Abstract
Background Online classes emerged as an immediate response to maintain the continuity of theoretical academics during COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the students were not accustomed to online classes and this study was conducted to assess the availability of infrastructures and impact of online classes on mental and physical health on the students.Objective The study aimed to assess the availability of the required infrastructures and impact of online classes on mental and physical health of the students.Methodology A set of face validated semi-structured questions were administered to the medical undergraduate students of Bangalore Medical College using online survey.Results A total of 587 students responded among the 1000 participants. It was observed that 88.51 of the respondents used mobiles while 90.73 missed the interaction with their batch mates 87.25 were worried that they might miss the class due to factors beyond their control. Moreover 67.9 suffered from backache 83.49 of them suffered from eye strain.Conclusion For online classes availability of infrastructure was inadequate. Moreover it is having a negative impact on mental and physical health of the students.
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