Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared as a pandemic in 2019 by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) with a global spread and undefined course. COVID-19 has created great fear andpanic all over the world creating mental and physical distress. Looking at the adverse effects of the pandemic,we aimed to assess the psychological conditions of the general population residing in various states of India asa result of the nation-wide lockdown and quarantine due to COVID-19.
This study is adescriptive, cross-sectional, anonymous online survey. A self-rated structured questionnaire was made throughGoogle form. Snowball sampling technique was used.
53.2% of the respondents were men while 46.8%were women. 92.5% resided in urban areas. A comparison between the male and female respondents was madein the various domains and we found that 28.3% of men and 30.2 % of women were affected to a greater extent bythe pandemic whereas 24.6% of men were worried about the financial loss. 10.2% of the women reported to feeldepressed in the last two weeks while only 7% of the men were irritated. 51.9% and 44.9% of men and womenconsidered it important to take actions for preventing Corona Virus Disease.
Stress, anxiety anddepression among the general population was found to be moderately present although all the safety guidelineswere followed along with the lockdown. The participants had a good level of awareness regarding preventiveaspects as well.
Anxiety , Stress , Depression , Mental Health , COVID-19
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