Open AccessPsychological distress during pandemic Covid-19 among adult general population: Result across 13 countries
Author(s) -
Roy Rillera Marzo,
Zaliha Ismail,
Mila Nu Nu Htay,
Rafidah Bahari,
Roshidi Ismail,
Emilio Q. Villanueva,
Akansha Singh,
Masoud Lotfizadeh,
Titik Respati,
Siska Nia Irasanti,
Dewi Sartika,
Pham Mong,
Sarath Lekamwasam,
Bikash Bikram Thapa,
Burcu Küçük Biçer,
Soe Soe Aye,
Karnjana Songwathana,
Radwa Abdullah El-Abasiri,
Amaluddin Ahmad,
Azlina Wati Nikmat,
Seyedeh Zeinab Taheri Mirani,
Roushney Fatima Mukti,
Saira Mehnaz,
Tin Tin Su
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology and global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2452-0918
pISSN - 2213-3984
DOI - 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100708
Subject(s) - pandemic , distress , mental health , coping (psychology) , population , psychological intervention , psychological resilience , odds , medicine , developing country , environmental health , psychology , logistic regression , demography , covid-19 , psychiatry , clinical psychology , social psychology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , pathology , economic growth , sociology
The COVID-19 pandemics caused an unprecedented mortality, distress, and globally poses a challenge to mental resilience. To our knowledge, this is the first study that aimed to investigate the psychological distress among the adult general population across 13 countries. This cross-sectional study was conducted through online survey by recruiting 7091 respondents. Psychological distress was evaluated with COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI). The crude prevalence of psychological distress due to COVID-19 is highest in Vietnam, followed by Egypt, and Bangladesh. Through Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis, the respondents from Vietnam holds the highest level of distress, while the respondents from Sri Lanka holds the lowest level of distress with reference to Nepal.Female respondents had higher odds of having reported psychological distress, and those with tertiary education were less likely to report psychological distress compared to those with lower level of education. The findings indicate that psychological distress is varies across different countries. Therefore, different countries should continue the surveillance on psychological consequences through the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor the burden and to prepare for the targeted mental health support interventions according to the need. The coping strategies and social support should be provided especially to the lower educational attainment group.
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