Open AccessHOW THE LOCKDOWN CAN AFFECT MENTAL HEALTH AMONG GENERAL POPULATION IN INDIA? A WEB-BASED SURVEY
Author(s) -
Nijal Parmar,
Chetna G Bodar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of scientific research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/ijsr/2740612
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , mental health , perceived stress scale , population , outbreak , stress (linguistics) , isolation (microbiology) , social isolation , covid-19 , medicine , psychology , environmental health , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , demography , psychiatry , disease , geography , biology , linguistics , philosophy , communication , pathology , virology , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , microbiology and biotechnology , cartography
Due to COVID-19, many countries have implemented lockdown to reduce the transmission of the virus and its susceptibility. But this lockdown can be increases the chances of negative impact on mental health on general population. So, the study’s aim is to check how many people can be affected due to lockdown.258 participants were voluntarily involved in the study and with the use of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), stress level was measured. Out of 258 participants, 21.3% were having mild stress level, 63.2% were considered to suffer moderate stress & 15.5% of respondents were suffering from severe stress. Among general population, mainly students and females respondents having moderate to severe stress level which directly associated with academic delay in institutions or social isolation may be the reasons for negative impact of the outbreaks.