Perceived stress, stigma, and social support among Nepali health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional web-based survey.

Perceived stress, stigma, and social support among Nepali health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional web-based survey.

Blog Article

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense psychological distress among Health Care Workers (HCWs).HCWs have been stigmatized by people at their workplace and community, fearing that health care L-Leucine workers are the sources of spreading the virus.This study aimed to assess the perceived stress, stigma, and social support of Nepali health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 380 Nepali HCWs.Perceived stress was measured using Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10).The questionnaire related to stigma was derived from a study conducted to measure stigma among HCWs during the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak.

Furthermore, perceived social support was measured by Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3).Associated factors were examined using Chi-square tests followed by Candle Holder Set (Set of 2) multivariate logistic regression analyses at the significance level of 0.05.

This study illustrated that nearly half (44.2%) of the respondents perceived poor social support.Similarly, almost 3% of the HCWs experienced high perceived stress, whereas 87.

6% perceived moderate stress, and 35% of the HCWs felt stigmatized.Nepali healthcare workers experienced perceived stress, social stigma, and social support in various severity levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.COVID-19 emergency is emotionally difficult and where psychological distress can jeopardize outcomes and affect work performance.

Appropriate psychological interventions are needed to promote the mental well-being of the healthcare workers.