Table 2.

Investigation of the Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic by different continents

Psychological disorders	continents	Number of articles	Sample Size	I2 (%)	Egger’s test	Prevalence (95% CI)
anxiety	Asia	13	54,596	99.2	0.136	32.9 (95% CI:28.2–37.9)
	Europe	3	8341	98.8	0.272	23.8 (95% CI:16.2–33.5)
depression	Asia	10	35,688	99.5	0.224	35.3 (95% CI:27.3–44.1)
	Europe	3	8341	99.2	0.104	32.4 (95% CI:21.6–45.5)
stress	Asia	3	2758	96.3	0.229	27.9 (95% CI:19.7–37.8)
	Europe	2	6316	98.5	–	31.9 (95% CI:23.1–42.2)