Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024): Volume 7 Number 1

Screening for psychosocial distress of post‐Covid‐19 among survivors using the self-reporting questionnaire 29 (SRQ-29)

Adinda Putri Lestari (Universitas Padjadjaran)
Aat Sriati (Universitas Padjadjaran)
Henny Yulianita (Universitas Padjadjaran)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Mar 2024

Abstract

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic is still occurring in Indonesia today. This condition can cause psychosocial problems in some post-Covid-19 survivors. The impacts felt by post-Covid-19 survivors include sadness, helplessness, hopelessness, post-traumatic symptoms (PTSD), panic, stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, fear, anger, stigma, and concerns about socio-economic status. Purpose: To determine the psychosocial problems experienced by post-covid-19 survivors. Method: The research method used was descriptive quantitative with the population, namely post-covid-19 survivor patients at the Public Health Center Keranggan. The sampling technique, namely Accidental Sampling, obtained a sample size of (n=101). This research was conducted on post-Covid-19 survivors registered at the Keranggan Community Health Center UPT using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire 29 (SRQ-29) instrument developed by the World Health Organization in 1994 with a validity test of 0.929 and a reliability of 0.796. The data analysis used was univariate. The data collected was (N=101). Results: The results of data processing for 101 respondents showed that there were psychosocial problems among post-covid-19 survivors at the Keranggan Community Health Center UPT with PTSD in 43 people (43%), anxiety and depression in 20 people (20%), and psychosis disorders in 20 people (20%), and there are no people who consume psychotropic substances and drugs. Conclusion: So this research states that as many as 83 people (n=101) at the Keranggan Community Health Center UPT (82.17%) had psychosocial problems after being exposed to Covid-19. Nurses and community health centers need to carry out evaluations, monitoring and outreach regarding psychosocial problems to post-Covid-19 survivors.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

minh

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Nursing Public Health

Description

Malahayati International Journal of Nursing and Health Science is a peer-reviewed journal and provides a platform to publish areas of nursing and health science. The journal also seeks to advance the quality of research by publishing papers introducing or elaborating on new methods in nursing and ...