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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychiatry
Sec. Adolescent and Young Adult Psychiatry
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1489292
This article is part of the Research Topic Mental Health Challenges in Health Professions Education View all 3 articles

The Evaluation Of Depressive, Anxiety Symptoms And Sleep Disturbance In College Students Post-Pandemic Era Across UAE: A Multicentric Survey

Provisionally accepted
Fathima Firoz Fathima Firoz *Ammar Ali Saleh Jaber Ammar Ali Saleh Jaber
  • Dubai Pharmacy College, Al Mizhar, United Arab Emirates

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    The COVID-19 epidemic has had a significant worldwide impact, requiring measures such as quarantine, social isolation, and the closing down of educational institutions, increasing concerns about student safety. This study evaluated the mental health and sleep status of 201 college students in the UAE after the epidemic. The sample consisted primarily of females (72.1%) and students aged 21-23 years (42.3%), with the majority residing in Dubai (62.7%). The findings revealed unsettling levels of insomnia risk and significant gender variations in emotional states, with females displaying higher degrees of distress. These findings underscore the negative consequences of the pandemic on student well-being and the importance of having access to mental health care, as well as calling for specialized treatments to address the individual needs of various student groups.

    Keywords: COVID-19 epidemic, Mental Health, Sleep status, insomnia risk, Deppresion

    Received: 31 Aug 2024; Accepted: 17 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Firoz and Jaber. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Fathima Firoz, Dubai Pharmacy College, Al Mizhar, United Arab Emirates

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