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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health of Asians: A study of seven middle-income countries in Asia
PLoS ONE Số 2 Febuary, năm 2021 (Tập 16, trang -)
ISSN: 19326203
ISSN: 19326203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246824
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Từ khóa: Adolescent; Adult; Anxiety; Asia; Child; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Protective Factors; SARS-CoV-2; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Stress, Psychological; Young Adult; adult; age; analysis of variance; anxiety; Article; Asia; Asian; child; China; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; demography; depression; Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21; education; employment; female; gender; health; health care utilization; health status; household; human; Impact of Events Scale; Iran; knowledge; linear regression analysis; Malaysia; male; medical history; medical information; mental health; mental stress; middle income country; Pakistan; pandemic; Philippines; physician; questionnaire; risk assessment; risk factor; separated person; single (marital status); survival; Thailand; Viet Nam; adolescent; depression; epidemiology; isolation and purification; middle aged; protection; psychology; sex factor; socioeconomics; young adult
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the economy, livelihood, and physical and mental well-being of people worldwide. This study aimed to compare the mental health status during the pandemic in the general population of seven middle income countries (MICs) in Asia (China, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). All the countries used the Impact of Event Scale–Revised (IES-R) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to measure mental health. There were 4479 Asians completed the questionnaire with demographic characteristics, physical symptoms and health service utilization, contact history, knowledge and concern, precautionary measure, and rated their mental health with the IES-R and DASS-21. Descriptive statistics, One-Way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression were used to identify protective and risk factors associated with mental health parameters. There were significant differences in IES-R and DASS-21 scores between 7 MICs (p<0.05). Thailand had all the highest scores of IES-R, DASS-21 stress, anxiety, and depression scores whereas Vietnam had all the lowest scores. The risk factors for adverse mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic include age <30 years, high education background, single and separated status, discrimination by other countries and contact with people with COVID-19 (p<0.05). The protective factors for mental health include male gender, staying with children or more than 6 people in the same household, employment, confidence in doctors, high perceived likelihood of survival, and spending less time on health information (p<0.05). This comparative study among 7 MICs enhanced the understanding of metal health in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2021 Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.