Psychological health problems among Syrians during war and the COVID-19 pandemic: national survey

This study aims to assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak embedded within the war in Syria. A web-based cross-sectional survey design was employed. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale revealed a high prevalen...

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Autores principales: Mohsen, Fatema, Bakkar, Batoul, Melhem, Sara, Aldakkak, Samar, Mchantaf, Dana, Marrawi, Marah, Latifeh, Youssef
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Special Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34382955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.16
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author Mohsen, Fatema
Bakkar, Batoul
Melhem, Sara
Aldakkak, Samar
Mchantaf, Dana
Marrawi, Marah
Latifeh, Youssef
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description This study aims to assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak embedded within the war in Syria. A web-based cross-sectional survey design was employed. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale revealed a high prevalence of depressive (n = 3326; 83.4%) and anxiety symptoms (n = 2777; 69.6%) among the 3989 participants. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with depression and anxiety. There is an urgent need within the healthcare system in Syria to provide mental healthcare to alleviate acute mental health disturbances and associated physical health perceptions among Syrians.
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spelling pubmed-83149812021-08-10 Psychological health problems among Syrians during war and the COVID-19 pandemic: national survey Mohsen, Fatema Bakkar, Batoul Melhem, Sara Aldakkak, Samar Mchantaf, Dana Marrawi, Marah Latifeh, Youssef BJPsych Int Special Paper This study aims to assess the prevalence of depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak embedded within the war in Syria. A web-based cross-sectional survey design was employed. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire and the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale revealed a high prevalence of depressive (n = 3326; 83.4%) and anxiety symptoms (n = 2777; 69.6%) among the 3989 participants. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with depression and anxiety. There is an urgent need within the healthcare system in Syria to provide mental healthcare to alleviate acute mental health disturbances and associated physical health perceptions among Syrians. Cambridge University Press 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8314981/ /pubmed/34382955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bji.2021.16 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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