High level of perceived stress among essential workers during the COVID 19 lockdown in a Nigerian state
Keywords:
Essential workers, lockdown, High Perceived Stress, Ekiti State, NigeriaAbstract
Background: COVID-19 pandemic caused unexpected socio-economic changes globally. This study determined the prevalence and factors associated with perceived stress among essential workers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study that involved 588 essential workers in Ekiti State, Nigeria during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Perceived Stress Scale was used in the study Chi-square test of statistical significance and multivariate analysis using binary logistic regression were used in the analysis and the level of statistical significance was determined by a p-value of <0.05.
Results: The prevalence of high perceived stress levels among all the respondents, health workers, and non-health workers were 64.1% (63.3-70.6), while health workers and non-health workers had a prevalence of 70.1% (65.5 -73.3) and 56.5% (23.5-38.7) respectively. The majority of the respondents related their sources of stress to inadequate transportation (63.3%), hearing of COVID related news (47.4%), and lack of finance (55.1%). Using Logistic Regression respondent respondents who were not satisfied with the support they received from the government during the pandemic had three fold high stress levels than respondents who were satisfied with the support received from the government [AOR= 3.228, (CI= 1.771- 5.886)]. Furthermore, the odd of the high stress level was one fold increased among male respondents than female respondents [AOR = 1.08 CI= (1.410-6.215).
Conclusion: Stress management is recommended given the high-stress level among essential workers.
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