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Mental Health of the General Population during the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Tale of Two Developing Countries by Wang, Cuiyan (author);Fardin, Mohammad A. (author);Shirazi, Mahmoud (author);Pan, Riyu (author);Wan, Xiaoyang (author);Tan, Yilin (author);Xu, Linkang (author);McIntyre, Roger S. (author);Tran, Bach (author);Quek, Travis T. C. (author);Husain, Syeda F. (author);Wang, Jiayun (author);Ho, Cyrus (author);Ho, Roger (author) is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Background: This study aimed to compare the severity of psychological impact, anxiety and depression between people from two developing countries, Iran and China, and to correlate mental health parameters with variables relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although China and Iran are developing countries based on the World Bank's criteria, these two countries are different in access to resources and health care systems. We hypothesized that Iranians would show higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress as compared to Chinese. Methods: This study collected information related to the COVID-19 pandemic including physical health, precautionary measures and knowledge about the pandemic. We also used validated questionnaires such as the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to assess the mental health status. Results: There were a total of 1411 respondents (550 from Iran; 861 from China). The mean IES-R scores of respondents from both countries were above the cut-off for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. Iranians had significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression (p < 0.01). Significantly more Iranians believe

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Author

Wang, Cuiyan (author);Fardin, Mohammad A. (author);Shirazi, Mahmoud (author);Pan, Riyu (author);Wan, Xiaoyang (author);Tan, Yilin (author);Xu, Linkang (author);McIntyre, Roger S. (author);Tran, Bach (author);Quek, Travis T. C. (author);Husain, Syeda F. (author);Wang, Jiayun (author);Ho, Cyrus (author);Ho, Roger (author)

Publisher

MDPI AG

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)