PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND LOCKDOWN IN GENERAL POPULATION OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
Dr. Kamal Parkash*, Dr. Subhash Sharma and Dr. Shivalika Sharma
ABSTRACT
This contextual analysis intended to determine and correlate the psychological effect and stress looked by the individuals at the hour of pinnacle of Coronavirus sickness (COVlD-19) outbreak along with lockdown. ln this investigation 300 patients were took from Dr. Radha Krishnan Medical college Hamirpur (H.P), India. A study achieved based on physical symptoms during most recent 14 days, segment measurements, areas of mental manifestations utilizing the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). DASS-21 is based upon the three sided model of psychopathology that comprises of a standard distress work with various qualities. The DASS-21 anxiety, depression and stress were higher in mental patients than healthy controls (p < 0.001). Genuine concerns about actual wellbeing, outrage and impulsivity and serious self-destructive ideation were essentially higher in mental patients than healthy controls (p < 0.05). More than one-fourth of mental patients experienced moderately extreme to serious pressure. Respondents who revealed no change, poor or worse physical health status and had a mental illness were significantly more prone to have higher DASS depression, anxiety and stress. This investigation affirms the seriousness of negative mental effect on mental patients during the COVlD-19 pandemic with strict lockdown measures. Understanding the mental effect on psychiatric patients during the COVlD-19 pandemic can possibly give knowledge into how to build up another insusceptible psychiatry administration. Further examination is required to compare pro-inflammatory cytokines between psychiatric patients and healthy controls during the pandemic.
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