Factors associated with COVID-19 stigma during the onset of the global pandemic in India: A cross-sectional study

被引：10

作者：

Adhikari, Tulsi ^{[1
]}

Aggarwal, Sumit ^{[2
]}

Nair, Saritha ^{[1
]}

Joshi, Aparna ^{[3
]}

Diwan, Vishal ^{[4
]}

Stephen, A. ^{[5
]}

Devi, K. Rekha ^{[6
]}

Kumar Mishra, Bijaya ^{[7
]}

Yadav, Girijesh Kumar ^{[8
]}

Bangar, Sampada Dipak ^{[9
]}

Sahu, Damodar ^{[1
]}

Yadav, Jeetendra ^{[1
]}

Ovung, Senthanro ^{[1
]}

Gulati, Bal Kishan ^{[1
]}

Sharma, Saurabh ^{[1
]}

Singh, Charan ^{[1
]}

Duggal, Chetna ^{[3
]}

Sharma, Moina ^{[10
]}

Ujagare, Dhammasagar ^{[11
]}

Padmakar Chinchore, Sneha ^{[11
]}

Rebecca, Pricilla B. ^{[5
]}

Rani, S. ^{[5
]}

Selvaraj, Pradeep ^{[12
]}

Xavier, Gladston G. ^{[13
]}

Peter, Vanessa ^{[14
]}

Watson, Basilea ^{[15
]}

Kannan, T. ^{[16
]}

Asmathulla, K. S. Md. ^{[17
]}

Bhattacharya, Debdutta ^{[18
]}

Turuk, Jyotirmayee ^{[18
]}

Palo, Subrata Kumar ^{[19
]}

Kanungo, Srikanta ^{[19
]}

Kumar Behera, Ajit ^{[20
]}

Pandey, Ashok Kumar ^{[8
]}

Zaman, Kamran ^{[8
]}

Misra, Brij Ranjan ^{[8
]}

Kumar, Niraj ^{[8
]}

Behera, Sthita Pragnya ^{[8
]}

Singh, Rajeev ^{[8
]}

Narain, Kanwar ^{[21
]}

Kant, Rajni ^{[8
,22
]}

Sahay, Seema ^{[11
]}

Tiwari, Rajnarayan R. ^{[23
]}

Thomas, Beena Elizabeth ^{[5
]}

Rao, M. Vishnu Vardhana ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] ICMR Natl Inst Med Stat, New Delhi, India

[2] Indian Council Med Res, Div Epidemiol & Communicable Dis ECD, New Delhi, India

[3] Tata Inst Social Sci, Sch Human Ecol, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

[4] ICMR Natl Inst Res Environm Hlth, Div Environm Monitoring & Exposure Assessment Wate, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

[5] ICMR Natl Inst Res TB, Dept Social & Behav Res, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

[6] ICMR Reg Med Res Ctr, Enter Dis Div, NE Reg, Dibrugarh, Assam, India

[7] ICMR Reg Med Res Ctr, Med Dept, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

[8] ICMR Reg Med Res Ctr, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

[9] ICMR Natl AIDS Res Inst, Div Epidemiol & Biostat, Pune, Maharashtra, India

[10] ICMR Natl Inst Res Environm Hlth, Dept Environm Hlth & Epidemiol, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

[11] ICMR Natl AIDS Res Inst, Div Social & Behav Res, Pune, Maharashtra, India

[12] Directorate Publ Hlth & Prevent Med, Off Dist Noncommunicable Dis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

[13] Loyola Coll, Dept Social Work, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

[14] Informat & Resource Ctr Deprived Urban Communities, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

[15] ICMR Natl Inst Res TB, Elect Data Proc Unit EDP, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

[16] ICMR Natl Inst Res TB, Epidemiol Stat Unit, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

[17] Integrated People Dev Project, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India

[18] ICMR Reg Med Res Ctr, Dept Microbiol, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

[19] ICMR Reg Med Res Ctr, Dept Epidemiol, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

[20] ICMR Reg Med Res Ctr, Clin Dept, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

[21] ICMR Reg Med Res Ctr, NE Reg, Dibrugarh, Assam, India

[22] Indian Council Med Res, Res Management Policy Planning & Coordinat Cell, New Delhi, India

[23] ICMR Natl Inst Res Environm Hlth, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

来源：

FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH | 2022年 / 10卷

关键词：

COVID-19; stigma; stigmatizing attitudes; first wave; India; MANIFESTATIONS;

D O I：

10.3389/fpubh.2022.992046

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

ObjectiveTo assess factors associated with COVID-19 stigmatizing attitudes in the community and stigma experiences of COVID-19 recovered individuals during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India. MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted in 18 districts located in 7 States in India during September 2020 to January 2021 among adults > 18 years of age selected through systematic random sampling. Data on socio demographic and COVID-19 knowledge were collected from 303 COVID-19 recovered and 1,976 non-COVID-19 infected individuals from community using a survey questionnaire. Stigma was assessed using COVID-19 Stigma Scale and Community COVID-19 Stigma Scale developed for the study. Informed consent was sought from the participants. Univariate and multivariate binary logistic regression analysis were conducted. ResultsHalf of the participants (51.3%) from the community reported prevalence of severe stigmatizing attitudes toward COVID-19 infected while 38.6% of COVID-19 recovered participants reported experiencing severe stigma. Participants from the community were more likely to report stigmatizing attitudes toward COVID-19 infected if they were residents of high prevalent COVID-19 zone (AOR: 1.5; CI: 1.2-1.9), staying in rural areas (AOR: 1.5; CI:1.1-1.9), belonged to the age group of 18-30 years (AOR: 1.6; CI 1.2-2.0), were male (AOR: 1.6; CI: 1.3-1.9), illiterate (AOR: 2.7; CI: 1.8-4.2), or living in Maharashtra (AOR: 7.4; CI: 4.8-11.3). COVID-19 recovered participants had higher odds of experiencing stigma if they had poor knowledge about COVID-19 transmission (AOR: 2.8; CI: 1.3-6.3), were staying for 6-15 years (AOR: 3.24; CI: 1.1-9.4) in the current place of residence or belonged to Delhi (AOR: 5.3; CI: 1.04-26.7). ConclusionFindings indicated presence of stigmatizing attitudes in the community as well as experienced stigma among COVID-19 recovered across selected study sites in India during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Study recommends timely dissemination of factual information to populations vulnerable to misinformation and psychosocial interventions for individuals affected by stigma.

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