Year: 2022
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 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.
Institutions: Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thammasat University
Language: Thai
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7217321053