Social Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study among the General Population of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Vol. 23 No. 11 (2021), Research articles
Vol. 23 No. 11 (2021)

Social Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study among the General Population of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran

Research articles
https://doi.org/10.32592/ircmj.2021.23.11.1010
Published 2021-11-15
Maliheh Dadgarmoghaddam
Associate professor of community medicine, community medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mona Najaf Najafi
Assistant Professor of Community Medicine, Clinical Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Alireza Ebrahimi
PhD student in Curriculum Planinig, faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran
Ali Talaei
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Neshat Najafnajafi
Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,Iran
AmirAli Moodi Ghalibaf
Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Keywords

Anxiety
COVID-19
Depression
Mental health
Stress

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Dadgarmoghaddam, M., Najaf Najafi, M., Ebrahimi, A. ., Talaei, A. ., Najafnajafi, N. ., & Moodi Ghalibaf, A. (2021). Social Mental Health during COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study among the General Population of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 23(11). https://doi.org/10.32592/ircmj.2021.23.11.1010
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Abstract

Background: The potential impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on social mental health has become a great concern, and the current situation can cause different mental disorders.

Objectives: According to the importance of mental health, this study was conducted to evaluate the mental health status of the general population of Iran in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.

Methods: An online survey was conducted and made available for the general population of Razavi Khorasan through the snowball sampling technique within a week. The demographic information, contact history with COVID-19, and physical symptoms history of COVID-19 were collected by the survey. To maintain the population's mental health status, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21, which was developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995), was used. To reduce the risk of bias, the online survey was supposed to be filled with a maximum of two members of a family. The data were analyzed in SPSS software (version 21) by calculating descriptive statistics and using the Chi-square test. The significance level was considered at the p-value of < 0.05 in all analyses.

Results: Finally, 461 responders from Razavi Khorasan Province were included in this study. In total, 41.8%, 32.1%, and 34.5% of the responders had depression symptoms, were in anxiety mood, and had stress symptoms, respectively. The ratio of men to women was approximately 1:2. Most participants were in the age range of 30-40 years, and the most frequent marital status was being single. Families with 3-5 members constituted 81.5% of the responders. Near one-third of the studied population had a bachelor's degree.

Conclusion: According to the results of our study, it is important to pay attention to the general population’s mental health status during the COVID-19 pandemic and conduct protocols to prevent or reduce the risk of mental disorders that can be caused by the current situation.

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