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

NCT04344834 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Covid-19 mental health
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Keywords

Covid-19; Egyptian; Health workers; population; mental health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• 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

Study Arms (3)

Health care workers

Egyptian health care workers

Diagnostic Test: A questionnaire or scales

General population

Any Egyptian personnel

Diagnostic Test: A questionnaire or scales

Recovered fromCOVID-19

Patients recovered from COVID-19

Diagnostic Test: A questionnaire or scales

Interventions

A questionnaire or scales DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A questionnaire or scale to assess the participants mental health.

General population; Health care workers; Recovered fromCOVID-19

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Health care workers, patients recovered from COVID-19 and general population

You may qualify if:

• Egyptian population

You may not qualify if:

• Patients not accepting to participate in the questionnaire

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Assiut University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Medicine

Asyut, 71111, Egypt

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19; Psychological Well-Being

Interventions

Tooth Exfoliation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Dental Physiological Phenomena; Digestive System and Oral Physiological Phenomena

Central Study Contacts

Gellan Ahmed, Phd

CONTACT

+201093663928; gillankaram@aun.edu.eg

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer of Psychiatry

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2020
• First Posted: April 14, 2020
• Study Start: June 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: March 30, 2021
• Study Completion: June 30, 2021
• Last Updated: March 18, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)