Mental health during COVID-19 pandemic/Baghdad Al-Karkh

Noora ABD-Al-Hussein Dawood Al-Jbouri, Zainab Jawad Kadhim Mashkury and Rawa Jaafar Kadhim Al-Ameri

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2022, vol. 68, issue 4, 738-744

Abstract: Background: This study reviewed the psychological consequences of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 and the challenges that face post-traumatic interventions. COVID-19 pandemic has multifaceted psychological effects extending social stigmatization to COVID-19 patients, resulted in delaying in medical care and hiding important medical history, particularly of travel, this in turn will increase the risk of transmission. Objectives of the study: To explore if there is significant impacts of public health emergency COVID-19 on mental health among clients attending Al/Karkh Care centers. Methods: Cross-sectional study describes the mental health status among clients attending Al-Karkh Health Centers during the COVID-19 pandemic, using mental health reports from Mental Health Unit/Al-Karkh Health Directorate, which were collected from January to August. Using (SPSS25) for statistical analysis. Statistical test Chi-square used and p value of ⩽.05 was considered significant. Results: The percentages of psychological disturbances among clients is higher throughout the first 7 months of 2019 than 2020, till August the percentage of psychological disturbances started to hike up in 2020 than in 2019 (6%), (5.4%) respectively. Throughout the months of 2020 up to August there was significant difference between male and female clients in mental disturbances p value

Keywords: COVID19; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/00207640211004987

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