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PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG COVID-19 SURVIVORS

Aqsa Arif, Maham Nasir, Iqra Ghazi, Tamjeed Ghaffar, Nowal Nasir, Dr. Rida Mustafa, Dr.Kanwal Fatima, Dr Hanan Azfar, Abdul Basit

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ABSTRACT

Background: Depression is a widespread medical condition that affects the emotions, behaviors, and thoughts of the individuals.

Objectives: To see the prevalence of depression and anxiety in geriatric population of covid-19 survivors and its association with age and gender.

Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional research conducted through convenient sampling technique. Sample size was 865 participants. Study duration was 6 months. Study population was geriatric individuals from Punjab of age 65 years and older, encompassing both males and females. Geriatric Depression Scale (short form) was used to assess depression and Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) was utilized to analyze anxiety. Data was interpreted using SPSS version 26 and presented in form of tables and charts. Association was calculated by using the chi square test.

Results: Out of 865 participants 48.9% were between 65 to 69 years, 38.3% were of age between 70 to 74 years, 8.1% were 75 to 79 years of age and 4.7% were of age 80 years and above. Gender distribution shows that 35.3% were males and 64.7% were females. Prevalence of depression was found to be 62.7%. The prevalence of anxiety was 68.5%. No statistically significant association was found between gender and depression/anxiety (p > 0.05), nor was there a significant correlation between age and depression/anxiety (p > 0.05).

Conclusion: Anxiety and depression were found to be prevalent in the geriatric population of covid-19 survivors. However, no significant relationship was found between gender and depression/anxiety, nor was there a significant relationship between age and depression or anxiety.

Keywords: Anxiety, Covid-19, Depression, Prevalence