Predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 anxiety and coping among different age groups of Egyptian population

Madkor, Omaima R.E.; Zayet, Dalia K.; Abdelhady, Dina H.; AbdulJawad, Passant M.; Elsorady, Khalid E.

doi:10.4103/ejpsy.ejpsy_1_22

Predictors of coronavirus disease 2019 anxiety and coping among different age groups of Egyptian population

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Abstract

Objectives
To determine predictors of anxiety and coping during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among different age groups of Egyptian population.
Patients and methods
A cross-sectional study of 500 participants who completed an online questionnaire for anxiety and coping the following tools: COVID-19 Coping Responses Inventory, Coping Responses Inventory, COVID-19 Life Events−Anxiety Inventory, and the Arabic version of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Correlation between different variables, anxiety and coping related to COVID-19 was evaluated by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Regression analysis was performed to evaluate predictors for anxiety and coping.
Results
COVID-19 Life Events (C-19L) is the most important in predicting COVID-19 related Anxiety (C-19A) as it has value of 0.568 followed by level of education (=0.217), and, monthly family income (=0.140).
Conclusion
This study shows the impact of sociodemographic factors in predicting COVID-19 anxiety and coping among various sectors in the Egyptian community.

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