Experience of Perceived Stress and Associated Factors during COVID 19 Lockdown among Hoteliers of Pokhara, Nepal
Akriti Kafle
Department of Nursing, Charak Academy, Purbanchal University, Pokhara, Nepal.
Maginsh Dahal
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School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Sudip Khanal
Department of Public Health, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Kushalata Baral
Department of Public Health, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Sirjana Pandit Pahari
Department of Nursing, Charak Academy, Purbanchal University, Pokhara, Nepal.
Pratikshya Gurung
Department of Public Health, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Nepal.
Raj Kumar Sangroula
Department of Public Health, Little Buddha College of Health Sciences, Purbanchal University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Kabita Pathak
Department of Humanities, Pashupati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Chabahil, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Suraj Baral
Consultant Physician, Galaxy Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal.
Anil Kafle
Department of Pathology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Sreya Paudyal
Department of Psychiatry, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal.
Niru Gurung
Department of Nursing, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara Nepal.
Anjali Parajuli
Department of Nursing, Gandaki Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Pokhara Nepal.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
It is great time to know the psychological consequences and know how hoteliers are coping to it because of Covid19 lockdown. Thus we tried to access prevalence of perceived stress and associated factors among hoteliers of Nepal. A hotel based quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study was done using a structured questionnaire cum interview schedule. The data was recorded in Microsoft Excel sheet, and was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23. A descriptive analysis was done using mean, frequency, percentage and standard deviation. Bivariate analysis was done using Mann-whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis test as the data were non-normal. Significance level was observed at p-value less than 0.05. There was significant relation between stress score and variables like age, gender, marital status, smoking, alcohol, bread winner, sound sleep, family conflict, too many responsibilities, pay loans, pay rent of hotel, other source of income, paying salary, happy with government, lockdown only solution, economic problem and social problems. (p -value <0.05) Male had significantly higher stress than female. Similarly married participants showed significantly higher stress than unmarried. Stress level has been increased among the hoteliers of Nepal due to covid19 lockdown and has affected the tourism sector very badly.
Keywords: COVID 19, hoteliers, perceived stress, Nepal, tourism