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. 2022 Dec 1;10:284. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00998-z

Table 4.

Studies showing risk factors associated with psychological disorders

Variables PTSD Anxiety Depression Insomnia Stress General psychological disorders
Age [38, 41, 42] * [36] * N/A N/A [36] * [36] *
Female Gender [38, 42]* [36, 39, 4345] * [36, 39, 4345] * [37, 39] * [36, 43] * N/A
Marital status [38] * [37] * [37] * [37] * N/A N/A
Education [41] * N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income N/A [36] * [36] * [36] * [36] * N/A
Physicians N/A [41, 42] * [37, 43, 44] * [37, 4345] * [36, 37] * N/A
Nurses [38, 41] * [35, 37, 44, 45] * [35, 37, 44, 45] * [36, 37] * [3537] * N/A
Pharmacists [38, 41] * [36, 37, 39, 44, 45] * [36, 37, 39, 44, 45] * [36, 37] * [36, 37] * N/A
Lab. Tech [38, 41] * [36, 37, 39, 44, 45] * [36, 37, 39, 44, 45] * [36, 37] * [3537, 45] * N/A
Frontline workers [38, 41, 42] * [3539, 4145] * [3539, 4145] * [36, 37] * [3537, 45] * N/A
Stigma [42] * [37] * [37] * [37] * [37] * [37] *
Medical illness [42] * [37, 43, 44] ** [37, 43, 44] * [37] * [37, 43] * N/A
Mental Illness [42] * [43, 44] * [43, 44] * N/A [43] * N/A
Lack of PPEs [38, 41, 42] * [3539, 4145] * [3539, 4145] * [3537] * [3537] * N/A
Contact with COVID-19 cases [38, 41, 42] * [3537] * [3537] * [3537] * [3537, 43] * N/A
Poor Social support [42] * [37, 43] * [37, 43] * [37, 43] * [43] * N/A
Living Alone N/A [45] * [45] * [45] * N/A [45]
Living with a family N/A [36] * [36] * N/A [36] * N/A
Infected family member N/A [36, 37] * [36, 37] * [36, 37] * [36, 37] * N/A

*positive association; N/A No association