To study the effect of COVID -19 pandemic on sleep and mental health in population

Abstract

Background & Objective:The novel corona virus pneumonia outbroke in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and spread rapidly throughout the world. Public health emergencies during epidemic / pandemic like severe acute respiratory distress syndrome , middle east respiratory virus syndrome and Ebola outbreak were associated with increased psychological distress in the affected population. Material &Method:It is a web based survey done in April 2021 during the time of second wave of COVID pandemic in India to assess magnitude of impact of this Corona pandemic on Depression , Generalized Anxiety , Stress and Sleep Quality on adults . Assessment of Depression,Anxiety , Sleep Quality and Stress done by Patient Health Questionnaire -9 scale , Generalized Anxiety Disorder -7 and Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index and Perceived Stress Scale -4 respectively.Results:The mean age of the study participants in the study was 24± 16.33 years with a range from 18 to 60 years. There were 55.93 % males and 44.07 % females. Depression was 47.46 %, anxiety 52.55% and sleep disturbance 13.55% and low stress in 28.82% , moderate in 65.42% and high stress in 5.76% found among study participants . Conclusion:These psychological problems may be related to consequences of disease, severity of illness and contagiousness of the disease. Therefore in this present pandemic situation it is very important to raise awareness among population regarding preventive measures and other aspects of this disease and also measures should be taken by health authority of time to time surveillance for psychological and mental health problems among population during pandemic.