ArticleThe International journal of social psychiatry2023
Mental and social burden of COVID-19 on the Iraqi people.
Article in The International journal of social psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- COVID-19 Vaccination Among Diverse Population Groups in the Northern Governorates of Iraq.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- COVID-19 in Baghdad, Iraq: adaptive and emotional findings in a household cluster survey.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 and socioeconomic status on psychological distress in cancer patients.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
- Widespread Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Iraq's General Population: A Systematic Review.SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19 pandemic has affected all crucial aspects of daily life, including; food security, education, gender relation, mental health, and environmental air pollution, in addition to the impact of the lockdown that had far-reaching effects in different strata of life.
aimsTo study the impact of COVID-19 on people with respect to their mental and social suffering and consequences.
methodsThis cross sectional study was conducted during the period from November 2020 through August 2021. A sample of 1,000 attendants to four teaching hospitals and eight PHCCs, was collected. The mental and social sequels of COVID-19 were assessed for all participants whether previously infected or not.
resultsOut of the total sample (1,000), 389 had a history of infection with COVID-19. The main mental symptoms reported were depression (67.8%), and anxiety (46.9%), males and females equally reported symptoms of anxiety, while depressive symptoms were reported more among females (59.9%), Fear and worries of the participants about their health and their families' was the main reason for mental symptoms (94.7%).
conclusionsSymptoms of depression and anxiety in time of COVID-19 are prevalent. Suspending educational activities was the most social burden that affect people while increase the price of food and cessation of work were the main causes of economic burden.
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