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Title: COVID-19-related stress response among adult females: Relevance of sociodemographics, health-related behaviors and COVID-19 contact.
Authors: Milic, Marija, Gazibara, Tatjana, Joksimovic, Bojan, Stevanovic, Jasmina, Lazic, Dragoslav, Stanojevic Ristic, Zorica, Subaric Filimonovic, Jelena, Radenkovic, Nikoleta, Mirkovic, Momcilo, Nestorovic, Vojkan, Ristic, Sinisa, Bokonjic, Dejan, Cakic, Milica, Dotlic, Jelena
Source: Behavioral Medicine. Jan-Mar2025, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p31-40. 10p.
Subjects: Lifestyles, Socioeconomic factors, Psychology of women, Psychological stress, Health behavior, COVID-19 pandemic, Adults
Abstract: Women were more affected than men during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate COVID-19-related stress response in adult women and its association with the relevant socioeconomic, lifestyle and COVID-19-related factors. This research was carried out in eight randomly chosen cities from September 2020 to October 2021. To examine stress, we distributed the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Women also fulfilled a general socio-epidemiologic questionnaire. The study included 1,264 women. Most women were healthy, highly educated, employed, married, nonsmokers who consumed alcohol. The average total CSS score suggested a relatively low COVID-19 related stress), while 1.7% of women had CSS ≥ 100. The mean PSS was around the mid-point value of the scale. Older women, who were not in a relationship, didn't smoke, didn't drink alcohol, but used immune boosters, had chronic illnesses and reported losing money during the pandemic had higher CSS scores. A higher level of stress was also experienced by women exposed to the intense reporting about COVID-19, had contact with COVID-19 positive people or took care of COVID-19 positive family members. In this sample of predominantly highly educated women few women experienced very high stress level, probably due to the study timing (after the initial wave) when the pandemic saw attenuated stress levels. To relieve women from stress, structural organization and planning in terms of health care delivery, offsetting economic losses, controlled information dissemination and psychological support for women are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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