The distress of Iranian adults during the Covid-19 pandemic - More distressed than the Chinese and with different predictors

Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi; Maryam Mokhtari Dinani; Abbas Nazarian Madavani; Jizhen Li; Stephen X Zhang

The study has certain limitations. First, we conducted this study using an observational cross-sectional survey, so our findings are predictive instead of causal. Second, our sample is not nationally representative, as our focus was to identify for policymakers and potential caregivers who in the population might need more help. Third, even though our sample contained adults who reported having Covid-19, the number of infected cases in our sample is too small, and moreover we suspect they would belong to the majority of Covid-19 infected cases that have mild symptoms, as people with more severe symptoms would not be able to answer our survey. Lastly, the scale has been translated from the Chinese version, which was newly developed in China during Covid-19, and further validation studies are needed on the scale.