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ArticleDepression research and treatment2020

Prevalence and Predictors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Youth at the Time of COVID-19: An Online Cross-Sectional Multicountry Study.

Omar Al Omari, Sulaiman Al Sabei, Omar Al Rawajfah, Loai Abu Sharour, Khalid Aljohani, Khaled Alomari, Lina Shkman, Khloud Al Dameery, Ahmed Saifan, Bushara Al Zubidi and 2 more

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Article in Depression research and treatment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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79citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 202 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Omar Al OmariSultan Qaboos University, College of Nursing, Muscat, Oman.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7614-1729
Sulaiman Al SabeiSultan Qaboos University, College of Nursing, Muscat, Oman.
Omar Al RawajfahSultan Qaboos University, College of Nursing, Muscat, Oman.
Loai Abu SharourALZaytoonah University of Jordan, College of Nursing, Amman, Jordan.
Khalid AljohaniTaibah University, College of Nursing, Saudi Arabia.
Khaled AlomariSultan Qaboos University, College of Nursing, Muscat, Oman.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8504-6934
Lina ShkmanSultan Qaboos University, College of Nursing, Muscat, Oman.
Khloud Al DameerySultan Qaboos University, College of Nursing, Muscat, Oman.
Ahmed SaifanApplied Science Private University, Amman, Jordan.
Bushara Al ZubidiBaghdad University, College of Nursing, Baghdad, Iraq.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4471-1392
Samh AnwarAlexandria University, College of Nursing, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0116-0423
Fadwa AlhalaiqaPhiladelphia University, College of Nursing, Amman, Jordan.
Sultan Qaboos University · OMAl al-Bayt University · JOAlexandria University · EGAl-Zaytoonah University of Jordan · JOApplied Science Private University · JOCurtin University · AUPhiladelphia University · JOTaibah University · SAUniversity of Baghdad · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression and anxiety are prevalent mental illnesses among young people. Crisis like the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may increase the current prevalence of these illnesses. A cross-sectional, descriptive design was used to (1) explore the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among youth and (2) identify to what extent certain variables related to COVID-19 could predict depression, anxiety, and stress (DAS) among young people in six different countries. Participants were requested to complete an online survey including demographics and the DAS scale. A total of 1,057 participants from Oman (

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