scholarly journals Occupational stress and stress busters utilized among Saudi dental practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Sami Aldhuwayhi ◽  
Saquib Ahmed Shaikh ◽  
Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni ◽  
Vinutha Kumari Varadharaju ◽  
Amar Ashok Thakare ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Private Practitioners ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Watching Tv ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Abstract Aim: This study aims to assess the stress levels, stress busters (stress relievers), and coping mechanisms among Saudi dental practitioners (SDPs) during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Methodology: Self-administered questionnaire was sent to SDPs via Google forms. Cohen’s stress score scale was used for stress evaluation, and the mean scores were compared based on age, gender, qualification, and occupation. In addition, comparisons of the utilization of stress coping mechanisms and stress busters based on gender, age, and occupation were evaluated. Descriptive statistics were carried out using SPSS (Version 21.0, Chicago, Illinois, USA). Results: A total of 206 SDPs (69% males and 31% females) participated in the study. Male SDPs showed a higher score than females (P>0.05). SDPs around 50 years and above obtained high-stress scores (25±7.4) as compared to other age groups (P<0.05). The occupational level showed higher stress scores (22.6 ± 4.6 than the other occupation groups (P<0.05). The majority of the SDPs used watching TV/mobile/computer (80%) as a stress buster, followed by binge eating (64%), exercise (44%), smoking (32%), do it yourself (DIY-23%), and meditation (17%). Conclusion: SDPs are experiencing stress levels during this COVID-19 pandemic time. Male SDPs above 50 years and private practitioners showed higher levels of stress scores. An overall commonly used stress buster was smoking in males and meditation in females.

scholarly journals Socio-economic Constraints Jordanian Women Had Encountered as a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Coping Mechanisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Aydah M AbuTayeh
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Social Constraints ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Government ◽  
Financial Burdens ◽  
Economic Constraints ◽  
And Coping

This research paper sheds light on what Jordanian women had to endure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic&rsquo;s effects, since the imposition of the full lock-down and shelter-in-place order in March of 2020. The paper primarily aims to identify socio-economic constraints Jordanian women encountered during this period, and to explore the coping mechanisms women had adopted. A total of 480 women had partaken in this study; who were randomly selected from different regions in Jordan. The findings suggest that women had suffered more from social constraints as opposed to economic ones, the foremost of which was directly pertinent to the outbreak. This includes increasing household chores and caregiving work, due to the long time women had to stay home, in addition to the burdens of applying health safety precautions and online learning. As for economic constraints, women had specifically suffered from declining income and&nbsp;increasing financial burdens&nbsp;in general. Statistically significant differences in favor of the lower age groups, families with more children and less monthly income, women working in the government sector, and women residing in the Badia regions have been detected. The findings also indicated that the most prominent mechanisms that helped women cope with the constraints are prayer, participation in the public debate about the pandemic, and self-sufficiency. It was also found that such coping mechanisms are more correlated to economic as opposed to social constraints.

Bereavement Stress and Coping among Older Adults: Expectations versus the Actual Experience

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Caserta ◽  
Dale A. Lund
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Actual Experience ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
And Coping

This investigation compared the stress and coping levels of 108 older adults who recently lost their spouse with expectations of stress and coping reported by eighty-five matched nonbereaved controls. While the bereaved reported moderately high stress levels over two years, their stress scores were lower and their coping scores were higher than what the nonbereaved anticipated their levels would be if their spouse died. The findings are consistent with evidence that is beginning to emerge in bereavement literature that demonstrates resiliency on the part of those who have suffered a loss and that the ability to cope with the loss is often underestimated.

scholarly journals Coping Strategies and Stress Related Disorders in Patients with COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1287
Author(s):  
Liana Dehelean ◽  
Ion Papava ◽  
Madalina Iuliana Musat ◽  
Mariana Bondrescu ◽  
Felix Bratosin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Acute Stress ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Disease Category ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Acute Patients

Patients with severe COVID-19 experience high-stress levels and thus are at risk for developing acute stress disorder (ASD) and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The present study aims to search for correlations between psychiatric response to stress and coping strategies among individuals with acute vs. remitted COVID-19. Ninety subjects with COVID-19 were included in the study, divided into two samples by disease category. Our focus was analysing the perceived stress intensity according to NSESSS and PCL-C-17 scales, and coping strategies with COPE-60. High NSESSS scores were found in 40% of acute patients, and 15.6% of remitted patients had high PCL-C-17 scores fulfilling the criteria for PTSD. We found a negative correlation between stress level and disease category. Acute patients used significantly more engagement and emotion-focused coping methods, but less disengagement types of coping than patients in the remitted phase. Remitted patients under high stress levels are prone to use disengagement and emotion-focused coping strategies. In conclusion, remitted COVID-19 patients experience lower levels of stress and use less emotion-focused strategies, except among those who developed PTSD post-COVID-19 infection, presenting with high-stress levels and using more disengagement and emotion-focused types of coping strategies.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TINGKAT STRES TERHADAP MEKANISME KOPING PASIEN KANKER BERBASIS MANAJEMEN TERAPI KANKER

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 346
Author(s):  
Yesiana Dwi Wahyu Werdani
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Therapeutic Management ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Radiation Group ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Physical Impact ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Management Groups

The management of cancer therapy is useful to improve the survival of cancer patients, but it has a physical impact on various functions of the body's organs. It can lead to stress and affect individual coping mechanisms. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of stress levels on coping mechanisms of cancer patients based on cancer therapeutic management. This study used a mix method design and sequential explanatory approach. The population was cancer patients at the Indonesian Cancer Foundation, East Java Branch, Surabaya. The number of sample were 32 patients taken by total sampling method. The instrument used perceived stress scale and coping strategies inventory short form. The result of ordinal regression test and nagelkerle's pseudo R-Square in chemotherapy group 0.013 and R 0.621, in radiation group 0.016 and R 0.597, in chemoradiotherapy group 0.010 and R 0.737. It means that stress levels has a significant effect on individual coping mechanisms in all cancer therapeutic management groups. On the qualitative results showed that stress and maladaptive coping mechanisms caused by side effects of therapy, financial, relationships with caregiver was less harmonious, less able to think positively. The complexity of therapeutic stressors and the presence of poorly managed of external factors made respondents more likely to have maladaptive coping mechanisms.

scholarly journals Stress Is a Latent Construct: Exploring the Differential Experience of Stress Among Black Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 190-190
Author(s):  
Catherine Garcia ◽  
Alexis Reeves ◽  
John Pamplin ◽  
Uchechi Mitchell ◽  
Lauren Brown
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Chronic Stress ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Stress Exposure ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Stress Burden ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Impact

Abstract While evidence highlights the detrimental health consequences of stress exposure for Black Americans, the impact of stress exposure on health varies by the stressor, individual appraisal and coping mechanisms examined. In this study, we aim to explore the differential effects of chronic stress exposure by means of latent class analysis on mental and physical health. Data come from 800 Black older adults ages 52+ from the 2006 Health and Retirement Study. A set of items that include stress exposure, appraisal and coping were used to assess chronic stress burden on anxiety, depressive symptoms and chronic conditions to identify stress and health clusters. Analysis revealed four subgroups, each demonstrated a typological response pattern with the most pronounced health consequences for high stress exposure, appraisal and few or no coping mechanisms. Results show an alternative approach to examining the stress-health link by using a combined person- and variable-centered approach.

Police Officer Stress and Coping in a Stress-Awareness Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 109861112098416
Author(s):  
Kerry Lynne Edwards ◽  
Yvonne M. Eaton-Stull ◽  
Sarah Kuehn
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Statistical Correlations ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Community Conflict ◽  
Police Community Relations ◽  
And Coping

This study was conducted as controversy and turmoil engulfed police worldwide. Police-community conflict was widespread and conceivably increased officers’ stress levels. Because stress affects officers’ health and job performance, it is important to understand the phenomenon. This study was designed to ascertain officers’ stress levels, coping mechanisms, and perspectives regarding police-community relations, their perceived stress-related needs, and their perceptions of departmental assistance. Participants (N = 128) were police officers across several jurisdictions of various sizes in the northeastern United States. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected; analytic methods included statistical correlations and regression, as well as qualitative, thematic analysis. Results indicated the following: Participants experienced stress across multiple areas; some coping mechanisms predicted higher expressions of stress, as did certain perspectives of police-community relations and years in law enforcement. Participants’ perspectives of their needs and their suggestions for action contributed to data-driven policy recommendations regarding both prevention and symptom reduction approaches.

scholarly journals Resilience and supporting people living with dementia during the time of COVID-19; A qualitative study

Dementia ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 147130122110366
Author(s):  
Kerry Hanna ◽  
Clarissa Giebel ◽  
Sarah Butchard ◽  
Hilary Tetlow ◽  
Kym Ward ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Model ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
External Support ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Social Support Services ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
And Coping

Objectives To explore the different factors of resilience for people living with dementia and unpaid carers, in response to sudden changes in care and lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Unpaid carers and people living with dementia were offered telephone interviews in April 2020 to discuss their experiences since the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were asked about the benefits and challenges of accessing dementia support, as well as coping, symptoms, strategies and impacts. Each transcript was analysed using inductive and deductive thematic analysis by two researchers. Findings Semi-structured interviews from 50 participants ( n = 42 unpaid carers and n = 8 people living with dementia) reported protective and risk factors of resilience concerning (1) communication, (2) adaptations, (3) support networks and (4) lifestyle factors and coping mechanisms. Conclusions Resilience factors considered both organisational factors for external support, along with individual coping mechanisms. Organisations and social support services should consider resilience factors in future service planning, to better support people living with dementia, or caring someone living with dementia, during times of great stress. The ecological model of resilience established from this research refers to resilience during times of unexpected change in the COVID-19 pandemic; however, it could be considered relevant in other periods of high stress within this cohort.

scholarly journals Exploring the Psychological Stress, Anxiety Factors, and Coping Mechanisms of Critical Care Unit Nurses During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaimaa Ahmed Awad Ali ◽  
Samar Salah Eldin Mohamed Diab ◽  
Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Critical Care Unit ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
And Coping

Background: The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) throughout the world leads to a series of modifications of several National Health Service organizations, with a potential series of psychological consequences among nurses.Methods: This study was undertaken to assess the psychological stress, anxiety factors, and coping mechanisms of critical care unit nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-sectional research design was employed, and the convenience sample consisted of 469 nurses working at several hospitals in Saudi Arabia during the period from July to September 2020. This study used the Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Coping Mechanism, and Nursing Stress scale.Results: Interestingly, more than one-third and one-quarter of the studied nurses had severe and moderate anxiety levels, respectively. In addition, the most anxiety-causing factors included providing care for their infected colleagues and worrying about infecting their families. More than one-quarter and slightly less than half of the studied nurses had high and moderate stress levels, respectively. Furthermore, more than half of the participants had low coping mechanisms and one-quarter had moderate coping mechanisms. In addition, there was a strong positive correlation between anxiety and stress levels, and there was a strong negative correlation between coping mechanisms and stress and anxiety levels.Conclusions: Collectively, this study explored the psychological stress, anxiety factors, and coping mechanisms among critical care unit nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in Saudi Arabia. Continuous educational programs for nurses on using coping mechanisms should be developed in combination with teaching preventive measures for defining a psychological intervention plan within a mandatory occupational health surveillance program. This study recommends that constructive planning and necessary provision of supportive measures by the legal authorities and policymakers protect nurses and minimize their psychological stress to fulfill high-quality nursing care.

scholarly journals The Oxytocinergic System as a Mediator of Anti-stress and Instorative Effects Induced by Nature: The Calm and Connection Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrik Grahn ◽  
Johan Ottosson ◽  
Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg
Keyword(s):  
Coping Skills ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Stress Relieving ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Consequent Reduction ◽  
Health Promoting ◽  
And Coping

Ever more research results demonstrate that human health and wellbeing are positively affected by stays in and/or exposure to natural areas, which leads, among other things, to a reduction in high stress levels. However, according to the studies, these natural areas must meet certain qualities. The qualities that are considered to be most health promoting are those that humans perceive in a positive way. Theories about how natural areas can reduce people’s stress levels and improve their coping skills have mainly focused on how certain natural areas that are perceived as safe reduce the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and consequent reduction of cortisol levels. This article discusses studies containing descriptions of how participants in rehabilitation perceive and react to natural phenomena. The common core variable in the analyzed studies was the experience of calm and connection, and this experience was associated with a reduction in stress levels and with being able to develop health and coping skills. We suggest that this experience provides a possible role for the oxytocinergic system to act as a physiological mediator for the positive and health-promoting effects in humans caused by nature. The theory is mainly based on analogies framed by theories and data from the fields of environmental psychology, horticulture, landscape architecture, medicine, and neuroscience. Oxytocin promotes different kinds of social interaction and bonding and exerts stress-reducing and healing effects. We propose that oxytocin is released by certain natural phenomena experienced as positive to decrease the levels of fear and stress, increase levels of trust and wellbeing, and possibly develop attachment or bonding to nature. By these effects, oxytocin will induce health-promoting effects. In situations characterized by low levels of fear and stress in response to release of oxytocin, the capacity for “growth” or psychological development might also be promoted. Such an instorative effect of nature, i.e., the capacity of nature to promote reorientation and the creation of new coping strategies, might hence represent an additional aspect of the oxytocin-linked effect profile, triggered in connection with certain nature phenomena. We conclude by proposing that the stress-relieving, health-promoting, restorative, and instorative effects of nature may involve activation of the oxytocinergic system.

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