Assessment of anxiety and depression among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Thailand during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Wajana Thaweerat; Wannarat Amornnimit Pongpirul; Wisit Prasithsirikul

doi:10.1186/s41983-021-00362-9

Assessment of anxiety and depression among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Thailand during the first wave of the pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Egypt J Neurol Psychiatr Neurosurg. 2021;57(1):106. doi: 10.1186/s41983-021-00362-9. Epub 2021 Aug 3.

Authors

Wajana Thaweerat¹, Wannarat Amornnimit Pongpirul², Wisit Prasithsirikul²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
² Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.

Abstract

Anxiety and depression in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Thailand during the first wave of the pandemic were investigated. Thai version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was chosen as an instrument for evaluation. Thirty-two voluntary participants completed the questionnaire. Three (9.4%) respondents had abnormal anxiety sub-scale scores while no respondents had abnormal depression sub-scale scores. There was no statistical demographic difference between the anxiety and non-anxiety groups.

Keywords: Anxiety; COVID-19; Depression; Psychological tests.