Al-Obaidy Luma M, Attash Heba M, Al-Qazaz Harith Kh
MSc. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Ninevah 81011, Iraq.
PhD. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Mosul, Ninevah 81011, Iraq.
Pharm Pract (Granada). 2022 Jul-Sep;20(3):2689. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2022.3.2689. Epub 2022 Jul 12.
Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is a health concern that produced considerable psychological and physical health challenges to Health care providers (HCPs) internationally.
This study aims to determine the level of depression, anxiety, and stress after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine among HCPs in Iraq.
A retrospective cross-sectional study design was used in this study. The participants involved were 700 Iraqi HCPs who received one or two doses from COVID-19 vaccines. The questionnaire was designed and brought to them electronically using Google form and distributed by social media. Then mental health status was measured using a specific depression, anxiety and stress scale named DASS-21. Each domain of the DASS scale was calculated for each subject and DASS-21 scores were compared between different demographic groups.
Females represented a large percentage of participants (80%). The majority of participants had a normal level of DASS-21 after receiving the vaccine. Higher scores were obtained among graduated young age groups also among individuals who have side effects associated with the vaccine.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that assesses mental health after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the middle east. The study concluded that HCPs have low DASS-21 scores and this gives us promising results for the use of the COVID-19 vaccine in future.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一个引起全球医护人员重大心理和身体健康挑战的健康问题。
本研究旨在确定伊拉克医护人员接种COVID-19疫苗后的抑郁、焦虑和压力水平。
本研究采用回顾性横断面研究设计。研究对象为700名接种了一剂或两剂COVID-19疫苗的伊拉克医护人员。问卷通过谷歌表单以电子方式设计并发放给他们，并通过社交媒体进行分发。然后使用一种名为DASS-21的特定抑郁、焦虑和压力量表来测量心理健康状况。为每个受试者计算DASS量表的每个领域，并比较不同人口统计学组之间的DASS-21得分。
女性占参与者的很大比例（80%）。大多数参与者在接种疫苗后DASS-21水平正常。在年轻的毕业人群以及有疫苗相关副作用的个体中得分较高。
据我们所知，这是中东地区第一项评估接种COVID-19疫苗后心理健康状况的研究。该研究得出结论，医护人员的DASS-21得分较低，这为未来使用COVID-19疫苗提供了有希望的结果。
