Research Article
Prevalence and Predictors of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Youth at the Time of COVID-19: An Online Cross-Sectional Multicountry Study
Table 1
Sample characteristics (
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| | Variable | (%) | Variable | (%) |
| | Gender | | Exposed to person with COVID-19 | | Male | 301 (28.5) | Yes | 14 (1.3) | | Female | 756 (71.5) | No | 1,043 (98.7) | | Country | | Am I at risk of being infected with COVID-19? | | Oman | 155 (14.7) | Yes | 437 (41.3) | | Jordan | 335 (31.7) | No | 620 (58.7) | | Saudi Arabia | 121 (11.4) | | | | Iraq | 117 (11.1) | I have been quarantined for 14 days | | UAE | 147 (13.9) | Yes | 288 (27.2) | | Egypt | 182 (17.2) | No | 769 (72.8) | | Level of education | | Do you follow the COVID news? | | 9th | 29 (2.7) | Yes | 980 (92.7) | | 10th | 81 (7.7) | No | 77 (7.3) | | 11th | 22 (2.1) | I know someone diagnosed with COVID-19 | | 12th | 163 (15.4) | No | 982 (92.9) | | University | 762 (72.0) | My friend | 46 (4.4) | | | Family member | 29 (3.0) | | Do you have a mental illness? | My main source of information about COVID-19 is | | Yes | 8 (0.9) | The internet | 685 (64.8) | | No | 1,048 (99.1) | TV | 353 (33.4) | | Friend diagnosed with mental illness | Friends | 19 (1.8) | | Yes | 54 (5.1) | | | | No | 1,003 (94.9) | | | | Family member diagnosed with mental illness | | | | Yes | 45 (4.3) | | | | No | 1,011 (95.7) | | | | Do you have chronic illness | | | | Yes | 91 (8.6) | | | | No | 966 (91.4) | | | | Variable | (SD) | | | | Age | 21.0 (1.7) | | | | Depression score | 13.2 (10.4) | | | | Anxiety score | 7.6 (7.9) | | | | Stress score | 13.4 (10.4) | | | | Use of internet before COVID-19 (hours per day) | 5.6 (3.8) | | | | Use of internet after COVID-19 (hours per day) | 9.7 (5.0) | | |
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