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- Title
Knowledge, attitudes and mental health of sub-Saharan African migrants living in Tunisia during COVID-19 pandemic.
- Authors
Ben Abid, Imen; Ouali, Uta; Ben Abdelhafidh, Louisa; Peterson, Caryn E.
- Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic potentially impacted the mental health of migrants. Our objective was to measure the prevalence of psychological distress among a group of sub-Saharan African migrants living in Tunisia, and its association with knowledge about COVID-19. The Questionnaire of Knowledge towards COVID-19 (QK-COVID-19) was used to evaluate the level of Knowledge about COVID-19. The participants were asked about their attitudes for seeking information and healthcare services related to the pandemic using a multiple-choice questionnaire. The Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL-25)) was used to screen for anxiety and depression. A logistic regression was used to estimate the adjusted odds of having psychological distress across levels of QK-COVID-19 score. Among the 133 participants, 34.6% (95% CI: 26.5, 42.67) had psychological distress, 91% were unemployed and 96% uninsured. Of the respondants, 20% had low QK-COVID-19 score , and 44.36% had medium score. The adjusted odds of psychological distress for those with high and medium QK-COVID-19 scores were respectively 3.9 (95% CI: 1.08, 14.13) and 6.39 (95% CI: 1.79, 22.9) times that of those with low scores. Screening and early treatment of anxiety and depression among migrants during outbreaks is an imperative. Further investigations of the determinants of mental health of sub-Saharan African migrants are needed.
- Subjects
TUNISIA; COVID-19 pandemic; SUB-Saharan Africans; MENTAL health; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; HEALTH attitudes; MEDICAL screening
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2024, Vol 43, Issue 5, p4027
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-023-04607-z