Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Physical, Mental and Behavioral Health.

Main Article Content

1Vandana S. Daulatabad, 2* Prafull A. Kamble, 3 Ramesh S. Patil, 4 Vinayak P. Doijad, 5 Pradnya P.Waghmare, 6 Madhuri B. A, 7 Swetha Bindu L, 8 Swati R. Gawali, 9 Charushila A. Rukdikar,

Abstract

Background: An unprecedented and unexpected COVID-19 pandemic resulted appalled lockdowns limiting movement of the entire population of the country and also across the globe. Downtime due to COVID-19 pandemic, led to adjournment of schools, colleges, different institutions, industries and business. This shutdown of work affected physical, mental and behavioral health of mankind from different age groups of different sectors. Methods- In this cross-sectional study, prevalidated questionnaire using the quick mode of communications like Whatsapp and emails through Google form was used. It was among the quick and inexpensive method to collect data from a wide cross-section of the general public. After ethical committee approval, link was distributed among health care trainee, employees and health care workers (HCWs) of various educational institutes and hospitals. Participants read informed consent for voluntary participation in the survey, which was administered in two parts: The first part asked participants basic demographic characteristics including age, gender, place of residence and in second part questions were asked to determine participation in specific behaviors related to their physical, mental and behavioral health.

Article Details