, DASS-21, Kurdistan Region, COVID-19 |
| title | Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| title_full | Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| title_fullStr | Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| title_short | Depression, Anxiety, and Stress In The Time of COVID-19 Pandemic In Kurdistan Region, Iraq |
| title_sort | depression anxiety and stress in the time of covid 19 pandemic in kurdistan region iraq |
| topic | Keywords: Depression, Anxiety, Stress, DASS-21, Kurdistan Region, COVID-19 |
| url | https://kjar.spu.edu.iq/index.php/kjar/article/view/492 |
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