In:
Austin Journal of Nursing & Health Care, Austin Publishing Group, Vol. 8, No. 2 ( 2021-11-16)
Kurzfassung:
Rwanda reported its first Covid-19 imported case on 14 March 2020. Psychologists intend to ensure social reintegration of Covid-19 Survivors but little is known on the magnitude of anxiety disorder and effect caused by fearing that outbreak from their families. The present study aimed to determine the level social stigma and anxiety disorder among Covid-19 survivors in Kigali City and cross sectional study design was conducted. A total of 425 Covid-19 survivors participated in the study. Data was corrected by Community Health Workers (CHWs) using structure interviewed questionnaire. Data has been analyzed using SPSS version 21. The study findings show that 50.6% of the respondents were male, 56% of respondents were married, 33.9% had secondary level of education, 67.5% were living with a range of 3 to 5 household members and the mean age of respondents was 37.5 years. Generally, results revealed that 50.1% of respondents presented high level of social stigma and 48.5% shown high level of anxiety disorders. It concluded that discontinued job had greater association with stigma and anxiety disorders and this means that they faced economic related challenges while they were sick and supposed to be confined to their houses. To address this health pattern, researcher recommends the Rwandan government and other partners find solution to people who lost their job due to Covid-19 and continue to provide financial support to the most vulnerable people. Community awareness about mental health problem for early detection and full management within health institutions need an improvement.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2375-2483
DOI:
10.26420/austinjnurshealthcare.2021.1064
Sprache:
Unbekannt
Verlag:
Austin Publishing Group
Publikationsdatum:
2021
