Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Department of Infection Control, Wenzhou People's Hospital, Wenzhou, China.
BMC Public Health. 2023 Apr 28;23(1):780. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15701-z.
Home-quarantine is one of the most common measures implemented to prevent or minimize the transmission of COVID-19 among communities. This study assessed stress levels of the home-quarantined residents in Shanghai during a massive wave of COVID-19 epidemic this year, explored the stress sources perceived by the respondents, and analyzed the association between each of the sociodemographic factors and the stress level.
This online survey was launched during April 23 - 30, 2022, the early stage of a massive wave of COVID-19 in Shanghai, China. Participants were quarantined-residents negative for COVID-19. They were asked to list some situations that were their major concerns and perceived stressful, in addition to sociodemographic and COVID-19 related information. Moreover, they were asked to complete the Perceived Stress Scale-14 (PSS-14) for the assessment of stress level.
A total of 488 valid questionnaires were collected from 192 male and 296 female respondents. Overall, 207 persons (42.42%) presented high stress level (PSS-14 score ≥43). The top three concerns perceived stressful by respondents are "not allowed to go outdoors", "uncertain duration of the epidemic", and "lack of food supply". Fewer than 50% of the respondents perceived the other situations stressful. Higher proportions of young adults (≤ 29 years old), males, unemployed, singles, and those with low income (≤ 1999 yuan/month) perceived high stress compared to their counterparts, none of COVID-19 related factors is associated with the stress level, including location of residence, result of nucleic acid test, knowledge about COVID-19, whether vaccinated, and quarantine duration.
Home-quarantine applied to people negative for COVID-19 led to a lot of major concerns that may be perceived stressful, whereas the virus-related factors did not show significant impact on mental health of the respondents.
居家隔离是预防和最小化社区中 COVID-19 传播的最常见措施之一。本研究评估了今年上海 COVID-19 疫情大规模爆发期间居家隔离居民的压力水平,探讨了受访者感知到的压力源,并分析了每个社会人口因素与压力水平之间的关联。
这项在线调查于 2022 年 4 月 23 日至 30 日在上海 COVID-19 疫情大规模爆发的早期阶段进行。参与者是 COVID-19 检测呈阴性的隔离居民。除了社会人口和 COVID-19 相关信息外,他们还被要求列出一些他们主要关注和感到有压力的情况。此外,他们被要求完成 14 项感知压力量表(PSS-14)以评估压力水平。
共从 192 名男性和 296 名女性受访者中收集了 488 份有效问卷。总体而言,207 人(42.42%)表现出高压力水平(PSS-14 得分≥43)。受访者认为压力大的前三个关注问题是“不允许外出”、“疫情持续时间不确定”和“食物供应不足”。不到 50%的受访者认为其他情况有压力。与同龄人相比,年轻成年人(≤29 岁)、男性、失业、单身和低收入(≤1999 元/月)的人感知压力更大,与 COVID-19 相关的因素,包括居住地点、核酸检测结果、对 COVID-19 的了解、是否接种疫苗和隔离时间,均与压力水平无关。
对 COVID-19 检测呈阴性的人实施居家隔离导致了许多可能被认为有压力的主要关注点,但病毒相关因素对受访者的心理健康没有显著影响。