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Assessing the anxiety level of Iranian general population during COVID-19 outbreak
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This study is aimed to assess the anxiety level of Iranian general population during COVID-19 outbreak. The online questionnaire surveyed 10,754 individuals from the general population of 31 provinces of Iran who completed the questionnaire on social networks from March 1 to March 9, 2020. The inferential statistics suggests that the level of anxiety was higher among women (95 % CI [0.1, 81.36], p < 0.001), people who more followed corona-related news (p < 0.001) and the age group of 21-40 years (p < 0.001). Ultimately, the level of anxiety was significantly higher among people who had at least one family member, relative, or friend who contracted COVID-19 disease (95 % CI [1.2, 35.03], p < 0.001). The health care system should adopt a package of psychosocial interventions to reduce the anxiety of high risk groups.
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- Moghanibashi-Mansourieh, A.
- Venue
- Asian Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 51
- Pages
- 102076
- ISSN
- 1876-2018 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC7165107
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- en
- Open access
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety, general population, sex differences, news exposure, age differences, family members with COVID-19, psychosocial interventions, Iran
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Female, Humans, Iran, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Young Adult, Pandemics, Social Media
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