Volume 27, Issue 138, August 2023

Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic: Anxiety, depression and stress: Results from a cross-sectional survey

Wafaa Aqeeli¹, Abeer Qadah¹, Waad Zamzami¹, Yosra Alhindi^2♦, Arwa Fairaq³, Sahar Elashmony^3,4

¹Pharm D Candidates, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
²Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
³Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
⁴Medical Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

^♦Corresponding author
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
ORCID: 0000-0002-5725-3522

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The global burden of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected mental health in many people, including anxiety, depression, and stress. Methods: Google online survey was posted about the COVID-19 experience on anexiety, stress and depression assessment. Results: A total of 306 responses were obtained. Around (76,8%) of the respondents were female, (73.9%) were with undergraduate education, and (29.4%) were from Makkah. Conclusion: Our study, which was conducted after the pandemic had settled down and the lockdown had been lifted, showed that anxiety, depression, and stress were at mild to moderate levels. From our results we advice to apply psychological protocols and help that can enhance any mental health defect related the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Pandemic, Covid-19, Stress, anexity, Global, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e319ms3171

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i138/e319ms3171

Published: 01 August 2023