What is it about?
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a new virus. The majority of patients infected with the COVID-19 virus will usually experience light to medium respiratory illness and will recover without getting any special treatment. Since the case became more serious, the Malaysian government has issued a Movement Control Order to beat the coronavirus and protect the country's health systems. However, there are unintended consequences caused by the coronavirus. Besides, it brings different kinds of stress, including physical and mental health risks. The main objective of this study is to examine the level of stress experienced by people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds during COVID-19. Researchers used a quantitative method and distributed a Google Form survey to all social media platforms. A total of 191 people responded to the survey. From the findings, Malaysians are extremely stressed during this pandemic (M = 3.58). Furthermore, the results show that people in the B40 income category are more stressed than those in the M40 and T20 household income categories. The government should take this issue more seriously and assist individuals who are affected by the pandemic of COVID-19.
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Why is it important?
To make people understand the level of stress during COVID19
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations. This article also has collaboration with Saudi Arabia and Indonesia as co authors.
Abdul Rauf Ridzuan
Universiti Teknologi MARA
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This page is a summary of: The level of stress among different household income during Covid-19, January 2022, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0119796.
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