A cross-sectional study of psychological distress and fear of COVID-19 in the general population of India during lockdown

Sathe, Harshal; Mishra, Kriti; Saraf, Anantprakash Siddharthkumar; John, Sally

doi:10.4103/aip.aip_54_20

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“…Specifically, elevated levels of fear of Covid-19 are correlated with lower levels of education and economic status. These results are consistent with current literature indicating that individuals with lower economic status (Bitan et al, 2020;Cori et al, 2021;Sathe et al, 2020) and lower levels of education (Cori et al, 2021;Elsharkawy & Abdelaziz, 2021;Mahamid et al, 2020) tend to experience higher levels of Covid-19 anxiety.…”

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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Fear of COVID-19 in the Pakistani General Population

2023

Pak. J. Psychol. Res

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With the spread of the coronavirus 19 pandemic, many people around the world have developed high levels of Covid-19 anxiety, which has serious implications for psychological and social adjustment. The aim of this study was to increase knowledge about the level of fear of Covid-19 and associated sociodemographic factors in the general Pakistani population. Respondents included 456 Pakistani adults (62.8% women) completed a self-report questionnaire that included the sociodemographic factors of the Fear of Covid-19 scale. The data showed a significant association between high levels of Fear of Covid-19 and female gender, low educational level, and low socioeconomic status. This result suggests that Covid-19 anxiety is relatively high in Pakistan and generally higher than in other countries (although direct comparison is difficult because of differences in sample composition and data collection period). Finally, anxiety should be monitored in the general population and intervention and prevention strategies should target vulnerable populations.

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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Fear of COVID-19 in the Pakistani General Population

2023

Pak. J. Psychol. Res

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“…This drastic difference in the fear of COVID-19 between students in India and the general public in Greece may be due to differences in the region, population category, and upsurge of COVID-19 cases, along with the government's effective measures to address mental health disorders among its residents. A study conducted in India by Sathe et al [23] reported that a moderate to severe level of fear of COVID-19 is prevalent in 49% of the general population, and Doshi et al [24] found that 48% of the general public in India indicated being afraid of COVID-19, which is a lower percentage compared to that of the college students in this study. Elemo et al [25] found average scores of 19.99 (SD 6.6) on the FCV-19S among international students in Turkey, which indicates a higher degree of anxiety due to COVID-19 [1].…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of College Students in India: Cross-sectional Web-Based Study

Chaudhary¹,

Sonar²,

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JMIRx Med

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created a mental health crisis among college students in India due to lockdown restrictions, overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 cases, financial difficulty, etc. This mental health crisis has led to high degrees of fear, anxiety, and depression among college students. Objective The aim of this study is to investigate symptoms of fear, depression, and anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic among college students in India. Methods This cross-sectional web-based study was conducted using a Google Forms questionnaire. The Google Form included a sociodemographic questionnaire and psychometric scales evaluating the psychological and behavioral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, both qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed in the study. Results A total of 324 college students participated in this study, of whom 180 (55.6%) were male and 144 (44.4%) were female. After assessment of the psychometric scales, it was found that of the 324 students, 223 (68.8%) had high fear of COVID-19, 93 (28.7%) had moderate to severe depression, and 167 (51.5%) had mild to severe anxiety. Among the identified risk factors, having a family member who was infected with COVID-19 was significantly associated with anxiety and depression, with P values of .02 and .001, respectively. In addition, the correlations of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were found to be 0.492 and 0.474, respectively. Conclusions This research concludes that there is a very high fear of COVID-19 among students, along with anxiety and depression symptoms. This study also concludes that the Fear of COVID-19 Scale has a moderate positive correlation with the anxiety and depression scales, respectively.

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“…The latter two were combined due to only eight participants reporting being part of ST, and SC and ST groups have been combined in other studies as well (Khubchandani et al., 2018). Finally, prior research from India suggests that age (Kazmi et al., 2020; Sanjana & Raghavan, 2020; Venugopal et al., 2020), literacy (Srivastava et al., 2020), and wealth (Sathe et al., 2020) were associated with FOC, mental health or loneliness. Thus, we included these demographic factors as covariates in our main analyses.…”

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Caste and COVID‐19: Psychosocial disparities amongst rural Indian women during the coronavirus pandemic

Jiwani

Raval

Steele

et al. 2022

Journal of Social Issues

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The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated preexisting mental health disparities. In India, marginalization based on caste membership, gender, and rural residence are critical determinants of inequity across the lifespan. Guided by the theoretical frameworks of minority stress and intersectionality, this study examined caste-based disparities in fear of coronavirus (FOC), mental health symptoms, and perceived loneliness amongst rural women in north India during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (N = 316) completed self-report measures and were classified into three groups based on their responses: General caste (GC, n = 124), other backward castes (OBC, n = 122), and scheduled caste or tribe (SC/ST, n = 71). Using a threeway ANOVA and Tukey t-tests, women in SC/ST and OBC groups reported greater FOC (OBC d = .37; SC/ST d = .40) and greater mental health symptoms (OBC d = .58; SC/ST d = .43) relative to the GC group. OBC, but not SC/ST, group also reported higher perceived loneliness (d = .32). The results were consistent after adjusting for demographic variables such as wealth and highlight caste asThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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A cross-sectional study of psychological distress and fear of COVID-19 in the general population of India during lockdown

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Fear of COVID-19 in the Pakistani General Population

Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Fear of COVID-19 in the Pakistani General Population

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of College Students in India: Cross-sectional Web-Based Study

Caste and COVID‐19: Psychosocial disparities amongst rural Indian women during the coronavirus pandemic

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