The Quality of Life among Thai People in Covid-19 Pandemic Situation
Keywords:
quality of life, outbreaks, Covid-19Abstract
The situation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in Thailand has broadly affected on the quality of life and well-being of people in social and economic aspects. The aim is to study on the quality of life among Thai people in COVID-19 pandemic situation. This study is descriptive research collecting data from 409 Thai people with ≥20 years old. The samples were randomly selected by using snowball sampling technique. An online questionnaire (Google form) was used and distributed via social network which is considerably suitable for the current crisis. The results showed that the majority of respondents were female (80.44%) with mean ± (SD) age 32.50 ± (8.18) years. The average income was 25,135.92 ± (45,956.64) Thai baht. Overall, Thai population was at medium level for the quality of life with significantly reduced averaged income (Mean difference = 6,102.47, 95%CI: 1,570.08 to 10,634.86, P-value = 0.008). Approximately, 9.05 % were laid off and 70.17% were having stress. The pandemic of COVID-19 has influenced the quality of life among Thai people especially on the mental aspect that causing stress, which is correlated to income reduction and dismissal. Therefore, appropriate training programs for personal hygiene to prevent COVID-19 and mental health promotion are needed to compromise to effect from the pandemic. Moreover, the government should equally support and provide goods to help the people getting through the situation with good health.
References
สุวัฒน์ มหันนิรันดร์กุล, วิระวรรณ ตันติพิวัฒนสกุล, วนิดา พุ่มไพศาลชัย, กรองจิตต์ วงศ์สุวรรณ, & ราณี พรมานะจิรังกุล. (2540). เปรียบเทียบตัวชี้วัดคุณภาพชีวิตของ WHO 100 ตัวชี้วัด. เชียงใหม่: โรงพยาบาลสวนปรุง.
Algahtani, F. D., Hassan, S. U. N., Alsaif, B., & Zrieq, R. (2021). Assessment of the quality of life during COVID 19 Pandemic: A cross-sectional survey from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 847.
Chen, N., Zhou, M., Dong, X., Qu, J., Gong, F., Han, Y., et al. (2020). Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. The Lancet, 395(10223), 507-513.
Daniel, W. W. (1995). Biostatistics: A foundation for analysis in the health sciences (6th ed.). New York: Wiley.
Epifanio, M. S., Andrei, F., Mancini, G., Agostini, F., Piombo, M. A., Spicuzza, V., et al. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures on quality of life among Italian General Population. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(2), 289.
Li, Q., Guan, X., Wu, P., Wang, X., Zhou, L., Tong, Y., et al. (2020). Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia. The New England Journal of Medicine, 382(13), 1199-1207.
Park, K. H., Kim, A. R., Yang, M. A., Lim, S. J., & Park, J. H. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lifestyle, mental health, and quality of life of adults in South Korea. PLoS One, 16(2), e0247970.
Pieh, C., Budimir, S., Delgadillo, J., Barkham, M., Fontaine, J., & Probst, T. (2021). Mental health during COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83(4), 328-337.
Rothe, C., Schunk, M., Sothmann, P., Bretzel, G., Froeschl, G., Wallrauch, C., et al. (2020). Transmission of 2019-nCoV infection from an asymptomatic contact in Germany. New England Journal of Medicine, 382(10), 970-971.
Sohrabi, C., Alsafi, Z., O’Neill, N., Khan, M., Kerwan, A., Al-Jabir, A., et al. (2020). World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). International Journal of Surgery, 76, 71–76.
The Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. (2020). Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Retrieved May 26, 2020, from https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/index.php
Wilder-Smith, A., & Freedman, D. O. (2020). Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. Journal of Travel Medicine, 27(2), taaa020.
World Health Organization. (2020). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Situation report 73. Retrieved May 26, 2020, from https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/331686
Zhang, Y., & Ma, Z. F. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and quality of life among local residents in Liaoning Province, China: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2381.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
