Prevalence and risk factors of perceived stress on COVID-19 among health care providers in Dilla Town Health institutions, Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background: The Coronavirus belongs to large groups of viruses that cause serious health problems including the mental health of the society particularly the health care providers. Understanding the mental health response after a public health emergency might help health care providers and communities to prepare for a population's response to a disaster.Objective: This study aimed to assess the magnitude of perceived stress and risk factors of coronaviruses disease 2019 among healthcare providers in Dilla, Southern Ethiopia 2020.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 244 samples selected with systematic random sampling technique. Data collection was carried out with validated perceived stress scale adapted from the World health organization. Data were coded and entered into Epi-info Version 7 and was exported and analyzed with SPSS version 20. Crude and adjusted OR were analyzed using logistic regression and the level of significance of association was determined at P-value <0.05.Result: The magnitude of perceived stress of coronavirus disease 2019 among participants was 126 (51.6%). Being at the age range of 25-31 years (AOR=2.5, 95%CI, 1.07, 5.90), nurse professionals (AOR= 7.8, 95%CI 2.15, 27.98) and pharmacist professionals (AOR=4.15, 95%CI, 1.01, 17.06) were variables found to have a strongly statistically significant association with perceived stress of Coronaviruses disease.Conclusion: this indicates that early prevention, early identification and intervention of perceived stress of coronaviruses disease among healthcare providers. Particularly, more stress for the frontline healthcare worker nurses, pharmacists and age ranges of 25-31 years.

Perceived stress and its associated factors among health care providers during COVID-19 outbreak in Ilu Aba Bor and Bunno Bedelle Zones of Oromia regional state, South West, Ethiopia, 2020:A Cross sectional study

“…According to this research ndings magnitude of perceived stress due to pandemic corona virus among health care providers working in Ilu Aba Bora and Bunno Bedelle Zones was found to be 57%. The nding of this study was in line with the study conducted in hospitals of southern nation and nationalities of Ethiopia which was 51.6% with the respondents in their life of the last month (12). Perceived stresses among the participants were bothered by things that were happening very often while some others felt well fairly often.…”

“…This study shows the chance of having perceived stress due to pandemic corona virus among married health care providers is 4.6 times higher as compared to health care providers who were single with (AOR=4.6, CI: 3.51; 9.33). This might be evidenced by those married health professionals worry about catching and bringing Covid 19 virus to their family (12).…”

Perceived Stress Associated with COVID-19 Pandemic in Korem, Tigray, Ethiopia: Community Based Crossectional Study

“…The finding of perceived stress in this study (65.4%) was higher than studies conducted in China (35%) [17], India (19.2%) [18], Colombia (15%) [16], Turkey (52.7%) [19], Dilla (51%) [15] and Bench-Sheko (41.6%) [20]. The discrepancy might be due to the variation in the study subjects in which some study focuses only on the quarantine area (study in India) and health care providers (study in Dilla) whereas, this study focused on the whole population.…”

“…The sample size was calculated using single population formula (n = (z / ) p (1 − p)/d ), where z is the normal standard deviation set at 1.96, with a confidence level specified at 95% and a tolerable margin of error (d) at 5%, considering 10% nonresponse rate and prevalence (p) 51% from a previous similar study in Dilla, [15]. The final sample size for this study was 422.…”

Prevalence of stress, depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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