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. 2022 Aug 30:13:863215.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.863215. eCollection 2022.

Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Eid Alqurashi  1 , Ahmad Aldobyany  1 , Abdelfattah Touman  1 , Abdullah Alqahtani  1 , Rajaa Alsaggaf  1 , Omar Alnashiwaaty  1 , Nabil Ghaleb  1 , Hanan Mabar  1 , Amr S Albanna  2   3
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Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with confirmed COVID-19 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Eid Alqurashi et al. Front Psychiatry. .

Abstract

Background: In early December 2019, a cluster of acute pneumonia of viral etiology had been identified in Wuhan, China. Later on, it has been named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing a worldwide pandemic. This pandemic triggered unprecedented health-related psychiatric sequalae. We aim in this study to evaluate the prevalence of depression and its associated factors among confirmed patients with COVID-19.

Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study, we included adult patients more than 18 years old who have been diagnosed with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 and managed in a hospital, home, or hotel. A self-administered online questionnaire based on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Quick Depression Assessment questionnaire was used.

Results: A total of 143 subjects completed the PHQ-9 questionnaire. The prevalence of moderate to severe depression was 34%. Prevalence of depression was positively associated with the female gender (p-value = 0.013). Location of COVID-19 management and financial status did not affect the prevalence of depression.

Conclusion: The prevalence of depression among patients with COVID-19 is high, which underscores the importance of active screening and management of depression in this population.

Keywords: COVID-19; PHQ-9; SARS-CoV-2; depression; psychiatric sequalae.

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