Coping strategies adapted by Ghanaians during the COVID-19 crisis and lockdown: A population-based study

• Samuel Iddi ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: siddi@ug.edu.gh

  Affiliation Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2366-2774

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• Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, David Teye Doku

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-9294

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• Irene Korkoi Aboh,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Reginald Quansah,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Biological, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

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• Samuel Asiedu Owusu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Nancy Innocentia Ebu Enyan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Ruby Victoria Kodom,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Administration and Health Services, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana

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• Epaphrodite Nsabimana,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health & Behaviour Research Group, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Stefan Jansen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mental Health & Behaviour Research Group, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Benard Ekumah,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1381-8189

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• Sheila A. Boamah,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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• Godfred Odei Boateng,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global & Environmental Health Lab, Department of Kinesiology, College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

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• David Teye Doku ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, David Teye Doku

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Frederick Ato Armah

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Department of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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