- Title
- Coping strategies to overcome psychological distress and fear during COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
- Creator
- Elaidy, Asmaa; Hammoud, Majeda; N. Albatineh, Ahmed; Ridha, Fatma; Hammoud, Sabri; Elsadek, Hala; Rahman, Muhammad Aziz
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/199451
- Identifier
- vital:19209
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43045-023-00285-6
- Identifier
- ISSN:2090-5408 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has detrimental effects on both physical and psychological well-being of community people worldwide. The purpose of this research was to determine coping strategies and the factors associated with psychological distress and fear among adults in Kuwait during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Participants with good-excellent mental health perception had significantly lower prevalence of reporting high psychological distress, while those identified as patients as used health services in the past 4 weeks had significantly higher prevalence of reporting high psychological distress. On the other hand, individuals born in the same country of residence, whose financial situation was impacted by COVID-19 had significantly lower prevalence of reporting high levels of fear from COVID-19. Those with an income source, with co-morbidities, tested negative to COVID-19, being frontline or essential worker, reported medium to high psychological distress and had significantly higher prevalence of high levels of fear of COVID-19. Conclusions: Mental health services should be provided in addition to the existing services in primary healthcare settings, so that the impact of ongoing pandemic on psychological wellbeing of people in Kuwait can be addressed. © 2023, The Author(s).
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
- Relation
- Middle East Current Psychiatry Vol. 30, no. 1 (2023), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2023, The Author(s)
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3202 Clinical sciences; 5203 Clinical and health psychology; Coping; Corona virus; COVID-19; Kuwait; Mental health; Psychological distress; Resilience
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