Table 2.
Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and stress in studies with teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 6).
| Prevalence of anxiety (%) | Prevalence of depression (%) | Stress prevalence (%) | |||||||||||
| Study | Criterion (cutoff point) | General | By sex | By age | Place of performance | General | By sex | By age | Place of performance | General | By sex | By age | Place of performance |
| Li et al (2020) [17] | GAD-7 (10)1 | 13.67 | SF: 13.89; SM: 12.93 | Average age – with anxiety: 36.28 ± 9.06, without anxiety: 36.21 ± 9.02, P = .43. | School: 13.7%; Univ: 12.9% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Zhao et al (2020) [18] | SAS (50)2 | 17.2 | NR | – | All working in schools | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cruz et al (2020) [12] | DASS-21 (NR) and IPT (NR) | DASS-21: 21.7; IPT: 27.6 | NR | – | All working in schools | DASS-21: 28.9; IPT: 28.5 | NR | – | All working in schools | 12.7 | NR | – | All working in schools |
| Evanoff et al (2020) [19] | DASS-21 (10)3 | 10.0 | NR | PR: >40 yrs: 0.53 (95% CI: 0.46–0, 62) | All acting in univ. | 15.9 | NR | PR: >40 yrs: 0, 49 (95% CI: 0.43–0, 56) | All acting in univ. | 12.6 | NR | PR: >40 yrs: 0.46 (95% CI: 0.40–0, 54) | All acting in univ. |
| Godbole et al (2021) [20] | HAM-A (18) | 10.0 | NR | – | All working in schools | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Ozamiz-Etxebarria et al (2021) [13] | DASS-21; T (5)4 M (10)3 | T: 49.4; M/G: 37.2 | SF: 51.7; SM: 40.0 | 23–35: 51.0; 36–45: 56.1%; >46: 42.0% | NR | T: 32.2; M/G: 19.4 | SF: 32.3; SM: 31.8 | 23–35: 31.3; 36–45: 32.0%; >46: 33.2% | NR | T 50.6; M/G: 34.1 | SF: 52.1; SM: 43.9 | 23–35: 49.5; 36–45: 54.5%; >46: 47.9% | NR |
95% CI: 95% confidence interval, DASS-21: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 Items, G = severe, GAD-7 = Generalized Anxiety Disorder tool, IPT = work-related mental health inventory, M = Moderate, NR = not mentioned, PR = prevalence ratio, SAS: Self-rating Anxiety Scale, SF = female sex, T = Total.
1 GAD-7 cutoff point of 10 for moderate or severe anxiety.
2 SAS cutoff point for general, mild, moderate, or severe anxiety.
3 DASS-21 cutoff point of 10 for anxiety, depression or moderate, severe, and extremely severe stress.
4 DASS-21 cutoff point for anxiety, depression, and mild stress.