COVID-19 pandemic related excessive electronic media exposure and mental health in Saudi Arabia

Alnohair S., Syed N. K., Ahmed H. G., Sharaf F., Alshehri F., Haque S., ...More

EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.25, no.22, pp.6941-6958, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 22
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.26355/eurrev_202111_27243
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.6941-6958
  • Keywords: COVID-19 restrictions, Pandemic-related news, Electronic media exposure, Perceived stress, Depression, Generalized anxiety, ANXIETY DISORDERS, CARE, POPULATION, LONELINESS, QUARANTINE, 2019-NCOV, SYMPTOMS, OUTBREAK, SUICIDES, QUALITY
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Due to the continued spread of COVID-19 and the emergence of novel mutated viral variants, families all over the world are experiencing wide-ranging stress-ors that threaten not only their financial well-being but also their physical and mental health. The present study assessed the association between excessive electronic media exposure of pandemic-related news and mental health of the residents of Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia. The present study also assessed the prevalence of perceived stress, fear of COVID-19, anxiety, depression, and loneliness due to COVID-19-related restrictions in the same population.