Factors Associated with Psychiatric Morbidity among Patients who tested Positive and Isolated for COVID-19

• Published in: Pakistan Armed Forces medical journal 2022-12, Vol.72 (6), p.1961-64
• Main Authors: Athar, Muhammad Hammad, Zubair, Usama Bin, Shoaib, Muhammad Shahbaz, Zubair, Hamza Bin, Yasir, Muhammad, Imran, Muhammad, Zia, Nadeem
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Age; Anxiety; Chi-square test; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Ethnicity; Females; Gender; Hospitals; Influenza; Mental depression; Mental health; Morbidity; Pandemics; psychiatric morbidity; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; socio demographic factors; Sociodemographics; Stress; Viruses
• ISSN: 0030-9648; 2411-8842
• DOI: 10.51253/pafmj.v72i6.6412

Objective: To look for the psychiatric morbidity and associated socio-demographic factors among patients who tested positive and isolated for COVID-19. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Malir Pakistan, from Mar to May 2020. Methodology: All patients who tested positive for COVID-19 and were admitted to the COVID-19 Ward without complications were included in the study. General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) was administered to look for the presence of psychiatric morbidity. Results: Out of 61 patients included in the study, 45(73.7%) showed the presence of psychiatric morbidity, while 16(26.3%) did not show psychiatric morbidity when screened with GHQ-12. 43(70.4%) were male, while 18(29.6%) were female. The mean age of the patients was 35.21±2.355 years. The advanced age and female gender have a statistically significant relationship (pvalue