Open AccessPsychological Consequence of the Corona Virus Disease Pandemic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey
Author(s) -
Aliocha Nkodila,
Charles Mbendi,
Hervé Alex Kabangi Tukadila,
Gilbert Lelo Managa,
Philippe Ngwala Lukanu,
Benjamin Mbenza Longo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s300505
Subject(s) - anxiety , pandemic , depression (economics) , population , cross sectional study , mental health , medicine , psychiatry , disease , demography , isolation (microbiology) , psychology , environmental health , covid-19 , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , macroeconomics
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting the mental health of the population, but data on its impact in developing countries are lacking. The purpose of this study is to assess the psychological aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the population of Kinshasa.