TY - JOUR ID - 254985 TI - The potential association of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress and Anxiety in Iran JO - International Journal of Epidemiology and Health Sciences JA - IJEHS LA - en SN - AU - Karimi, Zahra AU - Davoodi, Zahra AU - Rabiei, Leila AU - Jafari, Mahnaz AU - Kiani Dehkordi, Mansoureh AU - Marzo, Roy Rillera AU - Lotfizadeh, Masoud AD - Students Research Committee, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran AD - Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord. Iran AD - Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord. Iran. AD - School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran AD - Psychosis Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Community Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Malaysia AD - Department of Public Health, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 3 IS - Continuous SP - EP - KW - COVID-19 KW - Anxiety KW - Psychological Distress KW - Iran DO - 10.51757/IJEHS.3.2022.254985 N2 - Objective: COVID-19 prevalence is a new and serious threat to public health. The disease has had an impact on nearly every important economic, political, social, and even military aspect of many countries around the world. As a result, the psychological effects of this viral disease on different levels of society's psychological health are critical, necessitating scientific research. This study looked into the possible link between COVID-19 and psychological distress and anxiety in Iran.Methods: The first large-scale global study of psychological distress and anxiety in public society, this cross-sectional (descriptive-analytical) study was based on the participation of people from some Asian countries during the COVID-19 epidemic. Only the results from Iran were presented in this article. This study had 1480 participants and used a standard questionnaire called the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.82.Results: It was discovered that 1171 (79%) of the participants were female, while 309 (21%) were male. The CPDI Questionnaire yielded a mean score of 54.16±6.13. There was a significant relationship (p=0.0002) between age group and total score of psychological distress and anxiety. The findings revealed a link between anxiety variables and education (p = 0.0001), monthly income (p = 0.008), and gender (p = 0.019).Conclusion: It can be concluded that the majority of study participants were in an unfavorable psychological distress and anxiety situation. UR - https://www.ijehs.com/article_254985.html L1 - https://www.ijehs.com/article_254985_6a8c46f2c5c2024a15dac171ed8d66cd.pdf ER -