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Methods: Anxiety was measured with the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder questionnaire, depression with the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire, insomnia with the 7-item Insomnia Severity Index, and distress with the 22-item Impact Event Scale-Revised questionnaire. Results: A total of 885 respondents answered the online questionnaires. The majority were women (72.8%), married (67.4%), have children (59.3%), and with high education levels (93.2%). The results showed that a high number of the respondents experienced mild to severe symptoms of anxiety (533; 60.3%), depression (659; 47.5%), insomnia (510; 57.6%), and distress (645; 72.9%). The multivariable logistic analysis demonstrated severe anxiety and insomnia among women (OR = 1.71; 95% CI 1.07\u20131.98; p &lt; 0.001 and OR = 2.00; 95% CI 1.78\u20132.35; p = 0.002); severe depression among those under 35 (OR = 2.06; 95% CI 1.97\u20132.44; p = 0.001; and severe distress among non-Saudi respondents (OR = 1.71; 95% CI 1.09\u20131.93; p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions: The results might help in establishing precautionary measures for protecting the mental health of the general population during pandemics.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/bs12100391","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,16]],"date-time":"2022-10-16T21:10:10Z","timestamp":1665954610000},"page":"391","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Risk Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes during the Post-Quarantine Period of the COVID-19 in Saudi Population: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8312-7415","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Soukaina","family":"Ennaceur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Jeddah 11673, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Wuhan Municipal Health Commission (2020, January 31). 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