Sharma Sarita K, Ukey Ujwala U, Rathod Pragati G, Ughade Suresh
Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College (GMC) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Nov;10(11):4102-4109. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_52_21. Epub 2021 Nov 29.
COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown have led to adverse psychological outcomes in general population. Stress is mounting at an unbelievable pace and one gender is taking the brunt more than the other. While it's easy to understand the predicaments of working women and how stressful they are during the lockdown, what escapes the notice is the condition of homemaker women who face a lot of challenges as their workload has increased due to lack of house help. Hence the study was conducted to assess anxiety and stress related to problems arising out of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown among Indian women.
Cross-sectional study was carried out among women across India using snowball sampling technique. Data was collected by a semi-structured online questionnaire based on GAD-7 and PSS scales. It was done using STATA 10.1 and Spearman's correlation coefficient, Kendall's Tau, etc., were applied.
Majority of study participants mentioned either improvement or no change in their personal relations. Anxiety was present in 55.97% and moderate stress in 90.53% of the female participants. Mean GAD and PSS scores were 5.91 and 21.91 respectively. Anxiety and stress were found to be significantly related to getting help in the household work and occupational status. Watching movies and trying different recipes were the main destressors.
More than half of the women are having anxiety and almost all have some form of stress due to COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown.
新冠疫情及随后的封锁措施给普通民众带来了不良心理影响。压力正以惊人的速度增加，而且其中一个性别比另一个性别承受的冲击更大。虽然很容易理解职业女性的困境以及她们在封锁期间承受的压力，但被忽视的是家庭主妇的状况，由于缺乏家政帮助，她们的工作量增加，面临着诸多挑战。因此，开展了这项研究，以评估印度女性因新冠疫情及随后的封锁而产生的焦虑和压力。
采用雪球抽样技术，对印度各地的女性进行了横断面研究。通过基于广泛性焦虑障碍-7（GAD-7）和压力感知量表（PSS）的半结构化在线问卷收集数据。使用STATA 10.1进行分析，并应用了斯皮尔曼相关系数、肯德尔秩相关系数等。
大多数研究参与者表示个人关系有所改善或没有变化。55.97%的女性参与者存在焦虑，90.53%的女性参与者有中度压力。GAD和PSS的平均得分分别为5.91和21.91。焦虑和压力与家务获得帮助情况及职业状况显著相关。看电影和尝试不同食谱是主要的减压方式。
超过一半的女性因新冠疫情及随后的封锁而产生焦虑，几乎所有女性都有某种形式的压力。
