1.Assess the Level of Stress among the Staff Nurse Working in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital during Covid-19 Pandemic
Muthulakshmi V ; Prithya G ; Vishnu Priya V
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2023;24(no. 1):1-6
Corona virus is a crucial respiratory disease, which impacted the health in both aspects, physically and mentally. High expectations, lack of time, skills, and social support may lead to occupational stress among nurses, which spontaneously causes anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder, distress, and other psychological problems. Nurses may also accompany with somatic symptoms, such as palpitations, nausea, dyspnea, and dizziness. The study aims to assess the level of stress among the nurses at SMCH and association between the level of stress and selected demographic variables of staff nurse in quantitative non experimental approach by descriptive research design. A samples was 50 staff nurse selected using recruited by non-probability purposive sampling technique. A selfstructured questionnaire and Likert 5 point scale was used to assess the demographic data and level of stress among the staff nurses. The results shows that, about 38 (76%) of the staff nurse had severe stress, 5 (10%) of the staff nurse had moderate stress and remaining 7 (14%) of the were of mild stress. The chi-square test also shows statistically significant association between education and level of stress among staff nurses at p<0.05 level. This study concluded that, the corona virus has caused severe stress among the nurses at SMCH.
2.A Study to Assess the Level of Anxiety among COVID 19 Recovered Patient in Community Area
Alfred Solomon D ; Rithika A.M ; Vishnu Priya V
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2023;24(no. 1):1-9
A new strain of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified as the cause by the Chinese authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO). At the time, it was referred to as a coronavirus disease 2019 and is now commonly referred to as COVID-19. Gamil Ghaleb Alrubaiee and associates 2020) coronaviruses are a family of enveloped RNA viruses that get their name from the outer edge of their envelope proteins that look like crowns ('corona' in Latin). The purpose of this study was to determine how anxious COVID-19 recovered patients in a specific community area were. A quantitative strategy with a descriptive study design for the research. Purposive sampling is used to collect 50 samples from COVID-19 recovered patients for this study. The average anxiety score among COVID-19 recovered patients was 26.76, with a standard deviation of 5.76 and a minimum anxiety score of 13.0 and a maximum anxiety score of 40.0. In patients who had recovered from COVID-19, the analysis showed that none of the demographic variables had a statistically significant relationship with the level of anxiety.