COVID-19: Isolations, Quarantines and Domestic Violence in Rural Areas

Lima, Caio de Lima Augusto de Augusto; Alves, Paula Monikee Rezende; Oliveira, Carla Jaciara Baraúna de; Oliveira, Thaísa Rodrigues Nascimento De; Barbosa, Katricia Beatriz; Marcene, Henrique Cardoso; Oliveira, Stefan Vilges de

doi:10.28991/scimedj-2020-0201-7

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“…Along with the fear of infection to this highly contagious virus, fear of losing beloved ones, the COVID-19 related misinformation spreading, the lack of medical treatment, and the shortage of properly equipped units to treat the patients, the lockdown-related issues (i.e., prolonged home isolation, social distancing, food insecurity, fear of unemployment, loss of income etc.) are being sought to be associated with mental distresses like depression, anxiety, phobia, insomnia, trauma etc ( Ahorsu et al., 2020a , b ; Brooks et al., 2020 ; de Lima et al., 2020 ; Hossain et al., 2020a ; Naser et al., 2020 ; Pakpour and Griffiths, 2020 ; Pakpour et al., 2020a , b ; Rahman et al., 2020 ; Sakib et al., 2020 ; Tasnim et al., 2020 ). But, as the world is being arguably failed to combat with the physical treatments of the COVID-19, the mental health portion is somewhat being neglected or overseeing ( Usman et al., 2020 ).…”

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Exploring COVID-19 stress and its factors in Bangladesh: A perception-based study

Islam

Bodrud-Doza

Khan

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Heliyon

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has aggregated mental health sufferings throughout the entire world. Suicide completions are the extreme consequences of COVID-19 related psychological burdens, which was reported in many countries including Bangladesh. However, there are lack of study assessing COVID-19 related human stress and its’ associations with other relevant factors affecting quality of life in the country, and which were explored in the present study. Methods An online based survey was carried out among 340 Bangladeshi adult populations (65.90% male; mean age 26.23 ± 6.39) by utilizing the socio-demographics, possible human stress due to COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences. Dataset were analysed through a set of statistical tools e.g., T-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's Correlation Matrix (PCM), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Cluster Analysis (CA). Results About 85.60% of the participants are in COVID-19-related stress, which results in sleep shortness, short temper, and chaos in family. Fear of COVID-19 infection (i.e., self and/or family member(s), and/or relatives), hampering scheduled study plan and future career, and financial difficulties are identified as the main causes of human stress. Results of PCM explain the relationship among the factors of human stress, and found economic hardship and food crisis are linked together causes stress of mass people, while hamper of formal education and future plan create stress of career seeker. T-test, and one-way ANOVA illustrate demographic characteristics (i.e., occupation, age, gender, and marital status) have significant effects on elevated mental stress. Moreover, PCA and CA results revealed significant interface among the respondents’ perception and factors of human stress, which matched with the existing scenario of the country. Conclusions Considering the present findings, it is essential to introduce time-oriented policy, and implement care monitoring plans in the country, which may help in managing the pandemic as well as nurturing the public mental health to combat COVID-19 related psychological challenges.

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Exploring COVID-19 stress and its factors in Bangladesh: A perception-based study

Islam

Bodrud-Doza

Khan

et al. 2020

Heliyon

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“…Due to the creation of unsafe health environment and the following the quarantine -staying at home -in order to control and inhibitory of disease, the situation may change in some societies and lead to an increase in social harms and exacerbation of family tensions [2]. The quarantine environment may cause illnesses such as anxiety, stress, depression, boredom, and insomnia [3], and they may resort to sedatives and narcotics to relieve these conditions, and this is likely to lead to an increase the incidence of other diseases.…”

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Letter to the Editor: Prevention of Depression and Psychological Stress by Studying Book in Quarantine Conditions of COVID-19

2020

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With the occurrence pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the World Health Organization and health officials in all countries of the world were forced to comply with quarantine conditions. On the one hand, the stress of this dangerous viral disease, and other hand, staying home for an indefinite period of time does not have pleasant consequences. The announcement of an increase in the number of patients with the disease and the death toll also adds to the emotional excitement. Therefore, to prevent mental and psychological diseases as well as other social harms, people can make it easier and more tolerable of quarantine conditions and issues on the margins of illness, by studying and reading books. Research has shown that studying, especially reading books plays an important role in preventing diseases such as depression and stress. It is difficult to predict when this tragedy will end. But more importantly, the evidence suggests there is a possibility that such cases will be repeated.

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“…20 Several authors have expressed their concerns regarding various other potential alcohol-related problems. These included a possible rise in domestic violence during the pandemic, [21][22][23][24][25] a potential increased risk of harm befalling on children 26 and the link between increased alcohol consumption and suicide, 27,28 as well as with other mental health issues. [29][30][31] Also, the risks of staying at home during quarantine, including a rise in alcohol use, could also lead to an increase of non-communicable diseases to which excessive alcohol consumption is a risk factor.…”

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Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review

Ramalho

2020

Australas Psychiatry

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Objective: To summarise publications reporting on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in a narrative review. Methods: ProQuest, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched for articles published in 2020. This search used two terms: ‘alcohol’ and ‘COVID’. Reference lists of articles were reviewed to identify additional articles. Results: There is growing concern around an increase in alcohol intake and alcohol-related harms. These concerns are related to the impact of excessive alcohol consumption in a person with COVID-19 and/or with alcohol use disorder, as well as with a potential increase in the prevalence of harmful drinking, alcohol use disorder, withdrawal symptoms, intimate partner violence, harm to children, suicide, mental health problems and non-communicable diseases. The need for assessing alcohol use and providing adequate advice during the pandemic have been highlighted. Conclusion: The time for action is now, and all necessary measures to prevent an increase in alcohol-related problems should be adopted. At the same time, healthcare services should also prepare for such potential increase, while adapting to the exceptional circumstances presented by the pandemic, such as physical distancing.

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COVID-19: Isolations, Quarantines and Domestic Violence in Rural Areas

Cited by 29 publications

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Exploring COVID-19 stress and its factors in Bangladesh: A perception-based study

Exploring COVID-19 stress and its factors in Bangladesh: A perception-based study

Letter to the Editor: Prevention of Depression and Psychological Stress by Studying Book in Quarantine Conditions of COVID-19

Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems during the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative review

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