ABSTRACT

This cross-sectional study was conducted during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and aimed to investigate how perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 at the early stages of the pandemic is associated with perceptions of stress and accompanying health issues among different population groups. This study found the top five stressors for the sample population: difficulties/problems with work; social media news, emotional problems; non-social media news; and financial issues. The ANOVA test reveals that female respondents were impacted by the stressors at a higher degree than male respondents. This study found that female respondents were impacted by interpersonal stressors (relationships with friends and emotional problems) to a higher degree than male respondents. The ANOVA analysis shows that young adults had higher mean values in the perception of the following stressors during the COVID-19 crisis: emotional problems, family problems, difficulties/problems with work, and unemployment. Learning about how people perceive COVID-19 related stress and its impact on their health, particularly in the pandemic early and the most uncertain stages, can allow business and health professionals to develop targeted interventions for different population groups, including strategies that can influence pandemic preventative behavioural patterns.

摘要

这项横断面研究是在 COVID-19 大流行的早期阶段进行的，旨在调查在大流行的早期阶段感知到的 COVID-19 脆弱性如何与不同人群对压力和伴随健康问题的感知相关联。这项研究发现了样本人群的前五个压力源：工作困难/问题；社交媒体新闻、情绪问题；非社交媒体新闻；和财务问题。ANOVA 测试显示，女性受访者受到压力源的影响程度高于男性受访者。这项研究发现，女性受访者受到人际压力（与朋友的关系和情绪问题）的影响程度高于男性受访者。ANOVA 分析表明，在 COVID-19 危机期间，年轻人对以下压力源的感知具有更高的平均值：情绪问题、家庭问题、工作困难/问题和失业。了解人们如何看待与 COVID-19 相关的压力及其对健康的影响，尤其是在大流行的早期和最不确定的阶段，可以让企业和卫生专业人员针对不同的人群制定有针对性的干预措施，包括可以影响大流行预防措施的策略行为模式。