Assessing Psychological Distress

1 Critical analysis of journal article summary Student’s Name University Course Professor Date 2 Elhessewi, G. M. S., Almoayad, F., Mahboub, S., Alhashem, A. M., & Fiala, L. (2021). Psychological distress and its risk factors during COVID -19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: a cross -sectional study. Middle East Current Psychiatry , 28 (1), 1 -7. 1. Relevance of study question The study question of the research included assessing psychological distress caused by measured placed got Covid -19 control pandemic in Saudi Arabia a nd its risk factors. This question is relevant as it looked to understand how Saudi Arabian residents are affected psychologically during the Covid -19 pandemic. 2. New thing added by the study Yes, through this study, it would be p ossible for the healthcare practitioners to come up with quick intervention and protection programs that improve mental health. Such programs will main ly be developed to assists the general population who are distressed due to the effects of the Covid -19 p andemic. Therefore, the new thing that will be added will be ideas that help practitioners deal with the pandemic's impact . 3. Type of research question The type of research question being asked in this study is descriptive. This is simply because the study was mainly described an already occurring situation. The described aspect includes the psychological distress that the people in Saudi Arabia experience due to the Covid -19 pandemic. 4. Appropriateness of research question The design of the study included a cross -sectional descriptive study. This is appropriate for the research question b ecause it was all about collecting information from people who resided in the Kin gdom of Saudi Arabia during the pandemic. This is a good approach that allows for the appropriate collection of data. 5. Sources of bias An e xtensive review of the literature was done to ensure that the tools for this research were reliable. They utilized the K10 tool to check on the psychological distress recorded by the respondents. To minimize selection bias, the participants are recruited using a convenient, non -probability sampling technique. 6. Orig inal Protocol Yes, the original protocol was followed while performing the study. A research tool was developed with questions in 3 sections. The first section looked at the patient's demographic attributes , the second check on the p articipant's psychological distress. In contrast, the third section looked at factors related to the pandemic that could affect the participants' psychological situation . 7. Test of stated hypothesis 3 No, there are no clear hypotheses stated in this study. Therefore, its execution included the development of question s to assess the participants' demographics, psychological stress levels during the pandemic, and the factors related to Covid -19 that contribute to this psychological stress. 8. Performance of statistical analyses Yes, there was a well -planned and execution of statistical analysis in this study. The statistical software that was used to analyze the data was JMP version 14.2. Descriptive was divided in to frequency tables and Chi -square to get associations between categorical variables. 9. Conclusion and data Yes, the conclusion is justified adequately by the obtained data. It was concluded that COVID -19 caused a significant amount of stress among people residing in Saudi Arabia. The data showed that a third of all participants were stressed about the pandemic. 10. conflicts of interest No, the authors of this study stated that they had no conflict of interest while doing this research. This implies all the ideas and discussion s presented in the paper are free of bias.