Perceived Stress and its Epidemiological and Behavioral Correlates in an Urban Area of Delhi, India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Pangtey, Ruchira; Basu, Saurav; Meena, Gajendra Singh; Banerjee, Bratati

doi:10.4103/ijpsym.ijpsym_528_18

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“…The four factors explained 62.2% of the variance. Perceived stress yielded three factors and this is consistent with Pangtey et al ( 2020 ) who validated the Hindi version of PSS-10 in the adult urban population of Delhi.…”

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Stress, Sleep and Psychological Impact in Healthcare Workers During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in India: A Factor Analysis

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Background: Risks to healthcare workers have escalated during the pandemic and they are likely to experience a greater level of stress. This cross-sectional study investigated mental distress among healthcare workers during the early phase of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in India.Method: 140 healthcare workers of a tertiary care hospital in India were assessed for perceived stress and insomnia. A factor analysis with principal component method reduced these questions to four components which were categorized as insomnia, stress-related anxiety, stress-related irritability, and stress-related hopelessness. Further statistical analyses were done on these factor scores to identify the predictors and investigate the differences between the different categories of healthcare workers.Result: Doctors had the highest level of anxiety among the healthcare workers. Both doctors and nurses perceived a greater level of irritability than the other HCWs. Compared to doctors and nurses, other HCWs were more likely to experience insomnia. Lower age, higher education, female gender, and urban habitat were associated with greater perception of anxiety. Older age, being quarantined, and single marital status were the significant predictors of irritability. Female gender, single marital-status, and higher number of medical ailments contributed to perceived hopelessness. Quarantine significantly predicted insomnia.Conclusion: Different categories of healthcare workers are experiencing varied mental health problems owing to their heterogeneous socio-demographic backgrounds. Tailored and personalized care, as well as policies, might help in alleviating their problems. Further research is warranted to explore the psychological distress and remedies among these frontline workers during and after the ongoing pandemic crisis.

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“…It includes items measuring reactions to stressful situations as well as measures of stress. The PSS-10 scale has acceptable reliability measures for Indian population (internal consistency-Cronbach's α = 0.731; Spearman-Brown split-half reliability coefficient = 0.71) (Pangtey et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…In this section, we will discuss each of these four factors. Perceived stress yielded three factors and this is consistent with Pangtey et al 25 who validated the Hindi version of PSS-10 in the adult urban population of Delhi.…”

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Mental health of healthcare workers during early phase of COVID19: Variable performance on different factors of stress

Chatterjee¹,

Chakrabarty

Chatterjee³

et al. 2020

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Background: Risks to healthcare workers (HCWs) escalate during pandemics and they are likely to experience a greater level of stress. This cross-sectional study investigated mental distress among HCWs during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Method: 140 HCWs of a tertiary care hospital in India were assessed for perceived stress and insomnia. A factor analysis with principal component method reduced these questions to four components which were categorized as insomnia, Stress-related Anxiety, Stress-related Irritability, and Stress-related Hopelessness. Further statistical analyses were done on these factor scores to identify the predictors and investigate the differences between the different categories of HCWs. Result: Doctors were the most anxious among the HCWs. Both doctors and nurses perceived a greater level of irritability than the other HCWs. Compared to the doctors and nurses, other HCWs were more likely to experience insomnia. Lower age, higher education, female gender, and urban habitat were associated with the perception of anxiety. Older age, quarantine, single marital-status predicted irritability. Female gender, single marital-status, and greater ailments contributed to perceived hopelessness. Quarantine significantly predicted insomnia. Conclusion: Different categories of HCWs might experience disparate mental health problems owing to their heterogeneous socio-demographic backgrounds. Customized and personalized care might prove to be helpful in alleviating their problems.

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“…Our overall mean score (19.08, SD = 7.17) was higher than what was preliminarily reported in Limcaoco et al, 2020 (17.40, SD = 6.40)—a global survey that ended on 1 April 2020. Reported PSS-10 norms prior to the pandemic showed an average score of 12.89 in Germany, 15.81 in Mexico, 19.25 in India, 19.2 in China, 19.79 in UK, and 15.05 in the US [ 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. Compared to normative PSS-10 data, our means showed an overall trend of higher averages in the country-level analyses we report (e.g., Germany and Mexico; we were unable to find pre-pandemic PSS-10 data for Pakistan) [ 12 , 47 , 52 , 53 ].…”

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International Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Stress during the Global COVID-19 Pandemic

Adamson

Phillips

Seenivasan

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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This study reports perceived stress and associated sociodemographic factors from an international sample of adults, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) along with socio-demographic questions were conducted between 8 April 2020 and 11 May 2020. The survey was translated from English into five languages. Recruitment was conducted worldwide using social media. A total of 1685 survey responses were collected across 57 countries with eleven countries (≥30 responses/country) included in the sub-analyses. Overall, the mean PSS-10 score was 19.08 (SD = 7.17), reflecting moderate stress compared to previously reported norms. Female gender was associated with a higher PSS score (3.03, p < 0.05) as well as four-year degree holders (3.29, p < 0.05), while adults over 75 years (−7.46, p < 0.05) had lower PSS scores. Personal care composite score (including hours of sleep, exercise, and meditation) was associated with lower PSS scores (−0.39, p < 0.01). Increases in personal care and changes in work expectations were associated with lower PSS scores (−1.30 (p < 0.05) and −0.38 (p < 0.01), respectively). Lower total PSS scores were reported in Germany (−4.82, p < 0.01) compared to the global response sample mean. This information, collected during the initial period of global mitigation orders, provides insight into potential mental health risks and protective factors during crises.

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Perceived Stress and its Epidemiological and Behavioral Correlates in an Urban Area of Delhi, India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 46 publications

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Stress, Sleep and Psychological Impact in Healthcare Workers During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in India: A Factor Analysis

Stress, Sleep and Psychological Impact in Healthcare Workers During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in India: A Factor Analysis

Mental health of healthcare workers during early phase of COVID19: Variable performance on different factors of stress

International Prevalence and Correlates of Psychological Stress during the Global COVID-19 Pandemic

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