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dc.contributor.author | Rajapaksha, R.M.N.U. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abeysena, H.T.C.S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jayasooriya, S.P | |
dc.contributor.author | Pushpalal, G.C | |
dc.contributor.author | Dissasnayake, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wijesingha, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Athukorala, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | de Mel, N. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-10T05:05:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-10T05:05:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2021:27(special Issue):56 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1391-3174 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/23873 | |
dc.description | Poster Presentation Abstract (PP06), 26th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 15th – 17th July, Colombo | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Psychosocial-stress for a newly-emerged contagious-disease of the COVID-19 needs to be evaluated. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of psychosocial-stress and associated predictors in the home-quarantine families following the COVID-19 outbreak. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 403 Quarantined adults in Kurunegala district from May to July 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. The suspected index-cases and known patients with mental-health abnormalities were excluded. The GHQ-30, a validated screening tool, was used to assess psycho-social status. The scores were given as 0-0-1-1 for each item in GHQ30, out of which a score of ≥6 was considered as adults under psychosocial-stress. The binary Probit model and multivariate-regression model were used to assess the associated factors.Results: The response rate was 96.5% (n=389). The prevalence of psychological stress was 37%(n=144; 95% CI = 32.6 – 42.4). The probit model shows the likelihood of influence of the factors affecting the prevalence, and the Odds-Ratio was examined. The multivariate-regression model was 2 significant at F (12, 309) = 3.86, R = 12.95 (n=322). The results of the best fitting regression model th depicted that the associated determinants including arrived in Sri Lanka after 10 of March 2020, within 5 days of exposure to a COVID-19 patient, stayed at a quarantined-centre and male-gender were statistically significant (p<0.05) factors of predicting the psychosocial stress. Conclusion: The prevalence of psychosocial stress among the home-quarantined adults following COVID-19 are significantly high and the factors that determine the stress are likely to occur in the significant predictors. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.subject | Stress, Psychological | en_US |
dc.title | Psychological stress and associated factors among adults in the quarantine families following COVID-19 in Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Abstract | |
Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers |
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