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Anxiety on the lockdown resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

S. Ajmi ,
S. Hentati ,
R. Masmoudi ,
R. Sellami ,
I. Baati ,
I. Feki  and
J. Masmoudi
S. Ajmi*
Affiliation:
Psychiatrie A, hospital University Hedi Chaker, sfax, Tunisia
S. Hentati
Affiliation:
Psychiatry A, hedi chaker hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
R. Masmoudi
Affiliation:
Psychiatrie “a” Department, Hedi Chaker Hospital University -Sfax - Tunisia, sfax, Tunisia
R. Sellami
Affiliation:
Psychiatry “a” Department, Hedi Chaker Hospital University -Sfax - Tunisia, sfax, Tunisia
I. Baati
Affiliation:
Psychiatry A, hedi chaker hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
I. Feki
Affiliation:
Psychiatrie “a” Department, Hedi Chaker Hospital University -Sfax - Tunisia, sfax, Tunisia
J. Masmoudi
Affiliation:
Psychiatrie “a” Department, Hedi Chaker Hospital University -Sfax - Tunisia, sfax, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Lockdown due to the management of infectious diseases such as corona virus disease affect mental health. We would think that with the end of the lockdown due to the corona virus pandemic, the feeling of regaining freedom and movement would be good for our morale.

Objectives

Through this servery, we examine the prevalence of anxiety symptoms in the Tunisian population face to the end of lockdown.

Methods

The survey was conducted using the online anonymous questionnaires and distributed through social networks from 24 April to 23 May 2020(which was considered the end of the lockdown in Tunisia). It included socio-demographic questions and participants’ experience of SARS-CoV-2related stressful events (A member of your family was suspected of having Corona virus /someone you know had Corona virus‘s symptoms /You were quarantined). Anxiety symptoms were evaluated with the Hospital anxiety and depression scale-anxiety (HADS-A)

Results

Our study included 80 participants: 71.3% female and 42.5% married. The mean age of the participants was 29.30 years (SD = 8.72). The mean HADS-A score was 8.03 (SD=2.938) (maximum=16 minimum=1). Two-thirds of the participants exhibited anxiety symptoms (66.3%) with 1.3 % reported moderate severe anxiety symptoms. Anxiety was correlated with age and gender (p=0.013, p=0.027).

Conclusions

Our results suggest that in this early phase of the COVID-19 lockdown resolution we can already observe its fundamental impact on anxiety.

Keywords

AnxietyCOVID19lokdown resolutiontunusia
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S282 - S283
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