Prevalence and factors associated with stress and depression in COVID-19 pandemic among residents of Tung Seaw primacy care clinic, Sanpathong District, Chiang Mai Province
Keywords:
COVID-19, depression, stressAbstract
Objectives: To study the prevalence rate and relative factors associated with stress and depression in COVID-19 pandemic among residents of Tung Seaw Primacy Care Clinic, Sanpatong District, Chiang Mai.
Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study on 2,030 people who lived in Tung Seaw primary care cluster. Data was collected in June 2020 using stress (ST5) and depression (2Q & 9Q) questionnaires. The factors associated with stress and depression was analyzed using unpaired t-test and chi-square.
Results: Prevalence rate of stress and depression of people in the study were 0.9% and 1.5%, respectively. Sex, occupation, underlying disease, and high potential exposure COVID-19 job were not associated with stress and depression. However, history of traveling to COVID-19 risk area, being quarantine, being patient under investigation (PUI) and having relatives been PUI, were significant associated with depression, but not with stress.
Conclusions: The persons with COVID-19 contact risk were associated with depression. Active surveillance and early intervention for depression should be implemented in the risk population.
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