Psychological Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Public in Egypt
Psychological Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Public in Egypt
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DOI：
10.1007/s10597-020-00701-9
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发表时间：
2020-08-16
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Senosy, Shaimaa
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作者：
Arafa, Ahmed;Mohamed, Amel;Senosy, Shaimaa
本研究旨在评估新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间埃及公众抑郁、焦虑、压力和睡眠不足的患病率。研究人员采用在线滚雪球抽样方法，于2020年4月16日至30日期间从埃及四个省的网民中收集数据。设计了一个半结构式问卷，以评估社会人口学特征，每天的睡眠时间，和心理障碍（抑郁，焦虑和压力）的参与者使用抑郁焦虑压力量表-21。在1629名参与者中，48.1%的人年龄≥ 2小时/天，缺乏来自家庭和社会的情感支持与严重至非常严重的抑郁、焦虑和压力的高患病率相关。总而言之，COVID-19对埃及公众的心理影响是巨大的，因此，提供心理支持和咨询是必要的。
This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress, and inadequate sleeping among the public in Egypt during the novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. An online snowball sampling approach was used to collect data from netizens in four Egyptian governorates between 16 and 30 April 2020. A semi-structured questionnaire was designed to assess sociodemographic characteristics, sleeping hours per day, and psychological disturbances (depression, anxiety, and stress) of participants using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21. Out of 1629 participants, 48.1% were aged = 2 h/day, and lack of emotional support from family and society were associated with a high prevalence of severe to very severe depression, anxiety, and stress. In conclusion, the psychological impacts of COVID-19 on the public in Egypt were enormous, therefore, providing psychological support and counsel is warranted.