Perceived Level of Stress and Anxiety Among Government Employees on Remote Work Arrangements During COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

As part of the COVID-19 Pandemic, this research seeks to determine the "PERCEIVED LEVEL OF STRESS AND ANXIETY AMONG GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ON REMOTE WORK ARRANGEMENTS." It provided information on the sociodemographic characteristics of the interviewees, including their age, natal gender, marriage status, family status, place of residence, occupation, work level, and employment status. The observed degrees of stress and worry among the interviewees were identified and linked with their sociodemographic characteristics.

The study was carried out in 11 PhilHealth locations in the NCR. A self-administered internet poll using a standardized cross-sectional self-reported form was used. Out of a total of 173 participants, 163 (94.2%) finished the online poll. 43.63 percent of the population was between the ages of 31 and 40. 50.76% of people were female, 50.31% were married, and 50.92% were parents or soon-to-be parents. Between P20,000 and P30,000 was the monthly income for 48.47%. The PSS-10 scale indicator was used in this research to gauge participants' perceptions of stress. With a mean score of 19.51, the bulk of respondents (96.32%) ranked their degree of worry as mild. The GAD-7 evaluation instrument was used to gauge the respondents' degree of anxiety, and the findings showed that the majority of them (49.69%) had moderate anxiety (mean score: 6.83). The felt degree of tension and anxiety and the interviewees' socio-demographic characteristics did not significantly correlate, according to the findings of the Chi-square test for independence, which was used to examine the connection between the factors. Although the findings did not show a substantial correlation between the variables, future study should look into additional factors that might be linked to the amounts of stress and worry described by distant workers. This conclusion, along with previous studies on stress and anxiety, served as a wake-up call for all nations to improve their response plans' and provisions for mental health services and psychosocial support as part of strengthening preparedness, response and resilience to COVID-19 and other future public health emergencies.