School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Sciences, Wallaga University, Nekemte, Ethiopia.
Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Sciences, Wallaga University, Nekemte, Ethiopia.
BMC Psychiatry. 2024 Feb 27;24(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-05587-5.
COVID-19 pandemic causes serious threats to people's mental health, particularly it has huge negative mental health outcomes for adolescents. However, there is lack of studies examining COVID-19-related anxiety among adolescents in Ethiopia. Hence, this study was aimed to examine COVID-19-related dysfunctional anxiety and its associated factors among adolescents in Mettu town.
Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from September 1 to 30, 2020 among 847 adolescents selected by stratified sampling technique. IBM SPSS Statistics Version 26.0 was used for analysis. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were computed. Bivariate and multivariate binary logistic regression analyses were done to identify factors associated with COVID-19-related dysfunctional anxiety. The statistical significance was declared at p ≤ 0.05; and the strength of association was described in terms of adjusted odds ratio.
Out of the total sample, 819 adolescents participated in this study. The mean age of the participants was 14.9 (SD = 2.798) years. The magnitude of COVID-19-related dysfunctional anxiety was found to be 20.9% (95% CI (18.1, 23.9)). The finding indicates that sex [(AOR (95% CI)); (0.724 (0.502, 1.043))], having both parents deceased [(AOR (95% CI)); (2.981 (1.138, 7.814))], living alone [(AOR (95% CI)); (2.363 (1.050, 5.321))], having unemployed mothers [(AOR (95% CI)); (1.943 (1.194, 3.163))], absence of close friend [(AOR (95% CI)); (0.377 (0.225, 0.630))], and medical problem [(AOR (95% CI)); (0.408 (0.278, 0.597))] were significantly associated with COVID-19-related anxiety.
The magnitude of COVID-19-related dysfunctional anxiety was found to be high in the study area. The findings have shown that the likelihood of developing COVID-19-related dysfunctional anxiety was linked to several factors. Provision of continued psychological support for adolescents is extremely encouraged.
新冠疫情大流行对人们的心理健康造成严重威胁，尤其对青少年的心理健康产生了巨大的负面影响。然而，在埃塞俄比亚，针对青少年的新冠相关焦虑研究还比较缺乏。因此，本研究旨在探讨梅图镇青少年的新冠相关焦虑障碍及其相关因素。
这是一项 2020 年 9 月 1 日至 30 日开展的基于社区的横断面研究，采用分层抽样技术在 847 名青少年中进行。采用 IBM SPSS Statistics 版本 26.0 进行分析。计算了频率、百分比、均值和标准差等描述性统计量。采用双变量和多变量二元逻辑回归分析来确定与新冠相关的焦虑障碍相关的因素。p 值≤0.05 表示具有统计学意义；关联强度用调整后的优势比来描述。
在总样本中，有 819 名青少年参与了这项研究。参与者的平均年龄为 14.9 岁（标准差=2.798）。研究发现，新冠相关的焦虑障碍发生率为 20.9%（95%置信区间（18.1，23.9））。结果表明，性别（[比值比（95%置信区间）]；（0.724（0.502，1.043）））、父母双亡（[比值比（95%置信区间）]；（2.981（1.138，7.814）））、独居（[比值比（95%置信区间）]；（2.363（1.050，5.321）））、母亲失业（[比值比（95%置信区间）]；（1.943（1.194，3.163）））、没有亲密朋友（[比值比（95%置信区间）]；（0.377（0.225，0.630）））和医疗问题（[比值比（95%置信区间）]；（0.408（0.278，0.597）））与新冠相关的焦虑显著相关。
研究发现，该地区青少年的新冠相关焦虑障碍发生率较高。研究结果表明，青少年出现新冠相关焦虑障碍的可能性与多种因素有关。强烈建议为青少年提供持续的心理支持。
