Consequences of COVID-19 pandemics on the mental well-being of general population of Pakistan
Background Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the epicenter is facing transcending psychiatric problems. To assess the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being of the community of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), a cross-sectional study design was used to find out depression...
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Published in | Middle East Current Psychiatry Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Berlin/Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
10.06.2022
Springer SpringerOpen |
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Summary: | Background
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the epicenter is facing transcending psychiatric problems.
To assess the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental well-being of the community of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), a cross-sectional study design was used to find out depression and anxiety after the first wave of the pandemic. A total of 320 willing individuals participated in the study. Convenience sampling technique was used to collect the data. Demographic information along with a semi-structured interview, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Impact of Life Event Scale-Revised, and Center of Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale were used as measures. The participants of this study were bifurcated into affected (
n
= 151) and none affected (
n
= 169) on the basis of the impact of life event cut-off scores.
Results
Data analysis was carried out using
t
-test and simple linear regression analysis. Results of
t
-test showed that the pandemic-affected individuals (47%) reported significantly high on the depression and anxiety scores. The verdicts from simple linear regression analysis further demonstrate a history of psychiatric illness, duration of quarantine, and impact of event predicting depression (
R
2
= .15,
p
< .001). For anxiety history of psychiatric illness, the impact of life events were significant predictors (
R
2
= .28,
p
< .001) whereas the duration of quarantine, death due to COVID-19, and Impact of Event Scale predicted the center of epidemiological studies for depression (
R
2
.48,
p
< .001). The finding of the research study concluded that 47% participated individuals were affected due to the pandemic COVID-19.
Conclusions
The outcome of the study further exhibits that history of previous psychiatric illness, impact of life events, death due to COVID-19, and duration of quarantine are significant predictors of depression and anxiety. |
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ISSN: | 2090-5416 2090-5408 2090-5416 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s43045-022-00211-2 |