Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down

Background: The pandemic of corona virus disease [COVID]-19 had its great impacts on global health due to the increasing both morbidity and mortality. In addition, being quarantined is linked with high stress levels, insomnia, irritability and trauma-related disorders particularly in vulnerable popu...

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Autores principales:	hanaa Abou elhassan, Heba Abd ElGalil, Omneya Elsherif, Safaa Hamouda, Omaima Aboushady, Nadia Kotb, Amal Saad-Hussien
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Publicado:	Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta) 2021
Materias:	covid-19 perceived stress stress level contributing factors Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8e4e0aca67004bc0afe33ccc5672f0f62021-12-02T19:02:51ZPerceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down2636-41742682-378010.21608/ijma.2021.79373.1322https://doaj.org/article/8e4e0aca67004bc0afe33ccc5672f0f62021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ijma.journals.ekb.eg/article_183086_f84ada78ceb3ce1f693f1b365cb2b848.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2636-4174https://doaj.org/toc/2682-3780Background: The pandemic of corona virus disease [COVID]-19 had its great impacts on global health due to the increasing both morbidity and mortality. In addition, being quarantined is linked with high stress levels, insomnia, irritability and trauma-related disorders particularly in vulnerable populations. Therefore, there is a need to assess accurately and timely the magnitude of psychological health outcomes in those having exposure to COVID-19 pandemic. The Aim: The current work aimed to assess the perceived stress level among a group of Egyptian women and to explore the potential contributing factors for that during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: A cross-sectional survey targeted educated women from different Egyptian governorates, and of different socioeconomic standards. The total sample was 286 women who were recruited by non-probability snowball sampling and through a semi-structured, online questionnaire comprising socio-demographic data, the validated Arabic version of Cohen Perceived Stress Scale 10 [PSS]. Possible contributing factors of the perceived stress due to COVID-19 were also inquired. Results: total females who responded to the questionnaire were 286 with mean age of 46.5± 11.0 years. During the quarantine period, the total score of the perceived stress scale was 17.1±5.37, and both high and moderate levels of stress were recorded among 73.4% of the studied sample. Stress level was significantly influenced by disruptions of social communication with friends and families, "getting basic needs for health and safety are unmet then ", conflicts between mother and her children represented as a load", being younger women [below 50 years], and "feel stressed due to inability for social gatherings". Conclusion: COVID -19 pandemic has its obvious psychological impact on females, and many factors were contributing to such situation, which put the spotlight on the importance of taking these impacts into consideration when designing policies to slow the spread of the pandemic.hanaa Abou elhassanHeba Abd ElGalilOmneya ElsherifSafaa HamoudaOmaima AboushadyNadia KotbAmal Saad-HussienAl-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta)articlecovid-19perceived stressstress levelcontributing factorsMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Medical Arts, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 1671-1680 (2021)
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topic	covid-19 perceived stress stress level contributing factors Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	covid-19 perceived stress stress level contributing factors Medicine (General) R5-920 hanaa Abou elhassan Heba Abd ElGalil Omneya Elsherif Safaa Hamouda Omaima Aboushady Nadia Kotb Amal Saad-Hussien Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down
description	Background: The pandemic of corona virus disease [COVID]-19 had its great impacts on global health due to the increasing both morbidity and mortality. In addition, being quarantined is linked with high stress levels, insomnia, irritability and trauma-related disorders particularly in vulnerable populations. Therefore, there is a need to assess accurately and timely the magnitude of psychological health outcomes in those having exposure to COVID-19 pandemic. The Aim: The current work aimed to assess the perceived stress level among a group of Egyptian women and to explore the potential contributing factors for that during the COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: A cross-sectional survey targeted educated women from different Egyptian governorates, and of different socioeconomic standards. The total sample was 286 women who were recruited by non-probability snowball sampling and through a semi-structured, online questionnaire comprising socio-demographic data, the validated Arabic version of Cohen Perceived Stress Scale 10 [PSS]. Possible contributing factors of the perceived stress due to COVID-19 were also inquired. Results: total females who responded to the questionnaire were 286 with mean age of 46.5± 11.0 years. During the quarantine period, the total score of the perceived stress scale was 17.1±5.37, and both high and moderate levels of stress were recorded among 73.4% of the studied sample. Stress level was significantly influenced by disruptions of social communication with friends and families, "getting basic needs for health and safety are unmet then ", conflicts between mother and her children represented as a load", being younger women [below 50 years], and "feel stressed due to inability for social gatherings". Conclusion: COVID -19 pandemic has its obvious psychological impact on females, and many factors were contributing to such situation, which put the spotlight on the importance of taking these impacts into consideration when designing policies to slow the spread of the pandemic.
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author	hanaa Abou elhassan Heba Abd ElGalil Omneya Elsherif Safaa Hamouda Omaima Aboushady Nadia Kotb Amal Saad-Hussien
author_facet	hanaa Abou elhassan Heba Abd ElGalil Omneya Elsherif Safaa Hamouda Omaima Aboushady Nadia Kotb Amal Saad-Hussien
author_sort	hanaa Abou elhassan
title	Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down
title_short	Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down
title_full	Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down
title_fullStr	Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down
title_full_unstemmed	Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down
title_sort	perceived stress and its contributing factors among a group of egyptian women during covid-19 lock-down
publisher	Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/8e4e0aca67004bc0afe33ccc5672f0f6
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Perceived Stress and its Contributing Factors among a Group of Egyptian Women during COVID-19 Lock-down

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