Mental Health and Coping Strategies among University Staff during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Cross-Sectional Analysis from Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Nimra Aslam Khan, Amina Siddique, Muhammad Salman, Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari, Muhammad Hammad Butt, Faiz Ullah Khan, Mohammad Khalid, Zia Ul Mustafa, Nida Tanveer, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Masood Ahmad, Hidayat Ur Rahman, Yusra Habib Khan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Psychiatry
teachers students Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment faculty members pandemic psychological health Geography Planning and Development COVID-19 Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Building and Construction Management Monitoring Policy and Law anxiety coping strategies Psykiatri stress Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi depression mental health universities |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability; Volume 15; Issue 11; Pages: 8545 |
| Popis: | This study examined psychological health and coping strategies among faculty and staff at a Saudi Arabian university. A web-based self-administered survey was used to assess probable anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and coping strategies by using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and Brief-COPE scale, respectively. Of 502 participants (mean age 36.04 ± 10.32 years, male: 66.3%), 24.1% (GAD-7 ≥ 10) had probable anxiety. Anxiety score was significantly higher in females (p < 0.001), those with a history of COVID-19 infection (p = 0.036), and participants with less work experience (p = 0.019). Approximately 40% of participants met the criteria of probable depression, with females (p < 0.001) and participants with less experience having more depressive symptoms. Around one-fourth (27.7%) of study participants indicated probable PTSD (score ≥ 33), with higher symptoms in females (p |
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