Guek Nee Ke, Alan Gow, Rachel Mei Ming Wong, Shahirah Raman, Zulaikha Mohammad, Nicole De-Lima, Rozainee Khairudin, Wee Yeap Lau, Khalil Anwar Kamal, Shen Chiang Lee, Dasha Grajfoner
The world's health, economic, and social systems have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With lockdown measures being a common response strategy in most countries, many individuals were faced with financial and mental health challenges. The current study explored the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being, perception of risk factors and coping strategies of two vulnerable groups in Malaysia, namely women and older adults from low-income households (USD592). A purposive sample of 30 women and 30 older adults was interviewed via telephone during Malaysia's Movement Control Order (MCO) regarding the challenges they faced throughout the pandemic...
2024: PloS One