Effect of Lockdown due to COVID-19 on Psychological Health of Young Adults- A Survey Report

Sabharwal, Alka; Goyal, Babita; Unni, K.E.S.; Child,

doi:10.31254/jmr.2020.6507

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“…Here, the majority of the female adolescents had emotional and behavioral (hyperactivity) symptoms. Studies conducted during COVID-19 pandemic shows emotional symptoms is higher in girls than boys [2,3,9] and another study conducted among children and adolescents in Bangladesh prior to COVID-19 pandemic found girls had more emotional disorder, and boys have more behavioral disorder, [10] which is consistent with our study.…”

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“…The COVID 19 has led to rapid, unexpected changes to the lives of millions of adolescents and many of them are suffering from emotional and behavioral problems during this pandemic due to significant changes to daily life [1]. Recent studies have shown that the prevalence of behavioral problems among school-aged children in China varied from 4.7% to 10.3% in home quarantine during the COVID 19 outbreak, [2] and in India, effect of lockdown due to COVID19 on psychological health of young adults estimated that 16.9% and 18.2% of respondents are suffering from emotional and behavioral problems [3].…”

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Emotional and Behavioral Performance among Adolescents Attending at Outpatient Departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University during COVID-19 Pandemic

Bristi

Haseen

Hasan

et al. 2022

AJMAH

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The purpose of the research was to assess emotional and behavioral presentation among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic visiting outpatient departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and to compare the extent of emotional and behavioral symptoms among adolescents with key factors related to COVID-19. A cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescents from 11–17 years of age attending six outpatient departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from October to December 2020. A purposive sampling technique was applied and total 146 samples were selected. A validated Bangla SDQ scale of youth self-report measure (11 to 17 years) baseline version was used for data collection. Data were collected by a face-to-face interview. The study protocol was approved by Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Both descriptive and inferential statistics were executed for data analysis by using SPSS-25 and MS Excel Software. On basis of SDQ-25 scale, among the three variables, around one–third respondents (34%) had emotional symptoms while 31% and 17% had conduct symptoms and hyperactivity symptoms respectively during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the adolescents who had a history of positive symptoms for COVID-19, 26.5% had hyperactivity symptoms, on the other hand adolescents who had no history of positive symptoms for COVID-19, only 9.8% had significant hyperactivity symptoms. There was a highly significant association (p=0.004) present between behavioral (hyperactivity) symptoms and having a history of positive symptoms for COVID-19. Adolescents who had wariness about uncertainty of COVID-19 pandemic, 25% had significant emotional symptoms on the other hand who had no wariness about uncertainty of COVID-19 pandemic, 14.3% had emotional symptoms. There was significant association (p=0.048) present between emotional symptoms with ‘felt wariness about uncertainty of COVID -19 pandemic. There was also an association (p=0.035) present between behavioral (hyperactivity) symptoms with ‘relationship status among friends. A higher proportion of female adolescents had emotional and hyperactivity symptoms than male adolescents. However, male adolescents suffered mostly for conduct symptom compared to female. Adolescents attending in selected outpatient departments of BSMMU, were especially vulnerable to emotional and behavioral problem based on symptoms developing during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Emotional and Behavioral Performance among Adolescents Attending at Outpatient Departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University during COVID-19 Pandemic

Bristi

Haseen

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“…From the result (Table 2), it was discovered that COVID-19 pandemic impacted more on the mental health of subjects between 19-40 years old than those who were 41 years old and above. This may imply that the fear associated with the spread of the virus due to its highly contagious nature which made government to impose restrictions and shutdown economic and social activities were more pronounced among this population group [10,15]. Furthermore, these physical and social restrictions of movement of people enforced mainly in the urban centers might have impacted more negatively on this group who are more active than the group aged 41 years and above.…”

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“…For instance in their report Huang and Zhao [7] posited that COVID-19 have adverse effects on the mental health of the population. Furthermore Sabharwal et al [10] argued that Anxiety, lack of peer contact, reduced opportunities for stress regulation, induced restrictions on the free movement of people and stress due to future uncertainties regarding the pandemic has posed a great challenge to the mental health of urban dwellers. The pattern of findings noticed in this study on the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on urban dwellers corroborates Sabharwal et al's findings.…”

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“…Equally, Anxiety, lack of peer contact, reduced opportunities for stress regulation, induced restrictions on the free movement of people and stress due to future uncertainties regarding the pandemic has posed a great challenge to the mental health of urban dwellers [9]. For instance Sabharwal et al [10] in a cross-sectional study through an online survey using the English version of the Strength and Difficulties questionnaire (SDQ), assessed the effects of lock down / forced quarantine on psychological behaviour of young adults in India at the time of pandemic; and reported that most of their respondents are under significant risk to develop emotional, conduct, hyperactivity, and peer problems. They concluded that irrespective of gender, the prolonged lockdown due to COVID-19 is affecting the psychological behaviour of young adults.…”

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A Cross Sectional Study on the Mental Health Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic in a Sample of Nigerian Urban Dwellers

Okwaraji

Onyebueke

2021

INDJ

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Aim: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a new type of corona virus first discovered in China in 2019; hence the name COVID-19. Some of its symptoms include cough, fever, and breathing difficulty. In severe cases the disease can lead to death. This study looked at the mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of Nigerian urban dwellers. Study Design: This is a descriptive cross sectional design. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in Enugu metropolis between the months of January and February 2021. Methodology: Using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), The Short Screening Scale for Post traumatic stress disorder, The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-2) this study investigated the mental health impacts of COVID-19 pandemic among 520 Nigerian urban dwellers. Results: Results shows that 29.2%; 13.1% and 1.9% had mild, moderate and sever depressive symptoms respectively. Equally 21.9%, 13.3% and 5.4% had mild, moderate and severe anxiety symptoms respectively. Furthermore 37.3% showed signs of psychological distress just as 24.8% manifested symptoms of PTSD. Results further revealed significant associations between psychological distress and gender; PTSD and gender as well as anxiety and gender respectively. Conclusion: Following the high level of mental health impacts of Covid-19 pandemic noticed among the subjects who took part in the study, it was therefore recommended that psychological testing and psychotherapy be included in the routine testing and management of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.

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Evaluating the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological health of young adults in India

Sabharwal

Goyal²,

Chauhan³

et al. 2023

IJPHS

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COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of individuals, particularly young adults. Using the ‘strength and difficulty questionnaire 17<sup>+</sup> extended version’, we studied the severity of psychological problems and the resultant distress in young adults; the relationship between the ‘difficulty’ and ‘impact’ scores; and the effect of distress in terms of a number of day-to-day activities affected during a pandemic. Data was collected from 743 college/university students (December 2020-February 2021) in India. Descriptive, relative frequencies, and nonparametric tests are applied here. Females were facing more psychological behavioral problems as compared to males as the<em> </em>p-value is less than 0.001. Males with age<20 years were least affected by COVID-19. Day-to-day activities are affected by almost 45% of young adults because of distress. ‘difficulty’ and ‘impact’ severity bands were significantly different from the previous standard proportions. No significant association was there between ‘difficulty’ and ‘impact’ scores (p-value<0.001). 53% of those contracting COVID-19 had severe distress as against 45% of those who did not. 46% of the respondents were in the ‘abnormal’ category and 59 out of 327 were facing ’a great deal’ problems in more than two areas.

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Effect of Lockdown due to COVID-19 on Psychological Health of Young Adults- A Survey Report

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Emotional and Behavioral Performance among Adolescents Attending at Outpatient Departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University during COVID-19 Pandemic

Emotional and Behavioral Performance among Adolescents Attending at Outpatient Departments of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University during COVID-19 Pandemic

A Cross Sectional Study on the Mental Health Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic in a Sample of Nigerian Urban Dwellers

Evaluating the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological health of young adults in India

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