Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers

At the dawn of the new decade of the 20th century, the world was taken aback by the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to study the nature of religious coping of frontline healthcare workers seen through the perspective of gender, socio-economic status, and occupation. Methods: An onl...

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Main Authors: Francis, Benedict, Ken, Chow Soon, Han, Ng Yit, Ariffin, Mohammad Aizuddin Azizah, Yusuf, Mohd Hafyzuddin Md, Wen, Lee Jia, Petrus, Chiara Francine, Chin, Beh Hooi, Gill, Jesjeet Singh, Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim, Said, Mas Ayu
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spelling my.um.eprints.344272022-09-13T08:14:02Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/34427/ Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers Francis, Benedict Ken, Chow Soon Han, Ng Yit Ariffin, Mohammad Aizuddin Azizah Yusuf, Mohd Hafyzuddin Md Wen, Lee Jia Petrus, Chiara Francine Chin, Beh Hooi Gill, Jesjeet Singh Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim Said, Mas Ayu R Medicine RA Public aspects of medicine At the dawn of the new decade of the 20th century, the world was taken aback by the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to study the nature of religious coping of frontline healthcare workers seen through the perspective of gender, socio-economic status, and occupation. Methods: An online-based study was carried out among frontline healthcare workers involved in the care of COVID-19 patients (n = 200). Sociodemographic data form and the Brief Religious Coping scale were used in this study. Results: There were more female healthcare workers (60.5%) and doctors (69.5% vs. 30.5%). Healthcare workers used more positive religious coping than negative religious coping (median score: 22 vs. 9). Positive religious coping was seen more in females (median score: 23 vs. 21, P =.015). Non- doctors applied positive coping more than doctors (median score: 26 vs. 21, P <.001). There were significant differences in positive religious coping scores across income groups, with the B40 group having the highest score (median score: 24). Post hoc pairwise comparison concluded that the B40 group had significantly higher positive religious coping scores than the M40 group. Conclusion: Positive coping was utilized more among female healthcare workers, nondoctors, and the lowest socio-economic group. As prior literature has shown that positive religious coping is desirable and has superior mental health outcomes, our findings show that more effort should be channeled into enhancing positive religious coping, particularly among male healthcare workers, doctors, and the middle and high socio-economic group. Aves 2021-07 Article PeerReviewed Francis, Benedict and Ken, Chow Soon and Han, Ng Yit and Ariffin, Mohammad Aizuddin Azizah and Yusuf, Mohd Hafyzuddin Md and Wen, Lee Jia and Petrus, Chiara Francine and Chin, Beh Hooi and Gill, Jesjeet Singh and Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim and Said, Mas Ayu (2021) Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers. Alpha Psychiatry, 22 (4). pp. 194-199. ISSN 2757-8038, DOI https://doi.org/10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2021.21185 <https://doi.org/10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2021.21185>. 10.5152/alphapsychiatry.2021.21185
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RA Public aspects of medicine
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RA Public aspects of medicine
Francis, Benedict
Ken, Chow Soon
Han, Ng Yit
Ariffin, Mohammad Aizuddin Azizah
Yusuf, Mohd Hafyzuddin Md
Wen, Lee Jia
Petrus, Chiara Francine
Chin, Beh Hooi
Gill, Jesjeet Singh
Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim
Said, Mas Ayu
Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers
description At the dawn of the new decade of the 20th century, the world was taken aback by the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to study the nature of religious coping of frontline healthcare workers seen through the perspective of gender, socio-economic status, and occupation. Methods: An online-based study was carried out among frontline healthcare workers involved in the care of COVID-19 patients (n = 200). Sociodemographic data form and the Brief Religious Coping scale were used in this study. Results: There were more female healthcare workers (60.5%) and doctors (69.5% vs. 30.5%). Healthcare workers used more positive religious coping than negative religious coping (median score: 22 vs. 9). Positive religious coping was seen more in females (median score: 23 vs. 21, P =.015). Non- doctors applied positive coping more than doctors (median score: 26 vs. 21, P <.001). There were significant differences in positive religious coping scores across income groups, with the B40 group having the highest score (median score: 24). Post hoc pairwise comparison concluded that the B40 group had significantly higher positive religious coping scores than the M40 group. Conclusion: Positive coping was utilized more among female healthcare workers, nondoctors, and the lowest socio-economic group. As prior literature has shown that positive religious coping is desirable and has superior mental health outcomes, our findings show that more effort should be channeled into enhancing positive religious coping, particularly among male healthcare workers, doctors, and the middle and high socio-economic group.
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author Francis, Benedict
Ken, Chow Soon
Han, Ng Yit
Ariffin, Mohammad Aizuddin Azizah
Yusuf, Mohd Hafyzuddin Md
Wen, Lee Jia
Petrus, Chiara Francine
Chin, Beh Hooi
Gill, Jesjeet Singh
Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim
Said, Mas Ayu
author_facet Francis, Benedict
Ken, Chow Soon
Han, Ng Yit
Ariffin, Mohammad Aizuddin Azizah
Yusuf, Mohd Hafyzuddin Md
Wen, Lee Jia
Petrus, Chiara Francine
Chin, Beh Hooi
Gill, Jesjeet Singh
Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim
Said, Mas Ayu
author_sort Francis, Benedict
title Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers
title_short Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers
title_full Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers
title_fullStr Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers
title_full_unstemmed Religious coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: Gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among Malaysian frontline healthcare workers
title_sort religious coping during the covid-19 pandemic: gender, occupational and socio-economic perspectives among malaysian frontline healthcare workers
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