PMID- 34831628
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211209
LR  - 20211214
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 22
DP  - 2021 Nov 12
TI  - Perceived Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Stress amongst Staff in a Malaysian 
      Public University: A Workers Survey.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph182211874 [doi]
LID - 11874
AB  - Mental health conditions are a major part of workers' health that predisposes to 
      poor self-motivation for sustaining productivity. This study was aimed to 
      determine the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among staff in a 
      Malaysian public university and its associated factors. A cross-sectional study 
      was conducted among 459 staff from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) 
      between April and June 2019. A questionnaire that consisted of items on 
      socio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, employment description, 
      lifestyle risk behaviors, personal medical history, and symptoms of depression, 
      anxiety, and stress was administered to participants. Descriptive and inferential 
      statistics were conducted using SPSS version 22.0. The prevalence of perceived 
      symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among the respondents was 28.7%, 
      50.1%, and 14.8%, respectively. Over one-quarter (26.5%) of the participants 
      presented symptoms of two or more mental disorders. Women, those aged less than 
      40 years old, and non-academic professionals were more likely to exhibit 
      depressive symptoms, while those with medical conditions that required 
      hospitalizations sustained anxiety symptoms. Perceived stress was more likely to 
      be prevalent among staff with secondary education or less and smokers. Proactive 
      support for staff needs to be offered in sustaining their emotional well-being.
FAU - Manaf, Mohd Rizal Abdul
AU  - Manaf MRA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0813-8376
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Shaharuddin, Muhammad Al-Amin
AU  - Shaharuddin MA
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Nawi, Azmawati Mohammed
AU  - Nawi AM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0009-5244
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Tauhid, Noorlaili Mohd
AU  - Tauhid NM
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Othman, Hanita
AU  - Othman H
AD  - Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Rahman, Mohd Rizam Abdul
AU  - Rahman MRA
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Yusoff, Hanizah Mohd
AU  - Yusoff HM
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Safian, Nazarudin
AU  - Safian N
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5962-3518
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Ng, Pei Yuen
AU  - Ng PY
AD  - Drug and Herbal Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia.
FAU - Manaf, Zahara Abdul
AU  - Manaf ZA
AD  - Dietetic Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia.
FAU - Kadir, Nor Ba'yah Abdul
AU  - Kadir NBA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4439-1221
AD  - Centre for Research in Psychology and Human Well-Being, Faculty of Social 
      Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia.
FAU - Yanasegaran, Kevina
AU  - Yanasegaran K
AD  - Drug and Herbal Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia.
FAU - Basir, Siti Munirah Abdul
AU  - Basir SMA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3754-8136
AD  - Dietetic Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia.
FAU - Ramakrishnappa, Sowmya
AU  - Ramakrishnappa S
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Ariff, Mohd Izhar
AU  - Ariff MI
AD  - Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 
      Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Ganasegeran, Kurubaran
AU  - Ganasegeran K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9480-1815
AD  - Clinical Research Center, Seberang Jaya Hospital, Ministry of Health Malaysia, 
      Penang 13700, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20211112
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anxiety/epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Depression/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Stress, Psychological/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - *Universities
PMC - PMC8623520
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Malaysia
OT  - anxiety
OT  - depression
OT  - stress
OT  - university
OT  - workers
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/11/28 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00
PMCR- 2021/11/12
CRDT- 2021/11/27 01:15
PHST- 2021/10/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/11/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/11/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/11/27 01:15 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/11/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/11/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph182211874 [pii]
AID - ijerph-18-11874 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph182211874 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 12;18(22):11874. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph182211874.