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Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic among Students of University of Shkoder, Albania

Elona Hasmujaj
University of Shkoder, Albania
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Visar Dizdari
University of Shkoder, Albania
DOI icon 10.24018/ejsocial.2021.1.6.157

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Submitted 2021-10-05
Published 2021-11-17

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The main purpose of the present study is to investigate the extent of anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic on university students of Shkoder. Another purpose is to find out the relationship between anxiety symptoms with some demographical variables such as gender, age, level of study, field of study and having been infected or not by coronavirus. Data was collected using the Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), administered online to assess the anxiety level. The sample consists of 175 university students from different Faculties of the University of Shkoder. The results showed that the prevalence rate of heavy anxiety during the pandemic is about 10.3%. T-test indicated that female students are more prone to experience anxiety during the pandemic than male ones. Anova analysis indicated that midwifery students show the highest level of anxiety compared to other fields of studies. But anxiety was not associated with age, level of study or having been infected by coronavirus. These findings are important in detecting the psychological consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in different societies.

Keywords: Anxiety, CDAS, Covid-19, Students.

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