MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES: ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND STRESS IN COVID-19 POST-TREATMENT PATIENTS IN BINH DINH PROVINCE IN 2021 - 2022

The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted to: (1) determine the prevalence of anxiety, depression and tension in patients after Covid-19 treatment, and (2) identify related factors. A study on 316 Covid-19 – post - treatment in Binh Dinh province showed that the rates of anxiety, depression and stress in COVID-19 patients who had completed treatment according to the DASS-21 scale were 9.9%, 2.6% and 1.8%, respectively. Anxiety manifestations were mild (3.4%), moderate (5.2%), severe (1%), and very severe (0.3%). Depression manifests in mild (1%) and moderate (1.6%). Stress manifestations are mild (0.5%) and moderate (1.3%). Factors affecting: anxiety: occupational group is health workers, witnessing someone with severe COVID-19/death; depression: age, patient who has witnessed someone with severe COVID-19/death; stress: witnessing someone with severe COVID-19/death, social and lack of family economic support.