An investigation of depression, anxiety, and stress and its relating factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.
BMC Public Health
; 21(1): 275, 2021 02 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1063191
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) is an emerging epidemic caused by the new Coronavirus. It has affected more than 200 countries, infected 5,939,234 people, and killed 367,255 in the world until 1 June 2020. While the disease epidemic could affect population mental health, this study aimed to investigate stress, anxiety, and depression during the Corona pandemic in Iran.METHODS:
An online survey was designed using the depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS-21) questionnaire. The questionnaire was available for all Iranian population from 18 to 28 April 2020. Finally, 1498 participants filled the questionnaire using snowball sampling. Data were analyzed using multivariate regression models.RESULTS:
Findings showed that most participants had experienced a normal level of stress (36.6%), anxiety (57.9%) and depression (47.9%). About 2.5% of respondents report an extremely severe level of stress. This amount of anxiety and depression was 6.3 and 7.9%, respectively. Regression model showed being female (CI - 1.299; - 0.248), living with a high risk family member (CI 0.325; 1.400), health status (CI - 0.857; - 0.595), economic status (CI - 0.396; - 0.141), social capital (CI - 0.475; - 0.244), risk of disease (CI 0.081; 0.729), and following COVID-19 news (CI 0.111; 0.551) have a relation with stress level. Education level (CI - 0.252; - 0.017), living with a high risk family member (CI 0.0301; 1.160), health status (CI - 0.682; - 0.471), social capital (CI - 0.236; - 0.048), risk of disease (CI 0.154; 0.674), and following COVID-19 news (CI 0.046; 0.401) have a relation with anxiety score. Depression score was in relation with education level (CI - 0.263; - 0.022), having a high-risk family member (CI 0.292; 1.155), health status (CI - 0.687; - 0.476), social capital (CI - 0.235; - 0.048), risk of disease (CI 0.144; 0.667), and following Covid-19 news (CI 0.053; 0.408).CONCLUSIONS:
Most of the factors related to depression, anxiety, and stress are related to COVID-19, such as having a vulnerable person in the family, risk of disease, and following COVID-19 news. The findings suggest the factors that should be taken into consideration for improving population mental health during pandemics.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Stress, Psychological
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Depression
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Public Health
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12889-021-10329-3
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