A Portrait of the Mental Health Impacts Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from an Online Cross-Sectional Survey
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https://doi.org/10.37285/ijpsn-aktu.2022-08Abstract
Due to the emergence of COVID-19 outbreak in December’2019, a situation of psychological distress and socio-economic crises has occurred globally. Stress, anxiety and depression has emerged progressively during this pandemic.
For this, an online cross-sectional study was conducted. A socio-demographic data in the form of a questionnaire was collected whereby we received a response of 1024 participants. The aim was to identify the prevalence rate of anxiety and depression which was assessed quantitatively using GAD-7 and PHQ-9 respectively. It was seen that more than one-third of the participants (468/1024, 45.7 percent) were suffering from psychological health issues related to anxiety and depression. Older people had more COVID-19-related health anxiety than younger people. Females reported higher levels of depression than males (15% vs. 11%) and nearly identical levels of health anxiety (35%). But findings on the relationship between depression and gender, age, and occupation were not statistically significant. In India, during the COVID 19 pandemic, approximately half of the respondents are undergoing anxiety and depression. Hence adopting mindfulness_ based strategies, practicing meditation, yoga and keeping oneself away from social media and internet as far as possible are the best ways to reduce the potential risk
of anxiety and depression.
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Health-related anxiety, COVID-19, Anxiety, Mental Health and DepressionPublished
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