■压力是现代生活中不可或缺的一部分。该研究涉及参与者的应对策略及其对药物的看法,电子产品,和媒体作为压力创造者,破坏者,或缓解剂。
■在德里郊区的400名社区居民中进行了一项横断面研究。采用Likert量表的结构化问卷用于评估应对策略,以应对压力和对电子产品使用的感知,媒体,和药物滥用作为压力创造者,破坏者,和救济者。
■对于应对策略,52.8%(95%置信区间:47.73-57.73)的参与者希望与家人讨论问题,但其他人认为手机(51.5%,46.48,56.50),电视(70.5%,65.77,74.93),和社交网站(33.5%,28.89,38.36)比创作者成为他们的压力破坏者。观察到年龄与年龄之间对压力创造者和破坏者得分的年龄相关统计学差异(P=0.000),与女性相比,性别方面的男性认为药物滥用是一种缓解压力的方法(P=0.000)。
■家庭在缓解压力方面起着重要作用。然而,年轻人对社交媒体的过度依赖和男性在压力情况下的药物滥用需要得到充分解决。
UNASSIGNED: Stress is an indispensable part of modern-day living. The study deals with coping strategies by the participants and their perception toward drugs, electronic gadgets, and media as stress creators, busters, or relievers.
UNASSIGNED: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 community dwellers in a suburban area of Delhi. A structured questionnaire with Likert scale was used to assess coping strategies to stress and perception of use of electronic gadgets, media, and substance abuse as stress creators, busters, and relievers.
UNASSIGNED: For coping strategies, 52.8% (95% confidence interval: 47.73-57.73) of the participants wanted to discuss problems with their families, but others considered mobile phones (51.5%, 46.48, 56.50), television (70.5%, 65.77, 74.93), and social networking sites (33.5%, 28.89, 38.36) to be their stress busters than creators. An age-associated statistically significant difference in perception about stress creator and buster scores between younger versus older was observed (P = 0.000), whereas gender-wise males perceived substance abuse to be a stress
reliever in contrast to females (P = 0.000).
UNASSIGNED: Family plays an important role in the mitigation of stress. However, excess reliance on social media by younger people and substance abuse by males in stressful situations need to be addressed adequately.