Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey
Abstract Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has continued relentlessly for over one and half years now, causing a threat to life, fear of falling sick, helplessness, anxiety, depression and, pessimism about the future. There has been an increasing concern over student mental h...
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| author | Sadia Sultan MD. Abu Bashar Aisha Tabassum Mohammad Shahid Iqbal Ibtesam Nomani Nouf M. Almasoudi Mawaddah Tayeb Ghadi W. Munshi Rahaf K. Matyuri |
| author_facet | Sadia Sultan MD. Abu Bashar Aisha Tabassum Mohammad Shahid Iqbal Ibtesam Nomani Nouf M. Almasoudi Mawaddah Tayeb Ghadi W. Munshi Rahaf K. Matyuri |
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| description | Abstract Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has continued relentlessly for over one and half years now, causing a threat to life, fear of falling sick, helplessness, anxiety, depression and, pessimism about the future. There has been an increasing concern over student mental health in higher education. Our study was designed to measure current mental health status and its relationship with sociodemographic variables and level of knowledge about COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. Method A cross-sectional survey was conducted among laboratory medicine students of Makkah city, Saudi Arabia from October, 2020 to January, 21. A semi-structured questionnaire was circulated through mail and What’s App. Data collected included sociodemographic details and level of knowledge towards the COVID-19 among the students. Depression anxiety and stress-21 item (DASS 21) was used to assess psychological status. Result Our study reported 51.4% depressive symptoms, 57.9% anxiety symptoms, and 48.5% stress in the study participants. History of being hospitalized with COVID-19 and ICU reported high anxiety (p = 0.0003) and depression scores (p = 0.04). Respiratory droplet as a mode of transmission revealed higher scores on anxiety subscale (p = 0.007), whereas surface contamination reported high score of stress (p = 0.004) and anxiety (p = 0.002). Knowing that COVID-19 can also clinically present with gastrointestinal symptoms was found to show high stress (p = 0.005) and anxiety (p = 0.01) scores than any other way of clinical presentation. Conclusion COVID-19 is likely to cause negative effect on the psychological health of students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a0c12ffc045496d8a008667124e790f2022-12-22T04:23:33ZengSpringerOpenThe Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery1687-83292022-12-0158111010.1186/s41983-022-00590-7Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional surveySadia Sultan0MD. Abu Bashar1Aisha Tabassum2Mohammad Shahid Iqbal3Ibtesam Nomani4Nouf M. Almasoudi5Mawaddah Tayeb6Ghadi W. Munshi7Rahaf K. Matyuri8Clinical Science Department, Fakeeh College for Medical SciencesDepartment of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, AIIMSDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Umm-Al-Qura UniversityDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Umm-Al-Qura UniversityDepartment of Nursing Practices, Faculty of Nursing, Umm Al-Qura UniversityDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Umm-Al-Qura UniversityDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Umm-Al-Qura UniversityDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Umm-Al-Qura UniversityDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Umm-Al-Qura UniversityAbstract Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has continued relentlessly for over one and half years now, causing a threat to life, fear of falling sick, helplessness, anxiety, depression and, pessimism about the future. There has been an increasing concern over student mental health in higher education. Our study was designed to measure current mental health status and its relationship with sociodemographic variables and level of knowledge about COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. Method A cross-sectional survey was conducted among laboratory medicine students of Makkah city, Saudi Arabia from October, 2020 to January, 21. A semi-structured questionnaire was circulated through mail and What’s App. Data collected included sociodemographic details and level of knowledge towards the COVID-19 among the students. Depression anxiety and stress-21 item (DASS 21) was used to assess psychological status. Result Our study reported 51.4% depressive symptoms, 57.9% anxiety symptoms, and 48.5% stress in the study participants. History of being hospitalized with COVID-19 and ICU reported high anxiety (p = 0.0003) and depression scores (p = 0.04). Respiratory droplet as a mode of transmission revealed higher scores on anxiety subscale (p = 0.007), whereas surface contamination reported high score of stress (p = 0.004) and anxiety (p = 0.002). Knowing that COVID-19 can also clinically present with gastrointestinal symptoms was found to show high stress (p = 0.005) and anxiety (p = 0.01) scores than any other way of clinical presentation. Conclusion COVID-19 is likely to cause negative effect on the psychological health of students.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-022-00590-7COVID-19Mental healthAnxietyDepressionStress |
| spellingShingle | Sadia Sultan MD. Abu Bashar Aisha Tabassum Mohammad Shahid Iqbal Ibtesam Nomani Nouf M. Almasoudi Mawaddah Tayeb Ghadi W. Munshi Rahaf K. Matyuri Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery COVID-19 Mental health Anxiety Depression Stress |
| title | Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_full | Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_short | Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey |
| title_sort | prevalence of depression anxiety stress and its relationship with knowledge about covid 19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of umm al qura university a cross sectional survey |
| topic | COVID-19 Mental health Anxiety Depression Stress |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41983-022-00590-7 |
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