The aim of this study was to assess the impact of lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic on psychological wellbeing among healthy working adults. This qualitative, cross-sectional study was conducted in Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, and the southernmost state of India. A convenient sample of 610 healthy working adults was participated and completed a self-administered questionnaire. The data collection tool contains two sections including baseline information, assessment of psychological wellbeing. Chi-square χ² test was used to test the association between demographic variables and scores of psychological wellbeing. One way ANOVA test was used to compare the mean score between groups. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the frequencies of variables. A significant P value was set at 0.05 at 95% confidence interval. The majority of participants (31.8%) belonged to 41-50 years of age. More than half (56.9%) of participants were females. The study findings revealed that 16.4% were had poor psychological wellbeing, 53.8% were had an average level, 21.3% had a good level and 8.5% were had an excellent level of psychological wellbeing. Additionally, gender, age, monthly income, history of quarantine, tested positive for the Corona Virus had a strong association with Psychological wellbeing. The study results concluded that the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic had a strong association with the psychological wellbeing of working adults. It also suggested having highly prioritized actions for early recognition of psychological problems, expanding counseling activities by the health authorities to avoid negative outcomes due to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on school children especially in their academic performance which may affect their mental health. The study aimed to assess the anxiety level of high school students. A cross sectional electronic study conducted among high school students in Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. A total of 302 high school students participated in the study. A two sectioned self-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS 16.0 version software. A chi-square test was used to investigate the level of anxiety among students and ANOVA test used to find the mean difference between groups, with significance set to P<0.05. Among 302 participants, 41.7% (n=126) were male, 58.3% (n=176) were aged 13-17 years. The study indicated that majority 132 (43.7%) of study participants reported that they had Mild anxiety which was followed by 77 (25.5%) no anxiety and 62 (20.5%) moderate anxiety. Factors such as age, gender, family members tested positive or being quarantined were having association with anxiety level. The researcher concluded that the high school children are experiencing a considerable level of anxiety during lock down of COVID-19 pandemic period. There was a strong association of anxiety level of students, if any family members are tested positive for corona virus or any one is being quarantined for the symptoms of corona virus.

The mental health of pharmacy students has been poor compared to other disciplines and has led to personal and professional consequences. The study was conducted to assess the prevalence of mental health of pharmacy students. It includes 351 randomly selected pharmacy students from a College of Pharmacy located in South India. A self-administered questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. A score of ≥ 3 suggested poor mental while a score < 3 represented good mental health. Data were summarized using proportions, and chi-square test was used to explore associations between categorical variables. Level of significance was set at p < 0.05. The mean age of the respondents was 23.4 ± 4.3 years, 63.8% were males, and 0.091% was from the sixth and 23.07% from the fourth year levels of study. Based on the results 39.2% had a poor mental health status, compared to 60.8% with good mental health status. The factors significantly associated with poor mental health, were recent experience of mistreatment by trainers or colleagues, perceived inadequate monthly allowance and perception that medical training is stressful (p < 0.05). More than third of undergraduate pharmacy students with traits of poor mental health, provision of accessible mental health services/counselling is strongly recommended early in their training. More than half of students were responded that, they lost their sleep over worry and they had a feeling that they couldn't overcome difficulties. Similarly, 63.81% of students lost their self-confidence and 66.09% students thought themselves worthless.