Background: The pandemic of coronavirus disease spreading is impacting mental health globally. Even though the pandemic is challenging for patients, the community, policymakers, as well as health organizations, and teams, the data on COVID-19 and its association with anxiety and coping mechanisms towards infection among community members are currently limited. Thus, the study is intended to assess COVID-19-related levels of anxiety and coping strategies among community members of Bale and East Bale Zones, Southeast Ethiopia.
Methods: A community-based survey was carried out among 634 study participants of Bale and East Bale Zones from June 1 to 20, 2020. The level of anxiety was determined by using the 5-item Coronavirus Scale and the coping strategies were determined by using the 15-item Coping and Adaptation Processing Scale. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect the data. Bi-variable analysis and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to estimate the relationship among the variables.
Results: COVID-19-related dysfunctional level of anxiety was found 95 (16.58%). About 290 (50.6%) respondents were copied from anxiety that occurred as a result of COVID-19. Factors significantly associated with the dysfunctional level of anxiety related to COVID-19 were being an urban resident (AOR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.23, 0.86), those who had no information from TV/radio (AOR=1.76, 95% CI: 1.09, 2.84), and walking a long distance more than 1 hour from the health institution (AOR=0.58, 95% CI: 0.34, 0.97).
Conclusion: COVID-19-related dysfunctional levels of anxiety were 16.58% in the study community. Half of the community was coped with COVID-19-related anxiety. Being an urban resident and walking along distances more than 1 hour from the health facility were the factors that decreased the odds of having a dysfunctional anxiety, whereas respondents who had no information from TV/radio increased the odds of having a dysfunctional anxiety. Accordingly, focusing on these identified factors could improve a dysfunctional level of anxiety in the study community.



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埃塞俄比亚东南部与 COVID-19 相关的焦虑和应对策略

背景：冠状病毒病的大流行正在影响全球的心理健康。尽管大流行对患者、社区、政策制定者以及卫生组织和团队构成挑战，但目前有关 COVID-19 的数据及其与社区成员对感染的焦虑和应对机制的关联仍然有限。因此，该研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚东南部贝尔和东贝尔区社区成员与 COVID-19 相关的焦虑水平和应对策略。
方法：2020 年 6 月 1 日至 20 日，对 Bale 和 East Bale 区的 634 名研究参与者进行了一项社区调查。焦虑程度使用 5 项冠状病毒量表确定，应对策略使用 15 -项目应对和适应处理量表。采访者管理的问卷用于收集数据。采用双变量分析和多元逻辑回归分析估计变量之间的关系。
结果：发现与 COVID-19 相关的功能失调的焦虑水平为 95 (16.58%)。大约 290 (50.6%) 名受访者因 COVID-19 而出现焦虑。与 COVID-19 相关的功能失调焦虑水平显着相关的因素是城市居民 (AOR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.23, 0.86)，那些没有来自电视/广播信息的人 (AOR=1.76, 95% CI : 1.09, 2.84), 距离卫生机构步行超过 1 小时 (AOR=0.58, 95% CI: 0.34, 0.97)。
结论：在研究社区中，与 COVID-19 相关的功能失调的焦虑水平为 16.58%。一半的社区应对与 COVID-19 相关的焦虑。作为城市居民并在距医疗机构超过 1 小时的距离内行走是降低功能失调性焦虑几率的因素，而没有来自电视/广播信息的受访者增加了功能失调性焦虑的几率。因此，关注这些已确定的因素可以改善研究社区中功能失调的焦虑水平。