[Anxiety, depression and stress-related disorders in post Covid-19: A Tunisian study].

Objectives: - Our study aimed to assess anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder in post coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and identify associated factors.

Patients And Methods: - Our study is a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study carried out during the period from March 1 to May 15 2021 on patients who were hospitalized and discharged from the Covid-19 unit in the pneumology department at the Hedi Chaker hospital in Sfax (Tunisia). Patients who met all of the following criteria were included: aged 18 and over; having a diagnosis of Covid-19 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and/or by CT scan; monitored at the Covid-19 unit and who their clinical conditions did not require intensive care; survivors after 3 months of leaving the service; and having given their informed and informal consent to participate in the study.

Psychological responses of Tunisian general population during COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: this is the first study assessing the psychological impact on Tunisian general population during the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to assess the prevalence of anxiety, depressive symptoms and insomnia, as well as associated factors.

Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey of 1615 people during March 23 to May 5, 2020.

[Premature birth: a risk factor for maternal depression?].

Premature birth constitutes a major ordeal not only for the child but also the mother. It reveals the psychological capacities of mothers with depressive affects as signs. Hedi Chaker university hospital in Sfax in Tunisia carried out a study on mothers of premature babies.

[Psychological distress in medical and paramedical personnel in anesthesia and intensive care].

Anesthesia and intensive care medicine is considered one of the specialties involving more professional stress (PS). On this basis, our study aimed to assess the level of anxiety and PS in the personnel in anesthesia and intensive care and to identify the associated factors. We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study including 54 participants (38 technicians and 16 residents) working in the Departments of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Habib Bourguiba and Hedi Chaker University Hospitals, Sfax, Tunisia.