The Impact of Anxiety, Psychosomatic Disorders, Stress Trauma, and Socio-economic Family Status on the Mental Health of Indonesian Communities during COVID-19

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of anxiety, psychosomatic disorders, trauma stress, and socio-economic family status on the mental health of the Indonesian communities during COVID-19. Methods: This study used analytic research with a cross -sectional approach. The research was conducted on Indonesian society due to the covid-19 pandemic. The sample in this study was 1,090 respondents taken based on purposive sampling. This research instrument is the iinstrument (scale) for measuring the socio-economic family status and self-reportingquestionnaire-29 for mental health problems. The questionnaire uses google form which is distributed through social media. Respondents were selected based on the complete answers given to the questionnaire. The parametric statistical test s with the type of interval data (numeric) used the Pearson test and multiple linear regression. Results: The results obtain a p-value 0.001, which means that there is a relationship of anxiety, psychosomatic disorders, stress trauma, and socio-economic family status with the mental health of Indonesian communities during COVID-19. Based on multiple linear regression tests , the factors that have a close relationship with mental health are anxiety, psychosomatic disorders, and stress trauma (p-value 0.001 <0.05). Conclusion: Several factors cause mental health disorders , including anxiety, psychosomatic disorders, trauma stress, and socio-economic family status. As the recommendations for health workers, especially nurses, in providing health services to the community, they must be more comprehensive and familiar with client responses to prevent psychological impacts.