Open AccessLevels of Anxiety and Stress during Pandemic of COVID-19 among the General Population of Karachi, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Saira Shahnaz,
Zaib- Un-Nisa,
Syed Imran Ali,
Israr Ul Haq,
Hira Akhtar,
Ijaz Ali,
Rasheeda Fatima,
Najeeb Khatian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i27a31492
Subject(s) - anxiety , pandemic , population , covid-19 , medicine , mental health , panic , descriptive statistics , demography , cross sectional study , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only the physical health, but mental health of general population.
Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the anxiety and levels of stress during COVID-among the population of Karachi.
Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted for the period of 8 months May 2020-December 2020, the required variables were collected on a questionnaire. Data was analyzed and descriptive statistics was applied using SPSS version 21 with 95% CI.
Results: Out of 450 participants, 45.8% males, 54.2% females. The majority (39.1%) of patients were in group of 51-70 years of age. The levels of anxiety were categories in mild (21.5%), moderate (38.2%) severe (15.2%) and no anxiety (25.1%). The contributing factors in stress and anxiety were the fear (68.3%), panic situation by media (58.5%) and stress due to pandemic (64.2%).
Conclusion: The pandemic of COVID-19 is a stressful situation which needs a proper management and counselling of community regarding the precautionary measures and guidance to control the psychological parameters.