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, 43–45] * | [36, 39, 43–45] * | [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, 43–45] * | [36, 37] * | N/A |
Nurses | [38, 41] * | [35, 37, 44, 45] * | [35, 37, 44, 45] * | [36, 37] * | [35–37] * | 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] * | [35–37, 45] * | N/A |
Frontline workers | [38, 41, 42] * | [35–39, 41–45] * | [35–39, 41–45] * | [36, 37] * | [35–37, 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] * | [35–39, 41–45] * | [35–39, 41–45] * | [35–37] * | [35–37] * | N/A |
Contact with COVID-19 cases | [38, 41, 42] * | [35–37] * | [35–37] * | [35–37] * | [35–37, 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