Open AccessCOVID-19 and subsequent lockdown: Adverse effects on psychological health of Indian women
Author(s) -
UjwalaU Ukey,
Sarita Sharma,
PragatiG Rathod,
Suresh Ughade
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_52_21
Subject(s) - snowball sampling , anxiety , medicine , context (archaeology) , workload , notice , pandemic , covid-19 , feeling , cross sectional study , population , clinical psychology , psychiatry , gerontology , environmental health , social psychology , psychology , disease , pathology , computer science , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , operating system , paleontology , biology
COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown have led to adverse psychological outcomes in general population. Stress is mounting at an unbelievable pace and one gender is taking the brunt more than the other. While it's easy to understand the predicaments of working women and how stressful they are during the lockdown, what escapes the notice is the condition of homemaker women who face a lot of challenges as their workload has increased due to lack of house help. Hence the study was conducted to assess anxiety and stress related to problems arising out of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown among Indian women.