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. 2022 Jul-Sep;20(3):2689.
doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2022.3.2689. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

Depression, anxiety and stress after COVID-19 vaccination: A retrospective cross-sectional study among health care providers

Luma M Al-Obaidy  1 , Heba M Attash  2 , Harith Kh Al-Qazaz  3
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Depression, anxiety and stress after COVID-19 vaccination: A retrospective cross-sectional study among health care providers

Luma M Al-Obaidy et al. Pharm Pract (Granada). 2022 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Background: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is a health concern that produced considerable psychological and physical health challenges to Health care providers (HCPs) internationally.

Aims: This study aims to determine the level of depression, anxiety, and stress after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine among HCPs in Iraq.

Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study design was used in this study. The participants involved were 700 Iraqi HCPs who received one or two doses from COVID-19 vaccines. The questionnaire was designed and brought to them electronically using Google form and distributed by social media. Then mental health status was measured using a specific depression, anxiety and stress scale named DASS-21. Each domain of the DASS scale was calculated for each subject and DASS-21 scores were compared between different demographic groups.

Results: Females represented a large percentage of participants (80%). The majority of participants had a normal level of DASS-21 after receiving the vaccine. Higher scores were obtained among graduated young age groups also among individuals who have side effects associated with the vaccine.

Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that assesses mental health after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the middle east. The study concluded that HCPs have low DASS-21 scores and this gives us promising results for the use of the COVID-19 vaccine in future.

Keywords: COVID-19; anxiety; depression; health care providers; stress; vaccine.

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