Eltayeb Shahla, Badri Alia
Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Saudi Arabia.
Ahfad University for Women, Sudan.
Heliyon. 2022 May;8(5):e09358. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09358. Epub 2022 Apr 30.
During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sudan, women took the heaviest burden in taking care of family health needs. Potential health risks and its ensuing readiness to adopt and comply with public health measures may be especially distressing on women. Mental health challenges involved with modifying health behaviours that adhere to pandemic guidelines are considered following the Stages of Change Model. A total of 498 Sudanese women completed a cross-sectional online survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Khartoum State. A questionnaire was designed to assess the transition within the stages of change towards maintenance to protective behaviours. Mental health status was assessed using an Arabic validated version of the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist for depression and anxiety. Most of the respondents were 40-year university graduate women. Depression and anxiety were low among 75% of respondents. The stages of change indicated that 22% of the women are in the maintenance stage compared to 1% in precontemplation. Anxiety increased significantly with the progression in the stages. The multiple regression equation 2 = .42, (1, 416) = 6.71, = .005 indicated that the preparation stage and action stage has a significant effect on the maintenance of protective behaviours. The most likely factors to motivate Sudanese women to comply with COVID-19 protective behaviours are the perception of self-efficacy coupled with access to information. The implications may be central to empirically stage-match transition points in the change process as they relate to mental health status.
在苏丹新冠疫情爆发期间，女性承担了照顾家庭健康需求的最重负担。潜在的健康风险及其随之而来的采取和遵守公共卫生措施的意愿可能对女性尤其令人苦恼。遵循行为改变阶段模型来考虑与遵循大流行指南改变健康行为相关的心理健康挑战。在喀土穆州新冠疫情期间，共有498名苏丹女性完成了一项横断面在线调查。设计了一份问卷来评估在向维持保护性行为转变的各个阶段中的过渡情况。使用霍普金斯抑郁和焦虑症状清单的阿拉伯语验证版本评估心理健康状况。大多数受访者是40岁的大学毕业女性。75%的受访者中抑郁和焦虑程度较低。行为改变阶段表明，22%的女性处于维持阶段，相比之下，处于前思考阶段的为1%。随着阶段的推进，焦虑显著增加。多元回归方程2 = .42，(1, 416) = 6.71， = .005表明准备阶段和行动阶段对维持保护性行为有显著影响。促使苏丹女性遵守新冠保护行为的最可能因素是自我效能感的认知以及信息获取。这些影响对于在改变过程中根据经验进行阶段匹配的过渡点可能至关重要，因为它们与心理健康状况相关。
