Abstract
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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- DOI
- 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23
- Journal
- Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13(1), 264
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Open access
- Gold open access
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- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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APA 7
Rangarajan, P., Sultana, S. F., Punnoose, K., Ahmed, H. N., Singh, G., Kiruthika, V., Babu, S. J., Swarnalatha, C., & Nayyar, A. S. (2024). 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. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13(1), 264. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23
MLA 9
Rangarajan, Priyadarshni, et al. "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." Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 13, no. 1, 2024, pp. 264. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23.
Chicago (author–date)
Rangarajan, Priyadarshni, Shaik Farha Sultana, Kurian Punnoose, Hina Nabi Ahmed, Gautam Singh, V. Kiruthika, Suresh J Babu, C. Swarnalatha, and Abhishek Singh Nayyar. 2024. "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." Journal of Education and Health Promotion 13 (1): 264. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23.
Harvard
Rangarajan, P., Sultana, S. F., Punnoose, K., Ahmed, H. N., Singh, G., Kiruthika, V., Babu, S. J., Swarnalatha, C. and Nayyar, A. S. (2024) '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', Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13(1), pp. 264. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23.
Vancouver
Rangarajan P, Sultana SF, Punnoose K, Ahmed HN, Singh G, Kiruthika V, et al. 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. Journal of Education and Health Promotion. 2024;13(1):264. doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23
IEEE
P. Rangarajan, S. F. Sultana, K. Punnoose, H. N. Ahmed, G. Singh, V. Kiruthika, S. J. Babu, C. Swarnalatha, and A. S. Nayyar, "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," Journal of Education and Health Promotion, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 264, 2024, doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1389_23.