Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health status among general masses: An in-deep analysis of the worst "hitters" of COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 1.4 Q3 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES Journal of Education and Health Promotion Pub Date : 2024-07-29 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23
Priyadarshni Rangarajan, Shaik F Sultana, Kurian Punnoose, Hina Ahmed, Gautam Singh, V Kiruthika, Suresh J Babu, C Swarnalatha, Abhishek Singh Nayyar
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Background: A plethora of studies have reported the adverse psychiatric outcomes among the general masses during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, not much data is available in relation to the Indian population from this perspective. The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health status among the general masses in the Indian population.

Materials and methods: The present study was planned in a cross-sectional study design between July 2020 and October 2021 in which a well-structured questionnaire, consisting of questions assessing the sociodemographic profile, while, also, specific questions related to the stress and anxiety-related variables, was used. The questionnaire was validated through intra-class correlation with a strong correlation of 0.84. The Chi-square test was used for statistical analysis to test the association between the studied variables, while P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: On comparison between the male and female participants using stress and anxiety-related variables, 43.81% of males as against 56.19% of the female participants reported that they felt horrified due to the pandemic with the results being statistically highly significant (P = 0.0043). Similarly, 45.18% of male and 54.82% of female participants expressed apprehension due to the fear of the pandemic with the results being statistically significant (P = 0.0217).

Conclusion: The research findings of the present study indicated that men and women responded to stress differently, with women experiencing greater sadness and anxiety and were found to be at a relatively greater risk for developing anxiety and depression than men.

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COVID-19 大流行对大众心理健康状况的影响:深入分析 COVID-19 大流行的最严重 "打击者"。
背景:大量研究报告称,在 COVID-19 大流行期间,普通大众的精神状况不佳;然而,从这个角度来看,有关印度人口的数据并不多。本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 大流行对印度大众心理健康状况的影响:本研究计划在 2020 年 7 月至 2021 年 10 月期间进行,采用横断面研究设计,其中使用了结构合理的调查问卷,包括评估社会人口概况的问题,以及与压力和焦虑相关变量有关的具体问题。问卷通过类内相关性验证,相关性高达 0.84。统计分析采用了卡方检验,以检验研究变量之间的关联,P < 0.05 为差异显著:使用压力和焦虑相关变量对男女参与者进行比较后发现,43.81% 的男性参与者和 56.19% 的女性参与者表示他们因大流行病而感到恐惧,结果具有高度统计学意义(P = 0.0043)。同样,45.18% 的男性参与者和 54.82%的女性参与者表示由于害怕大流行病而感到忧虑,结果具有统计学意义(P = 0.0217):本研究的结果表明,男性和女性对压力的反应不同,女性经历了更大的悲伤和焦虑,并发现女性患焦虑症和抑郁症的风险相对高于男性。
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