Background: The Novel corona virus outbreak was initially reported in Wuhan state of China in December 2019, affecting more than 200 countries. Pakistan reported its first case in late February, Health care workers (HCW’s) have been under immense physical as well as mental pressure owing to the current situation rendering feelings such as anxiety, fear, aggression and sleep disturbances, which could lead to depression, stress and even suicidal thoughts. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 85 HCW’s of PAF hospital to assess the frequency of depression, anxiety, stress and their association with perceived social support among doctors, selected via simple random sampling. A modified Questionnaire consisting of socio-demographic variables and questions from pre-validated questionnaires including DASS 21 and MSPSS was filled online by the participants of this study. Data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 23.0. Results: The study included HCWs with mean age of 28.3 years & 82.4% of them were female. Majority were medical graduates and belonged to Islamabad. Overall, 29.4%, 31.8% and 38.8% of HCWs had depression, anxiety and stress respectively. Doctors with high social support were less depressed, stressed and showed less anxiety than those who had low social support(p<0.05). Conclusion: The study concluded that among the mental health issues under consideration, stress was highest among HCWs and high social support positively affects their mental health.

Background: Corona virus is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2; it has spread in 216 countries including Pakistan. It has been noted in the past that disease outbreaks have significant effects on mental health of the population. With previous evidence of anxiety and depression among student populations, we aimed to investigate frequency of Mental Health and its association with changes in Quality of Life due To Covid-19 Pandemic among undergraduate students in Islamabad Methods: An Analytical Cross-Sectional study was conducted on 227 undergraduate students from Air University, Islamabad, selected via simple random sampling, running from June 2020 through December 2020. A modified online questionnaire comprised of socio-demographic questions along with pre-validated questionnaires including GAD-7, PHQ-9 and the MHLSS, in English, was self-administered by participants of the study. Data was analyzed by using the SPSS, version 23.0. Results: The study included a total of 227 students, including 54.2% females; majority were medical students (57.3%) and 43.6% belonged to Islamabad. Overall, 33.92% participants experienced mild anxiety and depression. Analysis showed that medical students had a greater positive change in lifestyle (66.2%). Positive lifestyle changes led to less degree of anxiety and depression whereas negative and no change led to greater degree of anxiety and depression (p-value <0.05). Conclusions: The Covid-19 Pandemic was associated with a mild to moderate anxiety and depression among undergraduate students in Islamabad. Also, confirmed that the pandemic affected quality of life and mental health of undergraduate university students.