Psychological Impact of Covid-19 Assiut University Hospital Experience

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Psychological impact of covid-19 in assiut university hospital

Detailed Description
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new communicable disease caused by the new strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 . The first outbreak reported was in December2019, in Wuhan, China, as pneumonia of unknown etiology linked to a seafood market exposure COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness and recover without hospitalization. The evolution of the novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) and its expeditious dissemination have led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a pandemic on 11 March 2020 . As of 16 May 2020, there have been 4,425,485 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 302,059 related deaths worldwide and Egypt has been among the most affected countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region with 11,228 confirmed cases and 592 deaths . As a consequence, many countries, including Egypt, have set a state of lockdown to hinder the spread of infection among people resulting in a global atmosphere of depression and anxiety associated with social isolation, fears of getting infected, breaks in the supply chains, financial distress, disrupted travel plans, and future uncertainty . Several epidemiological studies from China detected a high prevalence of psychological disturbances among the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, a large online survey of 56,679 individuals from 34 provinces in China reported numerous psychological conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: depression (27.9%), anxiety (31.6%), stress (24.4%), and insomnia (29.2%) . Also, a study conducted on 4872 Chinese people from 31 provinces showed a high prevalence of depression (48.3%) and anxiety (22.6%) related to the COVID-19 pandemic . A similar study revealed depression (20.1%), anxiety (35.1%), and poor sleeping (18.2%) among 7236 Chinese people . Another study conducted on 7143 college students in China detected anxiety among 25% of them . In low- and middle-income countries, such as Egypt, where infection control precautions, surveillance programs, laboratory capacity, and public health resources are limited , the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is challenging and, as a result, the psychological impacts of the pandemic on the public can be even worse. Thus, we conducted this study to evaluate several forms of psychological disturbances .

Official Title
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Psychological Impact of Covid-19 Assiut University Hospital Experience

Conditions
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Psychological Impact of Covid-19

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: age more than 18 years old diagnosed as covid-19 by positive PCR comes to Assiut University Hospital both sex males and females Exclusion Criteria: age less than 18 years old past history of psychatric disorder

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
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| Symptom Checklist 90 SCL 90 | it is a 90 item questionnaire used to assess psychological problems . | One year | 
| post traumatic stress disorder PTSD | PCL-5 is a 20 item self report measure that assesses the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD . | One year | 
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index PSQI | evaluating sleep quality in older adults , the pittsburgh sleep quality index can be used to detect sleep disturbance or deficits . | One year | 
| The 36- items Short FormSF 36 | consists of eight scaled scores , which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section  evaluating individual patients health status  . | one year |