ABSTRACT
Background/objectives: COVID-19 has affected 521 million people worldwide since March 2020. Disease outbreaks increase fear and anxiety. Stress, anxiety, and other mental illnesses. Various tools have been created to assess the psychological impact of COVID-19. Corona Anxiety Scale is among the reliable tools. This study examined the relationship between gender and location (urban/rural) and corona anxiety. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Physiology department university of Sindh Jamshoro from December 2020 to January 2021. After informed consent, a total of 479 participants completed 5 item corona anxiety scale questionnaire. Result(s): Among 479 individuals 10.2% (49) were suffering from corona anxiety. 12% (43) females were suffering from corona anxiety as compared to 5% (6) males. 10.2% of residents of both urban and rural areas were suffering from corona anxiety. Pearson's chi-square correlation revealed a positive association between the female gender and corona anxiety p-value (.016). Conclusion(s): Corona Anxiety is more prevalent among the female gender. Residence in rural or urban areas has no association with corona anxiety.Copyright © 2023 Japan University of Health Sciences & Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation.
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 emerged from the seafood market of Wuhan, spread in many countries, including Pakistan within three months. This led many countries including, to take strict precautionary measures including strict lockdowns, to control the spread of COVID-19. Pakistan is currently facing a pandemic and economic crisis together. Spreading the awareness to the people in Pakistan is a huge challenge, owing to lower literacy rate, increasing poverty, lack of health care facilities, socio-demographic factors and disinformation pose a challenge to control COVID-19 in this region of the world. The purpose of this study was to assess the level of awareness and knowledge in general the public using an online survey.Methodology: The questionnaire was designed relying on available knowledge on COVID-19. The link of the questionnaire was sent to various participants using emails and social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp. Total 653 participants filled the online questionnaire and gave responses to all fields required in the questionnaire.Socio-demographic distribution of the participants indicated a higher number of participants were male in gender category, those who were unmarried, living in urban areas, having higher degrees and lower economic status were higher in numbers.