Short and Long-term Psychological Impact of Covid-19 on The Egyptians

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) a public health emergency of international concern. Impact of the pandemic of covid-19 on the mental health of patients, health care workers and general population would be affected.

Detailed Description
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Health care workers and general population will be included in the study. A questionnaire will be used to assess their knowledge and practices regarding covid-19 and its impact on mental health. Patients Mental health will be assessed regarding anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder, sleep disorder will be assessed.

Official Title
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Psychological Impact of Covid-19 on The Egyptians

Conditions
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Mental Health Issue

Intervention / Treatment
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* Diagnostic Test: A questionnaire or scales


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Egyptian population Exclusion Criteria: Patients not accepting to participate in the questionnaire
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Health care workers<br>Egyptian health care workers | Diagnostic Test: A questionnaire or scales<br>* A questionnaire or scale to assess the participants mental health.<br>|
| General population<br>Any Egyptian personnel | Diagnostic Test: A questionnaire or scales<br>* A questionnaire or scale to assess the participants mental health.<br>|
| Recovered fromCOVID-19<br>Patients recovered from COVID-19 | Diagnostic Test: A questionnaire or scales<br>* A questionnaire or scale to assess the participants mental health.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Depression | Hamilton depression scale:The total score is obtained by summing the score of each item, 0-4 (symptom is absent, mild, moderate, or severe). For the 17-item version, scores can range from 0 to 54.Where total scores between 0 and 7 do not indicate the presence of depression, scores between 8 and 13 indicate mild depression, scores between 14 and 18 indicate moderate depression, scores between 19 and 22 indicate severe depression and 23 score or more indicate very severe depression. | 6 months | 
| Anxiety | Hamilton anxiety scale:The scale consists of 14 items, each defined by a series of symptoms, and measures both psychic anxiety (mental agitation and psychological distress) and somatic anxiety (physical complaints related to anxiety).Each item is scored on a scale of 0 (not present) to 4 (severe), with a total score range of 0-56, where total score 0 -13=normal, 14-17 = mild anxiety, 18-24 = moderate anxiety, 25-30 = severe anxiety. | 6 months | 
| Obsessive compulsive disorder | Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (OCD): Each item is rated from 0 (no symptoms) to 4 (extreme symptoms). A score of 0-7 is considered nonclinical. Scores ranging between 8 and 15 are considered mild. Scores between 16 and 23 are considered moderate and scores between 24-31 and 32-40 are considered severe and extreme, respectively. | 6 months | 
| Sleep disorder | Pitsburgh sleep quality index | 6 months | 
| Psychological problems | Symptom checklist 90 | 6 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Egyptian, Covid-19, Health workers, population, mental health