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Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: A nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) was enforced in Malaysia on 18 March 2020 in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Malaysia implemented various public health measures and later raced against time to administer COVID-19 vaccines when they became available. As a result of various...
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BioMed Central
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37280573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15892-5 |
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author | Cheah, Phaik Kin Jalloh, Mohamed Bella Cheah, Phee-Kheng Ongkili, Darlene Schneiders, Mira Leonie Osterrieder, Anne Peerawaranun, Pimnara Waithira, Naomi Davies, Alun Mukaka, Mavuto Cheah, Phaik Yeong |
author_facet | Cheah, Phaik Kin Jalloh, Mohamed Bella Cheah, Phee-Kheng Ongkili, Darlene Schneiders, Mira Leonie Osterrieder, Anne Peerawaranun, Pimnara Waithira, Naomi Davies, Alun Mukaka, Mavuto Cheah, Phaik Yeong |
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description | BACKGROUND: A nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) was enforced in Malaysia on 18 March 2020 in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Malaysia implemented various public health measures and later raced against time to administer COVID-19 vaccines when they became available. As a result of various public health measures to curb the spread of the virus, people in Malaysia faced unprecedented circumstances and new challenges. This study addressed the knowledge gap in our understanding the experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of the people in Malaysia about infection countermeasures by investigating their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A sequential mixed method approach was used to conduct an online survey and in-depth interviews among residents in Malaysia. A total of 827 respondents participated in the online survey from 1st May to 30th June 2020. Nineteen in-depth interviews were conducted online and by phone with key informants and members of the public, who were selected through maximum variation purposive sampling between 2nd May 2020 to 20th December 2021. The semi-structured interviews employed a phenomenological approach and transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. The survey data were analysed using descriptive statistics in Stata 15.0. RESULTS: The survey reflected significant economic impacts of the pandemic, the maximum number of days that people could cope during the MCO, and their coping strategies, which generally entailed changes in lifestyle. The internet and social media were vital platforms to mitigate against the impact of public health measures. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed participant experiences and perceptions of COVID-19 and public health measures in four main themes: (1) work and business; (2) emotional impact (3) coping with change and (4) the COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides insights into the experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia living through the first-ever MCO during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such insights into COVID-19-related public health measures are pertinent for successfully planning and implementing future responses to pandemics. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15892-5. |
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spelling | pubmed-102425922023-06-07 Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic Cheah, Phaik Kin Jalloh, Mohamed Bella Cheah, Phee-Kheng Ongkili, Darlene Schneiders, Mira Leonie Osterrieder, Anne Peerawaranun, Pimnara Waithira, Naomi Davies, Alun Mukaka, Mavuto Cheah, Phaik Yeong BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: A nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) was enforced in Malaysia on 18 March 2020 in view of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Malaysia implemented various public health measures and later raced against time to administer COVID-19 vaccines when they became available. As a result of various public health measures to curb the spread of the virus, people in Malaysia faced unprecedented circumstances and new challenges. This study addressed the knowledge gap in our understanding the experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of the people in Malaysia about infection countermeasures by investigating their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A sequential mixed method approach was used to conduct an online survey and in-depth interviews among residents in Malaysia. A total of 827 respondents participated in the online survey from 1st May to 30th June 2020. Nineteen in-depth interviews were conducted online and by phone with key informants and members of the public, who were selected through maximum variation purposive sampling between 2nd May 2020 to 20th December 2021. The semi-structured interviews employed a phenomenological approach and transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. The survey data were analysed using descriptive statistics in Stata 15.0. RESULTS: The survey reflected significant economic impacts of the pandemic, the maximum number of days that people could cope during the MCO, and their coping strategies, which generally entailed changes in lifestyle. The internet and social media were vital platforms to mitigate against the impact of public health measures. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed participant experiences and perceptions of COVID-19 and public health measures in four main themes: (1) work and business; (2) emotional impact (3) coping with change and (4) the COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides insights into the experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia living through the first-ever MCO during the COVID-19 pandemic. Such insights into COVID-19-related public health measures are pertinent for successfully planning and implementing future responses to pandemics. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-023-15892-5. BioMed Central 2023-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10242592/ /pubmed/37280573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15892-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Cheah, Phaik Kin Jalloh, Mohamed Bella Cheah, Phee-Kheng Ongkili, Darlene Schneiders, Mira Leonie Osterrieder, Anne Peerawaranun, Pimnara Waithira, Naomi Davies, Alun Mukaka, Mavuto Cheah, Phaik Yeong Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | experiences, coping strategies and perspectives of people in malaysia during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10242592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37280573 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15892-5 |
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