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The study was carried out as a detection to determine the levels of anxiety and depression in individuals with COVID 19. The sample of the study was made by 197 patients who were treated in the COVID-19 services of a university hospital in Istanbul between August 2020 and November 2020. The data of the study was collected with the "Signatory Characteristics Form" and "Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADÖ)" In the analysis of the data, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, Chi-Square, Kruskal Wallis tests were given, and identifying statistics were given with an average±standard deviation and n (%) . In the assessments, the meaning level was considered p<0.05 . Results: The average age of individuals involved was 50.1, 47.7 percent were women, and 56 percent were women. Three of them had one and more chronic diseases, 44 percent had not been hospitalized before, and 88 percent had not received psychiatric treatment. The study found that the individuals involved were below the HAD-A 6.70 ± 4.73 cutting point, while the HAD-D 7.13 ± 4.73 and above the cutting point. 20.81 percent of patients were affected by anxiety and 44.67 percent were at a high risk of depression. The HAD-A and HADÖ scores of women were high compared to men (p=0,014, p=0,044), the HAD-A scores of wives were high (p=0,049) and the HAD-A, HAD-D and HADÖ scores of individuals with previous psychiatric diagnosis were high (p=0,000 p=0,032 p=0,001). Result: These findings on mental health and related factors provide information on how to reduce mental health problems through policy-making and implementation on the psychosocial epidemic of COVID-19 pandemic.

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Objective:This descriptive study was conducted to determine the anxiety and depression levels of individuals diagnosed with COVID 19. Material and Method:The study sample consisted of 197 patients hospitalized in the COVID-19 wards of a university hospital in Istanbul between August 2020 and November 2020. Data were collected using a "Descriptive Characteristics Form" and "Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)." Data were analyzed via Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon, Chi-Square, Kruskal Wallis tests, and descriptive statistics. The significance level in the evaluations was accepted as p <0.05. Results:The average age of the individuals was 50.1, 47.7% of the participants were women, 56.3% had one or more chronic diseases, 44% had not been hospitalized before, and 88% had not received psychiatric treatment. The individuals included in the study were found to have HAD-A below the cut-off point of 6.70 ± 4.73, while HAD-D was 7.13 ± 4.73 above the cut-off point. It was found that 20.81% of the patients had a high risk of anxiety, and 44.67% of the patients with depression. HAD-A and HADS scores of women were higher than men (p = 0.014, p = 0.044), widowed women had higher HAD-A scores (p = 0.049), and individuals with a previous psychiatric diagnosis had HAD-A, HAD-D, and HADS. It was determined that their scores were high (p = 0.000 p = 0.032 p = 0.001). Conclusion:These findings on mental health and related factors provide information on how to reduce mental health problems through policy formulation and implementation on the psychosocial epidemiology of the covid 19 pandemics.