<b>Chapter 5: The psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic as perceived by Australian-based West Africans who survived the 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease epidemic – Survey data</b>
Creators: name: Mandoh, Sulaiman Lansana
name: Bwititi, Phillip
name: Nwose, Ezekiel U.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 320211
subject: Infectious diseases
classificationCode: 420504
subject: Mental health nursing
classificationCode: 420699
subject: Public health not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 420109
subject: Rehabilitation

description: This report presents the survey results for the research protocol (Mandoh et al., September 28, 2024). Responses to the first question “having read the preceding Participant Information, do you consent to participate in this survey, and for your answers to be used as outlined?” provided for participants’ consent. The second question “were you living in West Africa during the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic of 2014-2016?” was used to identify and exclude participants without EVD experience. The question numbers three to nineteen covered the demographic characteristics of the participants, except for question 11 that collected data on EVD experience. Question 20 was about the participant’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questions 21 and 25 were about how participants used the outlined coping strategies during the EVD epidemic in West Africa, and COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, respectively. The sets of questions ‘22 – 24’ and ‘26 – 28’ addressed the ease at which participants accessed social support during the EVD epidemic in West Africa and COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, respectively. Questions ‘29 – 31’ elicited information about participants’ trauma experiences, while descriptions of the strongest memory of, and how surviving, the EVD epidemic impacted their lives since coming to Australia were covered by questions 32 and 33, respectively. Lastly, the strongest feelings now and/or what the participant is likely to remember most about the COVID-19 were obtained from question 34, while satisfaction with the quality of life was measured in a Likert scaled question 35. There were 68 participants that originally started the online survey. Thirty-two (47.06%) of the participants responses were excluded based on question 1 (dissent) and 2 (EVD experience). Therefore, N=36, which formed (52.94%) of the total participants were included in the survey data analysis. N=36 respondents exceed the minimum number in the ethics approval for the survey (HREC No- H20325), which is indicated in the approved research proposal that a minimum of 30 participants can provide relevant data for the study. However, some responses are missing on the few of the questions, and questions without values were regarded as missing data. To note that the instructions were that participants could skip questions they were not comfortable to answer. The research was mindful that some questions could have been sensitive. Therefore, analyses for the different research questions were based on unequal sample sizes. Data presented here are descriptive results as summarized by the Survey Monkey and comprises mostly quantitative data based on closed-ended questions, and a few qualitative data from open-ended questions. This data report constitutes part of the results for a thesis, which shall be discussed.