Ayatollah Fathi, Solmaz Sadeghi, Ali Akbar Maleki Rad, Saeed Sharifi Rahnmo, Hossein Rostami, Karim Abdolmohammadi,
Volume 26, Issue 3 (12-2020)
Abstract
Objectives: The most critical issue that the young generation faces is cyberspace, which has increased irrationally with the coronavirus outbreak. The present study aimed to identify cyberspace’s role in lifestyle, promoting health, and coronary anxiety in young people.
Methods: The research method is descriptive post-event. The community included all undergraduate students of Tabriz Azad University, of which 307 people participated in the study through an online call answer to a Researcher-Made Questionnaires, which designed to measure the use of cyberspace, Corona Anxiety Questionnaire and the Lifestyle Promoters. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance and Post Hoc test.
Results: The findings show the components of lifestyle promoting health, subscales of spiritual growth (P=0.001), responsibility (P=0.016), interpersonal relationships (p=0.033), exercise (P=0.009) as well as the overall score of lifestyle (P=0.001); And one of the components of Corona Anxiety is a subscale of psychological symptoms (P=0.001) and also the total score of Corona Anxiety (P=0.001) in groups related to the use of cyberspace is significant, And students who spent more than four hours using cyberspace scored lower on health-promoting lifestyles and higher on coronary anxiety components.
Conclusion: The excessive use of cyberspace has played a negative role in improving the health of students. Excessive and very little use of cyberspace also increases students’ anxiety, and in this regard, it is suggested that students manage the use of virtual social networks.
Mehrdad Kazemzadeh Atoofi, Nazila Rezaei, Farzad Kompani, Fatemeh Shirzad, Shirin Djalalinia,
Volume 26, Issue 3 (12-2020)
Abstract
Objectives: After the outbreak of a new viral disease in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, COVID-19 in a very short time and rapidly became a global pandemic. Through a systematic review, the present paper investigated the requirements of Mental Health Services during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted through PubMed and NLM Gateway (for MEDLINE), Institute of Scientific Information (ISI), and Scopus. PsychINFO and CINAHL data banks were also searched. The primary roots for the development of the search strategy developed based on the keywords of “Covid”, “mental health”, “care”, “services”. All relevant studies were included without any limitation of publication time or the papers’ language as it was not possible to conduct a formal systematic review given the nature of the publications. Instead, it was decided to conduct a mixed systematic and complementary narrative review covering different interested domains.
Results: Out of 80 papers, after excluding duplications, 58 articles were selected for the refinement process. Three refining steps based on the titles, abstracts, and full texts led to data extraction from 4 eligible papers. Considering the importance of the problem, related findings, key points, and research findings were summarized and presented in terms of critical components of infrastructure and resources, including policy for at-risk groups, different approaches to mental health service delivery, indirect contexts for mental health service delivery, follow-up attitudes, and complementary research. The results of the study indicate that many studies considered the consequences of physical aspects and diagnostic symptoms. Thus, aspects of mental health have been either less focused or even neglected. In mental health consequences, immediate attention and intensive programs to assess mental health, preparation for support and treatment, and prevention services are emphasized.
Conclusion: During the implementation of mental health interventions, to improve services and to consider the limitations and challenges of implementing programs, it is necessary to pay attention to the attitudes of target groups and their preferences.
Soroush Zolghadri, Majid Hadavi, Hadi Bahrami Ehsan,
Volume 30, Issue 1 (7-2024)
Abstract
Objectives Several studies have examined the prevalence of depression in Iran, mainly before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a lack of information regarding the rate of depression in the post-covid era. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the prevalence of depression among people aged ≥15 years in Iran and find the associated demographic and socio-economic factors in the post-COVID era.
Methods This is a descriptive-analytical population-based study that was conducted from February to April 2023 on 2,892 Iranian people ≥15 years, who were selected using proportional stratified sampling method. The patient health questionnaire (PHQ-2) was administered through telephone interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, and multiple logistic regression analysis in SPSS software , version 21 and R software.
Results The mean age of respondents was 43.6 years (42.6 for women and 44.7 for men). In total, 42.1% of the respondents had major depressive disorder (39.6% males and 44.6% females with mean scores of 2.25±1.83 and 2.52±1.71, respectively). Based on the results of multiple regression analysis, age 25-40 (OR=1.39, 95% CI: 0.99-1.96), being single (OR=1.51, 95% CI: 1.15-1.98), being widowed/widower (OR=1.50, 95% CI: 1.06-2.12), being divorced (OR=1.67, 95% CI: 1.07-2.62), and unemployment (OR=1.50, 95% CI: 1.09-2.05) were associated with a greater likelihood of depression, while having an academic education (OR=0.65, 95% CI: 0.50-0.84) and being a homeowner (OR=0.74, 95% CI: 0.62-0.88) were associated with a lower likelihood. The results showed no significant association between depression prevalence and the factors of place of residence (urban/rural), gender, or income level.
Conclusion There is a relatively high prevalence of depression in the post-COVID era in Iran. Some demographic and socio-economic factors play a significant role in the prevalence of depression, which underscores the importance of considering a wide range of factors influencing depression in mental health policy-making and interventions for Iranian people.
