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Table 2 Investigation of the Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic by different continents

From: Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychological disorders

continents

Number of articles

Sample Size

I2 (%)

Egger’s test

Prevalence (95% CI)

anxiety

Asia

13

54,596

99.2

0.136

32.9 (95% CI:28.2–37.9)

Europe

3

8341

98.8

0.272

23.8 (95% CI:16.2–33.5)

depression

Asia

10

35,688

99.5

0.224

35.3 (95% CI:27.3–44.1)

Europe

3

8341

99.2

0.104

32.4 (95% CI:21.6–45.5)

stress

Asia

3

2758

96.3

0.229

27.9 (95% CI:19.7–37.8)

Europe

2

6316

98.5

–

31.9 (95% CI:23.1–42.2)