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Knowledge of complications of Type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients visiting the Diabetes Centers in the Western Region of KSA
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Fahad Almatrafi, Khalid Alshehri, Daifallah Almalki, Thamer Aldajani, Abdullah Alwthainani, Khalid Almatrafi, Faris Almatrafi, Renad Alqurashi, Ghala Almatrafi ,Lama Alkhaldi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95240

Evaluation of outcome of distal humerus fracture fixation by two-locked plates
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Abdul Fatah Abbas Mansoor Haidarah
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95241

Familial Mediterranean fever may actually be a persistent inflammatory process on vascular endothelium all over the body
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Engin Altintas, Atilla Yalcin, Orhan Ekrem Muftuoglu,
Abdulrazak Abyad,Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95242

Assessment of Epidemic and Pandemic Events Preparedness in Ministry of Health Hospitals, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, 2021: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Ahmad Mosa Faqeeh, Abdullah Ibrahim Sabai. Mohammed Ahmed Jahlan, Ahmed Nasser Khayrat, Hussein Ali Azyabi, Abdullah Ibrahim Asiri, Mohammed Ali Azybi, Madi Mustafa Habkor
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95244

Strategies For Enhancing the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care: Addressing Overcrowding and Patients' Length of Stay
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Amal Abdullah Alharbi, Maha Sanat Alreshidi
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95246

Population and Community Studies

Egg Allergy in Jeddah City - Saudi Arabia
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Moufag Mohammed Saeed Tayeb
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95247

Prevalence of childhood obesity, its associated risk factors and parental misperception of their child's actual weight among Saudi children in Yanbu city, Saudi Arabia 2021: A cross-sectional study
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Worood Abdulaziz Alodainy
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95248

Ocular Complications in diabetic children in Aseer region
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Ali Mohammed Al-Amri, Ibarhim Marie Shahrani, Ahmad Saad Al Zomia, Ahmed Falh Alayash, Muath Hussain Alhudaithi, Alhassan Alhussein Almonawar, Abdulaziz Mohammed Asiri, Meshari Hassan Asiri, Saeed Ali Alqarni
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95249

COVID-19 in the Region

Anxiety and coping strategies among COVID-19 patients in Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Shumukh Mohammed Alhejaili, Osama Madani Kiram, Duoaa Seddiq Abdoh, Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95250

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Unusual presentation of tinea corporis skin lesion - A Case Report
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Hanan K. Taha Alshammari, Neelufur Sulaiman Sait
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952502

Original Clinical Research

Contact Lens Use Patterns and Safety Determinants among Adolescents in Western Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed Basheikh
DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.952503

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February 2022 - Volume 20, Issue 2

Anxiety and coping strategies among COVID-19 patients in Medina, Saudi Arabia


Shumukh Mohammed Alhejaili Osama Madani Kiram
Duoaa Seddiq Abdoh Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai

Joint Program of Preventive Medicine Post Graduate Studies, Ministry of Health, Al-Madinah 41311, Saudi Arabia.

Corresponding author:
Shumukh Mohammed Alhejaili
Joint Program of Preventive Medicine Post Graduate Studies, Ministry of Health, Al-Madinah 41311, Saudi ArabiaMobile: 00966530199500
Email: shomookhma@gmail.com

Received: December 2021; Accepted: January 2022; Published: February 1, 2022. Citation: Shumukh Mohammed Alhejaili et al. Anxiety and coping strategies among COVID-19 patients in Medina, Saudi Arabia. World Family Medicine. 2022; 20(2): 93-100 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2022.95250

Abstract


Background: Infectious disease outbreaks cause significant psychosocial problems. Studies have found that any coronavirus-infected individuals, such those with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), may exhibit depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and other neuropsychiatric syndromes. Therefore, this study aimed to measure the anxiety levels and different coping strategies of COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia.

Methods: This observational, analytical, cross-sectional study included 297 COVID-19 patients evaluated between April and May 2020 in Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected from patients directly via telephone calls using a questionnaire. Anxiety and coping strategies were measured using a translated and validated version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced scale.

Results: Most of the participants were male (64.6%), and more than half (59.6%) were Saudi. The mean age was 35 ± 10.6 years (range, 17–63 years). The frequency of patients with moderate to severe anxiety (score > 10) was 55.9%, and the most frequently used coping strategy was religion (7.20 ± 1.35). Anxiety was significantly associated with self-blame, venting, denial, and active coping in the final multivariable analysis.

Conclusion: Moderate to severe anxiety was experienced by 55.9% of COVID-19 patients, and anxiety was associated with self-blame, venting, denial, and active coping. Therefore, increasing awareness of the effects of COVID-19 on mental health, and patient education on healthy coping mechanisms for anxiety management are recommended for the Saudi Arabian population.

Key words: anxiety, coping, COVID-19, infectious diseases, patients, Saudi Arabia

Abbreviations
COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; GAD-7,
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; COPE, Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced; BMI, body mass index







 


 
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