Lifestyle, mental health and social support of citizens living in India and Nepal during post-COVID-19

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine the lifestyle, mental health and social support of the citizens living in India and Nepal during post-Covid-19.Two different areas were taken for the present study, i.e. India and Nepal. In Nepal, subjects were taken from the Bagmati district of Kathmandu and the Kapurthala district of Punjab. 100 subjects were taken (50 from Nepal and 50 from India) among Nepal subjects, the equal number of male and female subjects were taken, it was followed among Indian subjects in the same way. The subjects were also matched in age, education and occupation. All the subjects were very cooperative and free from any severe physical or mental illness. Mental Health Battery, Lifestyle Scale and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support were employed with each of the subjects in two sessions respectively.It revealed that the people of Nepal showed deterioration in mental health compared to the subjects of the Indian population. In the other two dimensions, like lifestyle scale and social support scale, Indian subjects showed less prominence compared to Nepal subjects. Covid pandemic was so unexpected that the people were in a state of severe shock, who survived.