Shuja Reagu

Nahida Nayaz Ahmed,1,* Shuja Reagu,2,* Samia Alkhoori,3 Amina Cherchali,4 Pradeep Purushottamahanti,5 Urooj Siddiqui4 1SEHA Mental Health & Wellbeing Services, College of Medicine and Health Sciences of the United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 2Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar; Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; 3Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 4Viatris Middle East FZ-LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 5Global Medical...

4.1. Prevalence of Anxiety Symptoms In more than one-fourth of the participants, overall anxiety disorder scores were elevated. Several empirical studies have established that anxiety disorders are some of the most common mental disorders that occur during childhood and adolescence. Moreover, many fears and anxieties are considered to be a natural component of the developmental process [,]. It is noteworthy that our anxiety symptoms rates were higher than those observed prior to the pandemic.

Abstract : Attitudes to vaccination arise from a complex interplay of personal and environmental factors. This has been true for the COVID-19 vaccination attitudes too and understanding personal factors would help design immunisation strategies that help in infectious disease control. The five-factor model of personality has been established as a valid construct in exploring individual attitudes and traits.