Results
In this study, 180 participants responded to the questioner, of which,
67 (37.2%) were males and 113 (62.8%) were females. The majority were
singles (97.8%), and (83.3%) of them lived with their families. Only
(14.4%) of the participants were employed, (7.2%) were smokers,
(13.3%) had chronic disease(s), and (46.7%) lived with someone with a
chronic disease. Characteristics of the participants, their answers of
YBCOS and Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale with its statements that were
reported to be present before covid-19 pandemic are demonstrated in
(table 1).
We found that (37.2%) of the participants needed further medical
assessment of GAD compared to (47.8%) of the participants who had no
OCD, while only (1.7%) had severe OCD due to covid-19 pandemic.
However, (31.7%) and (18.9%) had mild and moderate OCD, respectively.
According to YBOCS, the mean score of females was (10.9 out of 40),
which was higher than males’ mean score (5.9) (p<0.001).
Senior students had a higher mean score (14.2) compared with other
students. (table 2)
When using Zung SAS, females mean score was (36.2 out of 80) compared to
males who had significantly lower mean score (32.3) (p = 0.001). Smokers
had a significantly higher mean score (40.4) compared with non-smokers
(34.3) (p= 0.007). (table 3)
There were no significant correlations when comparing stimulants (tea,
coffee, mate, and alcohol) with Zung SAS or YBCOS, except for tea with
the latter (p= 0.002,). (table 4)
There was a moderate correlation between Zung SAS and YBCOS scores.
(p<0.001, r=0.517). (figure 1)
We used forward linear regression to regress YBCOS on the relevant
variables that had the p<0.25 in table 2 which were sex,
smoking, academic year, and work. We used the same forward linear
regression to regress Zung SAS scores on the relevant variables that had
p<0.25 in table 3 which were sex, smoking and chronic diseases
in the participants. The results can be found in (Table 5). When using
the same regression to regress YBCOS on the significant finding of table
5 which are sex and smoking while adding Zung SAS scores, we found that
only Zung SAS and sex were significant (p<0.001) and they
R2 of 26.7% and 5.3%, respectively.