Depression, anxiety and stress levels during COVID-19 pandemic among frontliners of IIUM hospital and Kuantan campus and its associated Factors

Abdullah, Fa’iza and A. Rahman, Nor Azlina and Mohd Basri, Mohd Arif Mustaqim and Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Samsudin, Suhaiza and Ahmad Basri, Nadzirah and Mat Nor, Mohd Basri (2023) Depression, anxiety and stress levels during COVID-19 pandemic among frontliners of IIUM hospital and Kuantan campus and its associated Factors. Malaysian Family Physician, 18 (1). pp. 14-15. ISSN 1985-207X E-ISSN 1985-2274

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Abstract

Introduction: �e COVID-19 pandemic has instigated a substantial physical and psychological burden on the frontliners globally, leading to physical and psychiatric illnesses, reduction in productivity and burnout. Assessing their mental health status is essential in providing e�ective and e�cient mental health care. Objective: To investigate depression, anxiety, and stress levels, and associated factors among the frontliners of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Hospital and Kuantan Campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 261 frontliners working in IIUM hospital and 125 from the Kuantan campus from March 2021 to March 2023 using a self�administered validated DASS-21 questionnaire for depression, anxiety and stress. �e data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-Square and Fisher’s Exact tests. Results: Among the 386 respondents, 82.1% were categorized as clinical frontliners, 65.8% were female, and 65.8% married. �e overall prevalence of depression was 15.8%, anxiety was 29.5%, and stress was 9.3% among the frontliners. �ey were not di�erent statistically between the clinical and non-clinical frontliners; or between the IIUM Hospital and on-campus frontliners. �e frontliners with post-traumatic event had a signi�cant association with depression and anxiety (p <0.001 and 0.001, respectively), and those with chronic disease(s) were signi�cantly associated with anxiety (p=0.034). Conclusion: More than one-fourth of frontliners su�ered

Item Type:	Article (other)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Family Medicine (Effective: 1st January 2011) Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Internal Medicine
Depositing User:	SR NUR FARHANA LATFI
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2023 17:45
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2024 15:06
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/105259

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