Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected not only the physical health, but mental health of general population.
 Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the anxiety and levels of stress during COVID-among the population of Karachi.
 Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted for the period of 8 months May 2020-December 2020, the required variables were collected on a questionnaire. Data was analyzed and descriptive statistics was applied using SPSS version 21 with 95% CI.
 Results: Out of 450 participants, 45.8% males, 54.2% females. The majority (39.1%) of patients were in group of 51-70 years of age. The levels of anxiety were categories in mild (21.5%), moderate (38.2%) severe (15.2%) and no anxiety (25.1%). The contributing factors in stress and anxiety were the fear (68.3%), panic situation by media (58.5%) and stress due to pandemic (64.2%).
 Conclusion: The pandemic of COVID-19 is a stressful situation which needs a proper management and counselling of community regarding the precautionary measures and guidance to control the psychological parameters.
Highlights
The Novel corona virus (n-COV) was recognized as viral agent causing severe respiratory symptom and rapidly spreading from person to person across the world led to the pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19)
[1] The pandemic of SARS and H1N1 has greatly affected the general population in the past, the unavailability of appropriate treatment, vaccines, and misleading thoughts of the pandemic made the situation worse [2]
The presence of any disease/ infection can be a stressful situation in any community, the findings of the current study carried the initial insights on levels of anxiety and all possible predictors of adult-general populations [9,10]
Summary
The Novel corona virus (n-COV) was recognized as viral agent causing severe respiratory symptom and rapidly spreading from person to person across the world led to the pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19) [1] The pandemic of SARS and H1N1 has greatly affected the general population in the past, the unavailability of appropriate treatment, vaccines, and misleading thoughts of the pandemic made the situation worse [2]. The objective of the study was to assess the anxiety among the general population of Karachi. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the physical health, but mental health of general population. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the anxiety and levels of stress during COVIDamong the population of Karachi. Conclusion: The pandemic of COVID-19 is a stressful situation which needs a proper management and counselling of community regarding the precautionary measures and guidance to control the psychological parameters
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