Abdullah Demir

Faculty of Law, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

Publications

  • Research   
    A Brief Communication: Anxiety and Depression Levels in the Staff of a Nigerian Private University during COVID 19 Pandemic Outbreak
    Author(s): Ochilbek Rakhmanov, Abdullah Demir and Senol Dane*

    Introduction: At present, to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the Nigerian government has enforced strict quarantine measures across the country. In the present study, the anxiety and depression levels of academic and non-academic staff and their unemployment relatives of an African university towards COVID-19 during the epidemic outbreak was investigated. Method: Sixty-nine subjects were included in the study. Participants were 49 men and 20 women who were 17-21 years of age. To get their anxiety scores, the questions selected by referencing previous and current epidemic studies were used and Self Reporting Questionnaire, SRQ-20 to collect the data on depression. Results: The anxiety and depression levels were higher in women than in men. Academic staff had lower anxiety and depression scores than unemployed re.. Read More»

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