Muscat: Men and women aged 40 years and below are most vulnerable to mental disorders, Dr. Nada Bint Abdullah Al-Balushi, a specialist physician and head of the medical rehabilitation department at Al Masarra Hospital said
A statement issued online by Oman News Agency (ONA), said :"A survey has been conducted with 1,580 citizens and residents from different governorates of the Sultanate that showed 30 percent of them suffered from symptoms of anxiety, depression and sleep disturbances for reasons related to the emerging Covid-19, most of them women."
In an interview with the Oman News Agency, Dr. Hamad bin Nasser Al-Senawi, a senior consultant in the behavioral medicine department at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, said: “The research study carried out by doctors from the Ministry of Health concluded that the medical staff working on the front lines is one of the groups most exposed to psychological pressures.”
Through systematic studies from the research published on the mental health of the general public during the Coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Badr bin Ali Al Habsi, a consultant physician and director of Al Masarah Hospital, indicated that the incidence of PTSD and sleep disorders has increased significantly.
Dr. Nada Bint Abdullah Al-Balushi, a specialist physician and head of the medical rehabilitation department at Al-Masarra Hospital, explained that young men and women aged 40 years and under are most vulnerable to mental disorders and that maintaining a positive lifestyle, a healthy diet and regular sleep hours and exercising at a rate of 90 minutes per week are important factors in relieving stress.
