Prevalence and Factors Associated with Anxiety Stress and Depression in COVID-19 Pandemic among Employees in a Factory, Sanpatong District, Chiangmai Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence rate and relative factors associated with anxiety, stress and depression on the situation of COVID-19 pandemic among employees in Sanpatong District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. This study was a cross-sectional survey on 385 employees in a factory in the district. Data were collected in May 2021 using COVID-19 anxiety, stress (ST5) and depression (9Q) questionnaires. The factors associated with anxiety stress and depression were analyzed using logistic regression. It was found that most of participating employees were female with a mean age of 33.7 years old (SD=10.2), single, with secondary education, no underlying disease, income less than 10,000 bath per month; and no risk behavior of COVID-19 infection. The prevalence rate of anxiety, stress and depression were 81.4%, 11.7% and 11.4%, respectively. Female was significantly associated with anxiety and stress but not with depression. Married employees had significantly less depression than the single. The employees who had behavior risk of not wearing face mask and had party with friends had significantly less anxiety of COVID-19 infection.