Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms of primary School Students during the COVID-19 Epidemic attending primary health care center in Makkah Al-Mukarramah at Saudi Arabia 2022
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Abstract
Background:
The outbreak of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) began in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019. The outbreak was sudden and unexpected in most countries. It has spread globally between January and March 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) first declared the outbreak as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. The COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in governments implementing disease containment measures such as school closures, social distancing, and home quarantine. To date, only a few studies have drawn attention to the psychological impact of lockdown on Saudi Arabia children’s depression and Anxiety, home quarantine may lead to families developing a variety of psychological distress, the psychological status of children and their parent during 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Saudi Arabia, also the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) has brought physical risks as well as psychological challenges to the whole world, school students are a special group suffering from both the academic pressure and the threat of the epidemic.
Aim of the study: To assessment the Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms of primary School Students during the COVID-19 Epidemic attending primary health care center in Makkah at Saudi Arabia 2022.
Method: cross sectional study conducted at outpatient clinics who registered in the chronic disease clinic attended primary health care center in Makkah 2022. Sample primary School Students number of students attending in primary health care center . Our total participants were (200 ).
Results: show regarding the age majority of the study groups were in the age 41-50 were (44.0%) the education status, the majority of the respondents had Diploma were (31.0%) regarding the Relatives/neighbors infected with Corona the majority of the respondents answer Yes were (55.0%) regarding the Number of children the majority of the respondents three to five children were (40.0%)
Conclusion: Quite a number of primary School Students suffered from depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 epidemic. Sufficient attentions should be paid, and necessary supports should be provided, to protect the mental health of this special group.COVID-19 has caused increased stress on families, especially children and adolescents who are vulnerable populations. Our results show that the COVID-19 pandemic can affect the mental health of children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia.