Perceived Stress of Quarantine and Isolation During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey

Aims: Understanding of the perceived stress and coping strategies adopted by people is important for contemplating the consequences of a pandemic on mental health of people globally. In this study, we intended to assess the perceived stress status under quarantine/isolation globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This is a multicentre, multinational cross-sectional study that recruited isolated/quarantined individuals suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 to assess the psychological impact of the quarantine/isolation experience by answering a survey distributed online.Results: The study was conducted across 63 participating countries, gaining 1,871 valid responses. There was a higher proportion of female participants in the Moderate to High Perceived Stress Scores (MH-PSS) group compared to the Low Perceived Stress Score group (66.0 vs. 52.0%) and a higher proportion of individuals whose marital status was single had MH-PSS (57.1%). Also, individual's religion (Christian, Hindu, and Muslim), no formal education level, being exposed to a confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patient, being forced to be quarantined/isolated, uncomfortable feeling during quarantine period may significantly increase the risk of MH-PSS (p < 0.05).Conclusions: Many factors can predict stress in COVID-19 pandemic including female sex, being single, religion, no formal education, involuntary quarantine, location and reason of quarantine/isolation, and place of exposure.

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Perceived stress and coping strategies among ICU nurses in government tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Annals of Saudi Medicine ◽

10.5144/0256-4947.2019.48 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 48-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Homood Alharbi ◽

Abdualrahman Alshehry

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Tertiary Hospitals ◽

And Coping

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Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Relation to Body Mass Index: Cross-Sectional Study of 12,045 Japanese Men and Women

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0118105 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. e0118105 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Chisato Shimanoe ◽

Megumi Hara ◽

Yuichiro Nishida ◽

Hinako Nanri ◽

Yasuko Otsuka ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Japanese Men ◽

Men And Women ◽

And Coping

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Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies in Relation to Body Mass Index: Cross-Sectional Study of 12,045 Japanese Men and Women.

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/dyv096.069 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 44 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. i109-i110

Author(s):

C. Shimanoe ◽

M. Hara ◽

Y. Nishida ◽

H. Nanri ◽

Y. Otsuka ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Japanese Men ◽

Men And Women ◽

And Coping

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Level of Perceived Stress and Coping Strategies Prevailing Among 1st year Medical Undergraduate Students: A Cross-sectional Study from South India

International Journal of Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.5530/ijmedph.2017.2.22 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 111-115

Author(s):

Nethra Shakthivel ◽

Vaishnavi M. Amarnath ◽

Farhad Ahamed ◽

Rama Shankar Rath ◽

Ajay Raj Sethuraman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

South India ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medical Undergraduate ◽

And Coping ◽

Medical Undergraduate Students

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Perceived Stress and Coping among Rural Adolescent Girls in India

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0203.091 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

G. Ragesh ◽

C. Sabitha ◽

Dr. A. Anithakumari ◽

Dr. Ameer Hamza

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mental Health Programme ◽

And Coping ◽

Rural Adolescent ◽

Health Programme

A cross sectional study was conducted among 120 adolescent girls from rural area (of Calicut, Kerala), India. Findings showed lesser level of stress but adopted maladaptive coping strategies. Importance of mental health programme in schools and colleges targeting adolescent girls was discussed.

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A Cross-Sectional Study on Perceived Stress and Coping Mechanisms among Children Suffering With Mute and Hearing Impairment

International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ◽

10.21275/v5i1.nov153107 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 1686-1689

Keyword(s):

Hearing Impairment ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Coping Mechanisms ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

And Coping

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Perceived stress and coping behavior among future nurses: A cross-sectional study in West Bengal, India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine ◽

10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_200_19 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 204

Author(s):

Debayan Podder ◽

Aparajita Dasgupta ◽

Bobby Paul ◽

Lina Bandyopadhyay ◽

Shamita Mandal ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Perceived Stress ◽

West Bengal ◽

Coping Behavior ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

And Coping

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Influence of Education Level of Older Patients on Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Medications Listed in Beer’s Criteria, and Unplanned Hospitalization: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lahore, Pakistan

Medicina ◽

10.3390/medicina54040057 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 57 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Muhammad Sarwar ◽

Sadia Iftikhar ◽

Muhammad Sarfraz

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Older Patients ◽

Formal Education ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Education Level ◽

P Value ◽

Potentially Inappropriate Medications ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Inappropriate Medications

Objective: To evaluate influence of education level of older patients on polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) listed in Beer’s Criteria, and unplanned hospitalization. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among older people aged ≥65 years between 1 December 2017 and 28 February 2018. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were employed. Results: Among 385 older patients, 88.8% were prescribed PIMs and 56.4% underwent PIMs associated unplanned hospitalization. Older people were less exposed to polypharmacy or excessive polypharmacy as their education levels increased (no formal education vs. primary vs. secondary vs. tertiary, 74% vs. 69.8% vs. 60.5% vs. 58.1%). Patients having higher education were also accompanied by significantly lower prescription of PIMs (no formal education vs. primary vs. secondary vs. tertiary, 96% vs. 87.3% vs. 84.5% vs. 79.1%) as well as unplanned hospitalization (no formal education vs. primary vs. secondary vs. tertiary, 64.7% vs. 76.2% vs. 40.3% vs. 46.5%). Results of regression analysis revealed that no formal education (OR = 1.202, 95% CI = 1.032–2.146, p-value = 0.003) and primary education level (OR = 1.175, 95% CI = 1.014–1.538, p-value = 0.039) were significantly associated with the use of polypharmacy among older people. On the other hand, no formal education was significantly associated with the prescription of PIMs (OR = 1.898, 95% CI = 1.151–2.786, p-value = 0.007). Furthermore, older people with no formal education (OR = 1.402, 95% CI = 1.123–1.994, p-value = 0.010) and primary education level (OR = 1.775, 95% CI = 1.281–3.018, p-value = <0.001) were significantly more likely to undergo unplanned hospitalization. Conclusions: Patients having low literacy level are more likely to receive PIMs, polypharmacy, and undergo unplanned hospitalization in comparison to highly educated patients. Hence, promotion of health literacy for patients is crucial to overcome these problems.

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