Social influence of COVID-19: An observational study on the social impact of post-COVID-19 lockdown on everyday life in Kerala from a community perspective

Saji, Joyal Alias; Babu, Bichu P; Sebastian, Shaliet Rose

doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_650_20

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“…A survey on Albanian residents and expats reported a high satisfactory rate (88.0%) on infection prevention and control measures against COVID-19 ( Kamberi, 2020 ). Likewise, an Indian survey from Kerala region revealed that 95% respondents were respectful of social restrictions imposed by the local government to tackle the current pandemic ( Saji, 2020 ). By contrast, United Kingdom residents were less satisfied with risk reduction measures implemented against COVID-19, especially with bans affecting business activities, with 31.1% interviewees convinced that quarantine could cause health problems, independently from the country of residence ( Saji, 2020 ).…”

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Attitudes and Perceptions of Health Protection Measures Against the Spread of COVID-19 in Italy and Poland

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Background: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April to May 2020), 6,169 Polish and 939 Italian residents were surveyed with an online questionnaire investigating socio-demographic information and personality traits (first section) as well as attitudes, position, and efficacy perceptions on the impact of lockdown (second section) and various health protection measures enforced (third section).Methods: The “health protection attitude score” (HPAS), an endpoint obtained by pooling up the answers to questions of the third section of the survey tool, was investigated by multiple linear regression models, reporting regression coefficients (RC) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).Results: Concerns for business and health due to COVID-19 were associated with a positive attitude toward risk reduction rules. By contrast, male sex, concerns about the reliability of information available online on COVID-19 and its prevention, along with the feeling of not being enough informed on the transmissibility/prevention of SARS-CoV-2 were associated with a negative attitude toward risk mitigation measures.Discussion: A recent literature review identified two social patterns with different features in relation to their attitude toward health protection rules against the spread of COVID-19. Factors positively associated with adherence to public health guidelines were perceived threat of COVID-19, trust in government, female sex, and increasing age. Factors associated with decreased compliance were instead underestimation of the COVID-19 risk, limited knowledge of the pandemic, belief in conspiracy theories, and political conservativism. Very few studies have tested interventions to change attitudes or behaviors.Conclusion: To improve attitude and compliance toward risk reduction norms, a key intervention is fostering education and knowledge on COVID-19 health risk and prevention among the general population. However, information on COVID-19 epidemiology might be user-generated and contaminated by social media, which contributed to creating an infodemic around the disease. To prevent the negative impact of social media and to increase adherence to health protection, stronger content control by providers of social platforms is recommended.

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Attitudes and Perceptions of Health Protection Measures Against the Spread of COVID-19 in Italy and Poland

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“…In 2020, the global COVID-19 brought great changes to all walks of life [1]. The future world will be rewritten by the pandemic, just like the Spanish influenza, influenza, smallpox, cholera, atypical pneumonia and other pandemics that the world suffered in the past 100 years or so, which had a huge impact on society [2][3][4][5].…”

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the professional intention of medical and related students

Gong

Wen

et al. 2021

BMC Med Educ

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Background The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to increased workload and infection risks among medical staff. This situation may influence current medical and health-related students’ decision on the choices of their future careers. Hence, this study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on their future career intentions. Methods This is a cross-sectional observational study that included medical and health-related students from three universities between October 2020 and January 2021. The study questionnaire was divided into two main sections: Section 1, which comprised students’ basic information. And section 2 focused mainly on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on students’ professional intentions. The chi-squared χ2 test was used to compare the responses before and after the pandemic outbreak among Chinese and non-Chinese students. Results In overall, 1253 students completed the questionnaires. The responses showed that the number of students who preferred clinical medicine, public health, pharmacy and oral medicine increased significantly after the pandemic outbreak. In contrast, the number of students who chose nursing and medical technology decreased significantly. The change mainly occurred in Chinese students, predominantly females. Half of students (50.35%) were more willing to engage in medical and health work after completing their current program. Also, 36.39% of students felt that knowledge was too limited in the pandemic’s face and would like to continue studying after graduation to gain more knowledge. Due to the pandemic, 34.18% of students would like a future workplace near their hometown, and 19.63% preferred to work in urban areas. Conclusion The COVID-19 outbreak impacted current medical and health-related students’ career planning on their future workplaces and employment time choices. Additionally, the pandemic influenced the intention of Chinese students in choosing their future careers. This study provided the basis for the policymaking, specialty setting of colleges and supplied the medical health department’s talent reserve information.

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“…While the effect of mobile phone usage is well-documented,[ 28 ] the effect seen in this study can be due to the effect of social media misinformation, and in turn, can impact the students' risk perception. [ 3 29 ]…”

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Factors contributing to distress among school and college-going adolescents during COVID-19 Lockdown: A cross-sectional study conducted in Sibi Balochistan, Pakistan

Awais

Chaudhery

Khan

et al. 2021

J Edu Health Promot

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BACKGROUND: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have implemented nationwide lockdowns. While this leads to a decrease in disease transmission, there is a concurrent increase in the levels of psychological distress. To estimate the levels of psychological distress in school- and college-going adolescents currently under lockdown and to determine the factors associated with this psychological distress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study conducted in Army Public School and College (APSAC) Sibi, Balochistan province of Pakistan between March and May 2020. Students of APSAC Sibi were enrolled in this research. Modified Kuppuswamy Socioeconomic Scale, Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire, and Kessler-10 were used for data acquisition. Chi-square and t -tests and univariate analysis (nonparametric test) were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 (IBM, Armonk, US). RESULTS: Out of 225 participants, 57.4% were studying at school. Sixty-four percent of the participants were likely to be suffering from psychological distress. There is a significant effect of physical activity, sleep duration, bedtime at night, screen-time duration, and COVID-19 positive family member on the levels of distress. A moderate positive correlation was between psychological distress and bed-time at night ( rho [223] = 0.328, P < 0.001) and screen time duration ( rho [223] = 0.541, P < 0.001). A moderate negative correlation of physical activity ( rho [223] = −0.340, P < 0.001) and a weak negative correlation of sleep duration hours ( rho [225] = −0.158, P = 0.018) was found with psychological distress levels. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 lockdown and pandemic have had a considerable psychological impact on both school-going and college-going students, showing increased level of stress. A strong public health campaign along with mental and physical and social support programs are the need of the hour.

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Social influence of COVID-19: An observational study on the social impact of post-COVID-19 lockdown on everyday life in Kerala from a community perspective

Cited by 21 publications

References 4 publications

Attitudes and Perceptions of Health Protection Measures Against the Spread of COVID-19 in Italy and Poland

Attitudes and Perceptions of Health Protection Measures Against the Spread of COVID-19 in Italy and Poland

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the professional intention of medical and related students

Factors contributing to distress among school and college-going adolescents during COVID-19 Lockdown: A cross-sectional study conducted in Sibi Balochistan, Pakistan

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