COVID Stress among Nepal Police Officers.
| Autor: | Rajbhandari B; Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal., Tiwari B; Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Nepal Police, Kathmandu, Nepal., Gurung M; Department of Public Health, Nepal Institute of Development Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal., Poudel L; Department of Community Program, Dhulikhel HospitalKathmandu University Hospital, Dhulikhel, Nepal., Adhikari A; Independent Data Analyst and Researcher, Kathmandu, Nepal., Shilpakar O; Department of General Practice and Emergency Medicine, NAMS, Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal., Puri RR; Research Planning and Development Directorate, Police Headquarters, Kathmandu, Nepal., Singh S; Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nepal Health Research Council [J Nepal Health Res Counc] 2021 Sep 06; Vol. 19 (2), pp. 390-395. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 06. |
| DOI: | 10.33314/jnhrc.v19i2.3672 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: In Nepal, the stress factor is exacerbated by a large number of police officers working away from home with less family contact, a hectic work schedule in a pandemic situation, companions suffering from illness and updates on additional cases with rising mortality rates, and a lack of access to Personal Protection Equipment. The main aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of COVID stress among Nepal police officers working during pandemic. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among police officers (n=1526) working during pandemic in Province X Nepal. Semi-structured questionnaire was administered using google form. COVID Stress Scale -36 (CSS-36) was used to assess the stress in officers. Data collection was done after obtaining ethical approval. Data cleaning was done using a python script and then was exported to Ms. Excel for graph analysis. Results: The highest percentage was seen in the xenophobia subscale (24.63%), followed by contamination (20.10 %) and compulsive checking (19.21%). Comparing socio-demographic variables, 18-27 aged groups including male officers and unmarried groups had experienced high COVID stress. Conclusions: Most of the officers feared from the foreigners perceiving them the main source of COVID-19. Fears about getting contaminated related to COVID-19 was also seen high. There is a need to assess psychological issues and provide social support to police officers during this pandemic situation. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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