Psychological Impact of Covid-19 Assiut University Hospital Experience
- Conditions
- Psychological Impact of Covid-19
- Registration Number
- NCT04789226
- Lead Sponsor
- Assiut University
- Brief Summary
Psychological impact of covid-19 in assiut university hospital
- Detailed Description
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new communicable disease caused by the new strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 . The first outbreak reported was in December2019, in Wuhan, China, as pneumonia of unknown etiology linked to a seafood market exposure COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization.
The evolution of the novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) and its expeditious dissemination have led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a pandemic on 11 March 2020 . As of 16 May 2020, there have been 4,425,485 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 302,059 related deaths worldwide and Egypt has been among the most affected countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region with 11,228 confirmed cases and 592 deaths .
As a consequence, many countries, including Egypt, have set a state of lockdown to hinder the spread of infection among people resulting in a global atmosphere of depression and anxiety associated with social isolation, fears of getting infected, breaks in the supply chains, financial distress, disrupted travel plans, and future uncertainty . Several epidemiological studies from China detected a high prevalence of psychological disturbances among the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, a large online survey of 56,679 individuals from 34 provinces in China reported numerous psychological conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: depression (27.9%), anxiety (31.6%), stress (24.4%), and insomnia (29.2%) . Also, a study conducted on 4872 Chinese people from 31 provinces showed a high prevalence of depression (48.3%) and anxiety (22.6%) related to the COVID-19 pandemic . A similar study revealed depression (20.1%), anxiety (35.1%), and poor sleeping (18.2%) among 7236 Chinese people . Another study conducted on 7143 college students in China detected anxiety among 25% of them .
In low- and middle-income countries, such as Egypt, where infection control precautions, surveillance programs, laboratory capacity, and public health resources are limited , the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging and, as a result, the psychological impacts of the pandemic on the public can be even worse. Thus, we conducted this study to evaluate several forms of psychological disturbances .
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 239
- age more than 18 years old
- diagnosed as covid-19 by positive PCR
- comes to Assiut University Hospital
- both sex males and females
- age less than 18 years old
- past history of psychatric disorder
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Symptom Checklist 90 "SCL 90" One year it is a 90 item questionnaire used to assess psychological problems .
The 36- items Short Form"SF 36" one year consists of eight scaled scores , which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section " evaluating individual patients health status " .
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index "PSQI" One year evaluating sleep quality in older adults , the pittsburgh sleep quality index can be used to detect sleep disturbance or deficits .
post traumatic stress disorder "PTSD" One year PCL-5 is a 20 item self report measure that assesses the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD .
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method