Predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 anxiety and coping among different age groups of Egyptian population | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Psychiatry | ||
| Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2022 PDF (98.65 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_1_22 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Omaima R.E. Madkor; Dalia K. Zayet; Dina H. Abdelhady; Passant M. AbdulJawad; Khalid E. Elsorady | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objectives To determine predictors of anxiety and coping during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among different age groups of Egyptian population. Patients and methods A cross-sectional study of 500 participants who completed an online questionnaire for anxiety and coping the following tools: COVID-19 Coping Responses Inventory, Coping Responses Inventory, COVID-19 Life Events−Anxiety Inventory, and the Arabic version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Correlation between different variables, anxiety and coping related to COVID-19 was evaluated by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Regression analysis was performed to evaluate predictors for anxiety and coping. Results COVID-19 Life Events (C-19L) is the most important in predicting COVID-19 related Anxiety (C-19A) as it has value of 0.568 followed by level of education (=0.217), and, monthly family income (=0.140). Conclusion This study shows the impact of sociodemographic factors in predicting COVID-19 anxiety and coping among various sectors in the Egyptian community. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| aged; anxiety; Coping; Coronavirus disease 2019 | ||
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