Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey

Sultan, Sadia; Abu Bashar, MD.; Tabassum, Aisha; Iqbal, Mohammad Shahid; Nomani, Ibtesam; Almasoudi, Nouf M.; Tayeb, Mawaddah; Munshi, Ghadi W.; Matyuri, Rahaf K.

doi:10.1186/s41983-022-00590-7

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 4 Association of DASS-Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scores with sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 contracting history of the participants (N = 369)

From: Prevalence of depression, anxiety, stress and its relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 in medical and laboratory medicine students of Umm-Al-Qura University: a cross-sectional survey

Variables	DASS Stress Score		DASS Anxiety Score		DASS Depression Score
Variables	Mean ± SD	p value	Mean ± SD	p value	Mean ± SD	p value
Gender
Male	11.95 ± 10.39	0.89	10.69 ± 9.72	0.95	11.30 ± 9.61	0.91
Female	12.17 ± 10.28		10.79 ± 9.60		11.58 ± 9.72
Age-group (in years)
18–24	11.98 ± 10.30	0.30	10.55 ± 9.60	0.13	11.60 ± 9.72	0.34
25–30	13.94 ± 10.35		13.19 ± 9.64		10.94 ± 9.72
Education status
Undergraduate/graduate	12.14 ± 10.35	0.94	10.77 ± 9.67	0.91	11.56 ± 9.72	0.78
Postgraduate	12.26 ± 10.35		11.00 ± 9.64		11.30 ± 9.61
Marital status				0.54
Single/divorced/separated	12.14 ± 10.30	0.95	10.70 ± 9.61		11.49 ± 10.91	0.12
Currently married	12.25 ± 10.29		11.92 ± 9.58		12.25 ± 10.96
History of psychiatric illness
Absent	11.73 ± 10.30	0.04*	10.26 ± 9.60	0.01*	11.34 ± 9.72	0.001
Present	14.59 ± 10.67		13.81 ± 9.77		13.34 ± 10.97	*
Family history of psychiatric illness
Absent	11.55 ± 10.30	0.02*	10.11 ± 9.60	0.005*	10.64 ± 9.72	0.03*
Present	14.75 ± 10.31		13.68 ± 9.62		11.74 ± 10.91
History of any chronic illness
Absent	11.40 ± 10.31	0.01*	10.24 ± 9.60	0.06	11.65 ± 10.94	0.89
Present	14.44 ± 10.32		12.41 ± 9.63		11.21 ± 10.92	0.89
History of contracting COVID-19
Absent	11.85 ± 10.30	0.20	10.14 ± 9.61	0.004*	10.54 ± 9.72	0.02*
Present	13.72 ± 10.40		14.10 ± 9.70		11.73 ± 10.89	0.02*
History of Family member contracting COVID-19
Absent	11.77 ± 10.33	0.38	10.27 ± 9.60	0.21	11.40 ± 10.89	0.56
Present	12.72 ± 10.31		11.54 ± 9.61		11.76 ± 10.90
History of quarantine due to contact with positive patient
Absent	12.03 ± 10.30	0.73	10.42 ± 9.60	0.28	11.98 ± 10.90	0.34
Present	12.42 ± 10.41		11.58 ± 9.64		10.56 ± 11.00
History of close contact with COVID-19 patient in recent past
Absent	12.56 ± 10.31	0.53	10.10 ± 9.60	0.06	11.85 ± 10.90	0.78
Present	12.15 ± 10.33		12.11 ± 9.64		10.94 ± 10.93	0.78
History of hospitalization						0.87
Absent	11.77 ± 10.30	0.10	9.99 ± 9.60	0.0003*	11.58 ± 10.90
Present	14.17 ± 10.37		15.03 ± 9.68		11.34 ± 10.92
History of ICU admission						0.18
Absent	11.56 ± 10.31	0.04*	9.74 ± 9.59	0.0003*	10.22 ± 10.89
Present	13.98 ± 10.30		14.00 ± 9.60		11.97 ± 10.90

*Statistically significant

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