Dua Ahmed Ali Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
mental health
professor in Pathology, Dow medical college
Dua Ahmed Ali working as a professor in Pathology department in Dow medical college in Pakistan. He has published many papers in international journals. and his areas of interest are mental health, psychology
Special Issue Article Open Access
Author(s): Dua Ahmed Ali
Background: The corona (COVID-19) pandemic has become threatened the people all around the world and has impacted the people psychologically. The research data is needed to formulate psychological interventions to lower the anxiety. The aim of the study was to assess the anxiety and stress levels among the general public of Karachi during COVID-pandemic.
Method: From 2020/04/27 to 2020/05/06 we collected data through online survey. Online survey was first disseminated to university students and they were encouraged to pass to other. Mental health status was assessed by the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). Results: This study included 281 respondents from Karachi. In total 37.91% of respondents reported sever to extremely severe anxiety symptoms and 23.13% report... view moreĀ»