Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study
Although anxiety and depression are among the most prevalent mental disorders worldwide, they continue to gain less attention than their physical counterparts in terms of health care provision and population mentalisation. This cross-sectional study explores and compares the national prevalence of d...
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| author | Deema Jaber Haneen A. Basheer Lina Elsalem Mohammad Dweib Maysa Khadra Rami Abduljabbar Rawan Ghazwi Hamza Alhamad |
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| description | Although anxiety and depression are among the most prevalent mental disorders worldwide, they continue to gain less attention than their physical counterparts in terms of health care provision and population mentalisation. This cross-sectional study explores and compares the national prevalence of depression and anxiety signs/symptoms and well as identifying associated socio-demographic factors among Jordanian and Palestinian fertile couples. Four-hundred and sixty-nine participants were eligible for inclusion and agreed to participate in the study. The mean score for HAM-A and BDI-II were 12.3 ± 8.2 and 15.30 ± 10.0, respectively. According to the grading of HAM-A and BDI-II, the majority of the participants have graded themselves to be mildly anxious (<i>N</i> = 323, 68.9%) and around one third of participants (<i>N</i> = 148, 31.6%) moderately to severe depressed. The suicidal intent was remarkable and of concern where around 18.6% of participants had suicidal thoughts and wishes. There was a significant correlation between both HAM-score and BDI-II score and age [<i>p</i> = 0.01, <i>p</i> = 0.011, respectively], body weight [<i>p</i> = 0.01, <i>p</i> = 0.006, respectively], and total monthly income [<i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.001, respectively]. Our findings ought to alert healthcare professionals and other interested parties that there is a high burden of anxiety and depression symptoms among Jordanian and Palestinian couples. To support Jordanian and Palestinian couples’ mental health, healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators favoured to concentrate on creating efficient and culturally relevant education, preventive, and intervention procedures utilising evidence-based guidelines. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e037f18bf1a842049eaa036a668310a22023-11-23T16:28:58ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-09-01109167910.3390/healthcare10091679Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional StudyDeema Jaber0Haneen A. Basheer1Lina Elsalem2Mohammad Dweib3Maysa Khadra4Rami Abduljabbar5Rawan Ghazwi6Hamza Alhamad7Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, Zarqa 13110, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, Zarqa 13110, JordanDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hebron University, Hebron P720, PalestineDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, JordanDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, JordanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zarqa University, Zarqa 13110, JordanAlthough anxiety and depression are among the most prevalent mental disorders worldwide, they continue to gain less attention than their physical counterparts in terms of health care provision and population mentalisation. This cross-sectional study explores and compares the national prevalence of depression and anxiety signs/symptoms and well as identifying associated socio-demographic factors among Jordanian and Palestinian fertile couples. Four-hundred and sixty-nine participants were eligible for inclusion and agreed to participate in the study. The mean score for HAM-A and BDI-II were 12.3 ± 8.2 and 15.30 ± 10.0, respectively. According to the grading of HAM-A and BDI-II, the majority of the participants have graded themselves to be mildly anxious (<i>N</i> = 323, 68.9%) and around one third of participants (<i>N</i> = 148, 31.6%) moderately to severe depressed. The suicidal intent was remarkable and of concern where around 18.6% of participants had suicidal thoughts and wishes. There was a significant correlation between both HAM-score and BDI-II score and age [<i>p</i> = 0.01, <i>p</i> = 0.011, respectively], body weight [<i>p</i> = 0.01, <i>p</i> = 0.006, respectively], and total monthly income [<i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.001, respectively]. Our findings ought to alert healthcare professionals and other interested parties that there is a high burden of anxiety and depression symptoms among Jordanian and Palestinian couples. To support Jordanian and Palestinian couples’ mental health, healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators favoured to concentrate on creating efficient and culturally relevant education, preventive, and intervention procedures utilising evidence-based guidelines.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/9/1679psychologyprevalencefertile couples’ masked anxietyfertile couples’ masked depression |
| spellingShingle | Deema Jaber Haneen A. Basheer Lina Elsalem Mohammad Dweib Maysa Khadra Rami Abduljabbar Rawan Ghazwi Hamza Alhamad Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study Healthcare psychology prevalence fertile couples’ masked anxiety fertile couples’ masked depression |
| title | Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Masked Depression and Anxiety among Jordanian and Palestinian Couples: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | prevalence and predictive factors of masked depression and anxiety among jordanian and palestinian couples a cross sectional study |
| topic | psychology prevalence fertile couples’ masked anxiety fertile couples’ masked depression |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/9/1679 |
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