Investigating stress, depression, and anxiety levels in students at medical universities in southeastern Iran during the covid-19 epidemic in 2020

Psychological problems in the general public and among students become common following epidemic of infectious diseases such as Covid-19. This study investigated rates stress, anxiety, depression factors affecting them during Covid-19 disease at medical universities southeastern Iran. cross-sectional was conducted 2020. A total 390 were selected through convenience sampling from south-eastern Iran (Kerman, Bandar Abbas, Zahedan, Birjand) a sample size. The instrument used this DASS-21 questionnaire to measure depression, stress. Data analyzed using SPSS16 software. mean age participants 21.73±4.03. scores for stress 13.95 ± 10.23, 11.38 08.92, 19.15 09.67, respectively. Overall, 62.56% suffered 62.82% Among demographic variables, education had significant relationship with all three subscales (p <0.001), marital status levels anxiety recognized reason higher Appropriate planning an prevention treatment interventions field mental health promotion seems necessary.