Need For Psychological Support Research Articles

Effect of male infertility on quality of life

Background Infertility is a condition with psychological, economic, medical implications, resulting in trauma and stress, particularly in a social setup, with a strong emphasis on child bearing. Objective To evaluate the effect of infertility on quality of life (QOL) and to determine what variables predict QOL in infertile men in Upper Egypt. Patients and methods This is a case–control study that included 200 married men, comprising 100 infertile men and 100 fertile men with at least one living child. Assessment of QOL was done using the 36-item Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form Health Survey. Results Compared with fertile controls, infertile men had lower scores in the following variables: role limitations owing to emotional health, energy/fatigue, emotional well-being, social functioning, and general health (P Conclusions Infertile men had lower QOL than controls, which confirms the need for psychological support for those men.

Faith and spirituality as psychological coping mechanism among female aid workers: a qualitative study

Despite evidence that faith-based and spiritual coping supports people’s mental health, stigmata prevail in the aid sector around the need for psychological support in general and around this coping mechanism in particular. This qualitative research examines female aid workers’ experiences and aims to elucidate how this mechanism supports mental health in stressful, conflict, or disaster-affected living and working environments. Inductive thematic analysis of 14 semi-structured interviews reveals three themes around (a) specificities of the aid work context, (b) benefits and gains through this coping mechanism and related processes, and (c) potential downsides. Interview findings suggest a faith-based and spiritual approach helped interviewees feel grounded, calm, resilient, and present in difficult environments. Participants experienced a resolute identity, space for self-care, as well as access to community, belonging, and connection across national, faith, and spiritual boundaries. Results raise the importance of de-stigmatizing faith-based and spiritual coping and invite further discussion among practitioners.

[On the Need for Psychological Support for Citizens in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic].

The article deals with issues related to the psychological support of citizens during the most acute periods of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, global statistics on mental illness and disorders (including neurological and substance use disorders; suicide risk and related psychosocial and cognitive impairments) were already disappointing. In this connection, the world economy is suffering serious financial losses, and the social sphere is faced with the need to organize socio-psychological support and rehabilitation of citizens experiencing certain psychological problems. The purpose of this work is to present data reflecting the work of psychiatrists and psychologists in providing counseling and rehabilitation psychological assistance to citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic through indicators of the depth of anxiety of citizens who applied for appropriate services.

Psychological support in general population during the COVID-19 lockdown in France: Needs and access.

IntroductionWith France one of the European countries most strongly affected by COVID-19 in the spring of 2020, French authorities imposed a nationwide lockdown for 8 weeks (March 17–May 10). This study explored the perception of the adult population about the need for—and access to—psychological support from health care professionals (HCP) in response to concerns about the psychological needs during lockdown.Material and methodThis online cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of the adult general population of mainland France (N = 2,003) took place during the last four days of the French lockdown (May 7–10, 2020).ResultsOne in eight respondents (12.2%) perceived a need for psychological support from an HCP during the lockdown; most had symptoms of depression and/or anxiety of at least moderate intensity. Only a third (29.8%, 3.6% of the entire sample) actually obtained this support. Factors associated with this perceived need included: age under 35, economic difficulties due to lockdown, pre-lockdown use of psychological support, infection with COVID-19, serious worries about becoming infected, and heavy media use to obtain information about the disease. Among those who perceived a need for psychological support, the elderly were the most likely not to consult an HCP. People aged 35–64, those with high income, and those seriously worried about developing COVID-19 were the most likely to forgo seeking access to care because of their fear of infection by the coronavirus-2019.ConclusionThe perceived need for psychological support from an HCP and access to it appeared to be strongly associated with COVID-19 exposure factor. More research about this association is needed to improve the health authorities’ understanding of the population’s psychological needs in this situation and to enhance HCPs’ abilities to meet them. In particular, further research of its specific impact on youth is necessary.

Narrative of “Here‐and‐Now”: Cancer Survivors in a Group Psychotherapy Using SCT® (Systems‐Centered Therapy)1,2

AbstractThis study focused on “here‐and‐now” narrative and examined the process of group psychotherapy for cancer survivors using systems‐centered therapy (SCT). In contemporary society, cancer survivors have a vital need for psychological support, and group psychotherapy and peer support are used as part of this need. In most of these interventions, participants are encouraged to speak freely and share their experience of cancer. This generally means speaking about “there‐and‐then” experience. It has been argued that one reason that narrative therapy produces a psychological effect is that the meaning of an experience changes when the experience is spoken about. SCT differs significantly from other group interventions in that it requires participants to talk about their here‐and‐now experience through the format of SCT's “functional subgrouping.” Functional subgrouping requires participants to listen, reflect, and build on similarities in their experience. In this study, we qualitatively examined how participants' experiences unfolded in the SCT group by directly addressing the group process. The study findings revealed that even though the participants did not directly share their cancer experiences in the group, they experienced an inexplicable sense of connectedness that had a positive psychological effect on them. They also experienced deep emotions through talking while using the SCT narrative style. In the process, the effects of the SCT narrative were discussed.

Online Health Survey on Epileptic Children during Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, and the outbreak is now rapidly spreading globally. The current administrative measures of lock-down, social distancing, and self-isolation are intended at reducing the spread of the viral infection, minimizing contacts between potentially infected individuals and healthy subjects. However, they can complicate the management of children with neurological illnesses by instigating or worsening concomitant anxiety and depression, hindering the interactions with physicians, and leading to shortages or inconsistent supply of medicines. OBJECTIVE: The current study aims to provide information on the medical care and wellbeing of children with epilepsy during COVID-19 pandemic and provide the best possible care for those children while avoiding visits to urgent care facilities and hospitalizations during the pandemic. METHODS: The current study was an observational cross-section survey study. One hundred twenty children with epilepsy following in the epilepsy clinic of Medical Research Center of Excellence, and epilepsy clinic at Neurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University aged above 4 years were recruited. The authors designed a 22-items questionnaire to address impact of COVID-19 crisis on the care, seizure outcome, behavior of children, and concerns of their parents. The study was conducted during the period from May 2020 to November 2020. RESULTS: The study included 120 epileptic children, 47 males and 73 females, with age ranged from 4 to 17 years with mean age 8.34 ± 3.877 years. Before COVID pandemic, 18.3% of care providers had worries about epilepsy, while during the pandemic, 78.3% of them had the same worries. Twenty percent of the studied patients showed worsened sleep during the pandemic. Medical follow-up difficulties and drug access difficulties were found in 18.3% and 50% of the patients, respectively, during the pandemic. Child anxiety was 20% before the pandemic and 97.5% during the pandemic. Of the care providers, 95.8% were worried about their children of getting COVID 19. Thirty percent showed a need for psychological support, 76.7% for medical support, and 75% for information support about epilepsy. Medical support by phone or online during the pandemic was accepted by 80.8% of the caregivers. The study also showed that epileptic children with age ≤12 years needed more psychological support than those >12 years. All children without anxiety before the COVID-19 pandemic had anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic, while 87.5% of those with anxiety before COVID still had anxiety during the pandemic, signifying that COVID 19 pandemic increased the anxiety of the epileptic children significantly. CONCLUSION: The present study found no increase in seizure exacerbation during the outbreak of COVID-19. During the pandemic, worries of the care providers about progression of the frequency of seizure and epileptic children anxiety increased significantly. Physicians should offer health care facilities including medications and information as much as possible at home to keep children with epilepsy in good psychological and mental status as well as minimizing of risk of seizure exacerbation through adherence. Effective telemedicine tools will prove useful for the long-term management of these patients.

COVİD-19 döneminde öğretmenler: Psikolojik etkiler, uygulamalar ve kariyer ihtiyaçları

The purpose of the current study was to examine teachers’ career needs and psychosocial experience during the COVID-19 pandemic within the phenomenological pattern of qualitative research methods. The data collection process included individual interviews and an online survey form. As a result of the research, four main themes were obtained. The first of these themes concerned the effects of the COVID-19 process on teachers. These effects were divided into both positive and negative effects. The second main theme focused on the needs of teachers. In this process, teachers felt the need for psychological support, in-service training and support for infrastructure. The third main theme was the professional life of teachers and school counselors. In this process, teachers and school counselors continued their education, teaching and support processes by adapting them to the online environment. The last main theme was the problems experienced in this process and the proposed solutions. Participants highlighted problems in this period, particularly the access of students to education. Recommendations were made as part of the research results to strengthen the educational training activities offered by teachers in the COVID-19 period.

PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT OF EXCELLENCE IN THE SPORT OF HIGHER ACHIEVEMENTS AS A COMPONENT OF THE SUCCESS OF THE ATHLETE

The article raises one of the urgent problems in modern sports of the highest achievements - the problem of psychological support for the superiority of athletes. Considered as one of the priority directions of state policy. Modern sport is distinguished by a significant intensity of training loads, a reduction in time limits in the preparation of athletes, a great personal responsibility, both a coach and an athlete for the result in competitions of various levels. All of these factors affect the mental state of the athlete. In this connection, disturbances in the stability of the neuropsychic state, psycho-emotional lability and tension, and low resistance to stress may appear. It is obvious that there is a need for psychological support of athletes at all stages of sports activity in order to form stress resistance, an active life position, a competitive and healthy personality. Excellence in sports is considered as the achievement of high sports results, the peak of skill in sports activities, as well as the achievement of the athlete's superiority in setting and implementing the goal, the sports activity itself and to ensure the quality of the sports process as an end result. In our opinion, psychological support in elite sports is a system for managing the processes of an athlete's personality development, mental states, processes of social behavior, adaptation of an athlete to the end of a sports professional career, as well as a study of the psychological patterns of mental improvement in the process of sports formation. Psychological support of athletes at different stages of the development of a sports career is an important component of the activity of a sports psychologist and includes the following areas: primary psychological diagnostics; psychodiagnostic control; psychological correction; psychological counseling of athletes, their parents (if necessary), coaches.

장애인 심리지원을 위한 코칭과 상담의 융합적 접근에 대한 필요성 고찰 및 Q방법론 적용방안

In order to solve the psychological problems of the disabled, change and growth, it is necessary to change from the existing counseling and treatment-centered psychological support to the psychological support based on the convergence of coaching and counseling. In particular, psychological support for the disabled is needed by disabled people with the same type of disability, away from the existing psychological support for the disabled based on a sufficient understanding and empathy for the disabled. In addition, in the current situation where the interest and importance of employment for the disabled are highlighted, coaching and counseling can expand employment and start-up opportunities for the disabled in connection with the training of coaching counseling experts for the disabled. Therefore, in this study aims to consider the current state of psychological support for the disabled in South Korea, the need for psychological support for the disabled based on a convergent approach of coaching and counseling, and to present expected effects. In addition, the study proposes and applies a Q methodology suitable for basic research on the convergent approach of coaching and counseling implemented by the disabled. It is hoped that the results of this study will be used as basic data for research on the perception of psychological support through a convergent approach of coaching and counseling conducted by the disabled and for the development of an educational program to cultivate coaching counseling experts for the disabled.

Long-term cognitive and psychiatric outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome managed with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

BackgroundCognitive dysfunction is often reported in patients who have experienced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy is increasingly used to manage ARDS patients in ICU, transforming survival rates. However, few studies have examined cognitive outcomes. MethodsWe examined self-reported cognitive complaints, psychiatric outcomes and neuropsychological test performance in survivors of severe hypoxaemia managed with VV-ECMO, at 18–24 month follow-up, compared with a group of healthy controls. ResultsOver 70% of ECMO-treated patients (N = 46) complained of difficulty in at least one aspect of cognition on self-report measures (study 1). However, a much lower frequency of cognitive impairment was found on formal neuropsychological testing (study 2). Mean neuropsychological test scores of the ECMO group (N = 24) did not significantly differ from healthy controls (N = 23) after controlling for depression. Less than 30% of ECMO-treated patients showed impairments in anterograde memory, and deficits on general IQ or executive function were seen in <17% of patients. However, we observed high levels of self-reported anxiety and depression in the ECMO-treated patients. ConclusionsCognitive outcomes in ECMO-treated patients were generally good, with preserved neuropsychological function in the majority of patients, despite severe hypoxaemia and high rates of self-reported difficulties. However, we saw high levels of mental health symptoms in these patients, highlighting a need for psychological support.

Nurses' pandemic lives: A mixed-methods study of experiences during COVID-19

BackgroundThe US healthcare settings and staff have been stretched to capacity by the COVID-19 pandemic. While COVID-19 continues to threaten global healthcare delivery systems and populations, its impact on nursing has been profound. ObjectivesThis study aimed to document nurses' immediate reactions, major stressors, effective measures to reduce stress, coping strategies, and motivators as they provided care during COVID-19. DesignMixed-methods, cross sectional design. Participants responded to objective and open-ended questions on the COVID-19 Nurses' Survey. ParticipantsThe survey, was sent to nurses employed in health care settings during the pandemic; 110 nurses participated. ResultsImmediate reactions of respondents were nervousness and call of duty; major stressors were uncertainty, inflicting the virus on family, lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), and protocol inconsistencies. Effective measures to reduce stress identified were financial incentives and mental health support. Most frequently used coping strategies were limiting televised news about the virus, talking with family and friends, and information, Motivators to participate in future care included having adequate PPE and sense of duty. Bivariate analysis of outcomes by age group, education, work setting, and marital status was performed. Nurse respondents with higher advanced degrees had significantly less fear than those with BSN-only degrees (p < .05).Of respondents who were married/living with a partner, 85.9% listing “uncertainty about when the pandemic will be under control” as a major stressor (p < .05), while 62.8% of those who were single/divorced/widowed (p = .015) did so. Further, 75% of respondents working in critical care listed “mental health services” as important (p = .054). Four major qualitative themes emerged: What is going on here?; How much worse can this get?; What do I do now?; What motivates me to do future work? ConclusionThe study found nurses were motivated by ethical duty to care for patients with COVID-19 despite risk to self and family, leaving nurses vulnerable to moral distress and burnout. This research articulates the need for psychological support, self- care initiatives, adequate protection, information, and process improvements in the healthcare systems to reduce the risk of moral distress, injury and burnout among nurses.

Mothers' Experiences about Decisions to Use Children's Proton Beam Therapy.

Recently, proton beam therapy has been recommended in radiation therapy for child-hood cancer. However, facilities for children are limited, and parents who choose this treatment for their children face a variety of challenges. This study reveals mothers’ experiences about the decision to use the aforementioned therapy. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 16 mothers of children who received proton beam therapy in Japan, and a grounded theory approach was adopted. The results revealed that mothers were very worried about late complications concerning their children due to radiation. While the mothers strongly expected proton beam therapy to reduce the risk of late complications, they felt uncertainty and anxiety throughout the entire decision-making process. Despite having to deal with their feelings, they had to transfer to another hospital and prepare support for their children to begin treatment, and this put a lot of strain on them. From decision-making to start of treatment, these emotional fluctuations and the need for psychological support became apparent.

609 Combined Physical, Occupational, and Psychotherapies in the Holistic Care of the Burn

Abstract Introduction Burn patients often experience pain and fear of the recovery process, negatively impacting their engagement in necessary treatments for maximal functional outcomes. Patients routinely exhibit aversions toward physical and occupational therapies (PT and OT). As a result, therapists have been tasked with managing the patient’s psychological reactions while simultaneously providing rehabilitation. We developed a program for our psychologist to co-treat patients with burn physical and occupational therapists to directly address the painful or feared aspects of burn recovery. These multidisciplinary visits offer in-vivo interventions for managing patient distress and allows therapists the ability to focus solely on their specialized interventions. Methods This program has been active for 12 months and was created during therapy to aid a patient with high distress during PT and OT. Therapists now work with psychology to co-treat improving patient engagement in rehabilitative interventions. During co-treatment, the patients are able to engage in PT and OT more effectively and achieve short-term goals. The burn center psychologist and therapists have developed an interventional method to explore potential generalization of co-treatment effectiveness. Patients are identified based on high need for psychological support during therapy sessions. Each patient case is reviewed and discussed to develop individualized treatment plans and establish goals. Through qualitative review of each co-treatment visit, common barriers have been identified as well as strategies to improve engagement and compliance. Results The common barriers encountered had a high association with a history of traumatic experiences and avoidant coping/low distress tolerance. The most effective co-treatment interventions included: collaboratively setting patient goals with PT, OT and psychology; scheduling patient therapy with burn psychology in advance; teaching distress tolerance skills to manage anticipatory and in-vivo distress related to rehabilitation. Conclusions Treating the emotional aspects of burn recovery during moments of acute distress is integral for holistic patient care. This multidisciplinary approach offers patients increased involvement through collaboratively tailored treatment planning and improved ability to tolerate distressing aspects of recovery. Additionally, therapists were taught various approaches to improve patient engagement and adherence.

Depression and associated factors among international students in a private university of Bangladesh

Background: Depression is the second major cause of disability and is a principal source of disease burden worldwide which is quite common among international students.Aim: This study explored the depression and its associated factors among international students of a private university in Bangladesh.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 149 international students at a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D 10) Scale.Results: The prevalence of depressive symptoms among international students was 47.7%. Students’ age, marital status, satisfaction with living conditions and problems concerning studies, food, homesickness, finances, accommodation, and health were significantly associated with depression.Conclusion: This study concluded that there is an unmet need for psychological support for international students studying in Bangladesh. Appropriate support services should be directed to them to help and to overcome the challenges they face.

Longitudinal observation of anxiety and depression among palliative care cancer patients.

Anxiety and depressive symptoms are commonly reported to have a high prevalence in advanced cancer patients. However, whether the severity of the symptoms change during a stay in a palliative care unit (PCU) and after discharge home has not been studied thus far. This prospective, longitudinal, single-center study screened for anxiety and depression as measured on the German version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) in a palliative care (PC) cancer cohort at three different time points. Consecutive patients (N=206) admitted to a PCU were evaluated of whom N=102 could be enrolled. Patients were screened for anxiety and depression using the HADS-D questionnaire: 24 h after admittance (P1), within 24 h before discharge (P2) and 2 weeks after discharge (P3). Longitudinal changes and influencing factors were determined. Nearly 80% of all patients had at least at one time point a HADS score ≥8 indicating a clinically meaningful symptom burden. The P1 mean scores were 7.1±3.3 (anxiety) and 8.9±4.6 (depression). Depression was associated with underlying cancer type (P<0.05). Anxiety and depression stabilized during hospitalization (P2). However, a significant deterioration after discharge (P3) was observed (anxiety P=0.046; depression P=0.003), in particular in older patients (>65 years) and higher ECOG status (≥3). Patients with a short time since first diagnosis (<1 year) had significantly higher symptom burden compared to patients with a longer disease course. Participation was 50% emphasizing the difficulty to study PC patients. Most patients had advanced cancers (99%). Underlying cancer types consisted of a broad variety of solid tumors including 15% hematological cases. Median survival was 1.1 months. The high prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms points to the need for psychological support. All PC patients should be screened for psychological distress to identify those in need of further assessment and treatment. The deterioration at home suggests the need for improved outpatient management, including home-based psychological support. Caregivers should be aware of the psychological vulnerability of newly diagnosed cancer patients, patients with lower functional status and higher age.

Epidemiology Study on Poisoning in Patients Received Pre-hospital Emergency Services in Ghaemshahr, Iran

Background: Poisoning is an important public health issue and causes high mortality rate each year worldwide. Having epidemiological information can lead to proper planning for its prevention and intervention. Objective: This study aims to investigate the one-year prevalence and causes of poisoning in patients received pre-hospital emergency services in Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran, Iran. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. After reviewing the medical files of 12552 patients collected from the Medical Emergency and Accident Management Center in Ghaemshahr, Iran in 2016, 398 poisoned patients were found. Their data including age, gender, place of residence, agent and cause of poisoning, and received therapeutic interventions were extracted and recorded. Results: Of 398 patients, 17.3% had received treatment; 271 (68.1%) were male and 127 (31.9%) were female. The most common cause of poisoning was abuse (58.1%); 58.3% of the poisonings were caused by the use of medications and the rest were non-medication poisonings. Tramadol (29.6%) was the most common medication that had caused poisoning. Among non-medication poisonings, the most common agent were substances (22.6%) and alcohol (13.1%). The most common route of exposure to poisoning agent (toxins) was by ingestion. Conclusion: Due to the increasing abuse of substances and medications such as tramadol among young people and considering the high prevalence of intentional poisoning in young women, there are a need for psychological support, proper monitoring of medicine distribution, and creating social and recreational opportunities for the young people in Iran.

A mental health paradox: Mental health was both a motivator and barrier to physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health, physical activity, and sedentary behavior of people worldwide. According to the Health Belief Model (HBM), health-related behavior is determined by perceived barriers and motivators. Using an online survey with 1669 respondents, we sought to understand why and how physical activity and sedentary behavior has changed by querying about perceived barriers and motivators to physical activity that changed because of the pandemic, and how those changes impacted mental health. The following results were statistically significant at p < .05. Consistent with prior reports, our respondents were less physically active (aerobic activity, -11%; strength-based activity, -30%) and more sedentary (+11%) during the pandemic as compared to 6-months before. The pandemic also increased psychological stress (+22%) and brought on moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression. Respondents’ whose mental health deteriorated the most were also the ones who were least active (depression r = -.21, anxiety r = -.12). The majority of respondents were unmotivated to exercise because they were too anxious (+8%,), lacked social support (+6%), or had limited access to equipment (+23%) or space (+41%). The respondents who were able to stay active reported feeling less motivated by physical health outcomes such as weight loss (-7%) or strength (-14%) and instead more motivated by mental health outcomes such as anxiety relief (+14%). Coupled with previous work demonstrating a direct relationship between mental health and physical activity, these results highlight the potential protective effect of physical activity on mental health and point to the need for psychological support to overcome perceived barriers so that people can continue to be physically active during stressful times like the pandemic.

The Way of Starting Smoke and the Frequency of Use: A Nationwide Study in Turkey

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and appraise the data distribution of reasons behind starting tobacco use of individuals by sex and the individuals’ using status of smoking tobacco products by sex and age group in 2014 and 2016. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 8 325 adults in Turkey, aged 15 years and over, selected via a stratified, twostage proportionate-to-size sampling method. Data were obtained from faceto- face interviews by trained research assistants, using a standard validated questionnaire. Data is available for the years bienally. The study variables analyzed were years, sex, cause, age groups and using smoke frekans. Chi square analysis was used to predict outcomes. Descriptive statistics were given as frequency distributions and percentages on collected data. In addition, chisquare test was used for statistical evaluation. The level of significance in the study was taken as p &lt;0.05. Results: 50.2% in 2014; 43.5% in 2016 individuals were smoking. Men rates are higher than women. Starting to smoke causes were, curiosity, friend effect and desire were. Statistical significance in between genders, in terms of frequency of smoke and starting smoke causes in 2014 and 2016 (p&lt;0.000). Conclusion: Smoking is an important public health problem in the world and in our country. Young population’s overly smoking habit, the presence of psychosocial reasons which were seen in our study may indicate the need for psychological support in smoking. However, regardless of the reason, the precautions to be determined across the country resolutely and results should be obtained than.

РОЗВИТОК ТВОРЧОГО ПОТЕНЦІАЛУ У СТАРШИХ ДОШКІЛЬНИКІВ

Стаття присвячена виявленню творчих здібностей у старших дошкільників як компоненти творчого потенціалу особистості. Емпіричне дослідження показало, що більшість дітей володіла відтворювальною уявою, слабкою здатністю до експериментування, надситуативно перетворювальних дій та слабо вираженими мисленнєвими процесами, що зумовлює потребу психологічної підтримки розвивальної функції, зокрема у розвитку творчих можливостей.&#x0D; Ключові слова: творче сприйняття; творчу уява; творче мислення; креативність; творчий потенціал.

COVID-19: Psychological Impact on Lockdown Population

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to surge throughout the entire world. Most of the impacted countries implemented preventive measures and lockdown to control the spread of the disease. This restriction developed psychological resilience in a wide range of the population. The objective of this study is to explore the impact on the mental health of the individuals caused by the unforeseen lockdown. Methods A cross-sectional online survey form had been designed leveraging the Google form. In the introduction section, the purpose of study and the details of the investigators were elaborately explained. The survey response was voluntary and ensured the confidentiality of the responder. The online survey consent procedures were well documented and shared with the participants. The Google forms were circulated through various social media platforms for data capturing, and the data were analysed using statistical software SPSS 23.0. A chi-squared test was performed to determine the association between demographic data and emotional data during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Result A total of 2,150 responses were received out of which two of them were discarded due to insufficient data so total 2,148 responses were taken for analysis. The prevalence rate of emotional disturbance is 56.8% and 43.2% in females and males respectively (p-value = 0.001). The participant age ranges between 18 and 98 years, the mean age of participants is 33.25 years and the standard deviation is 12.24. The emotional disturbance response data are significantly associated with marital status (p-value = 0.021), socioeconomic status (p-value &lt; 0.001), occupation (p-value = 0.019), loved one who were affected with COVID-19 (p-value = 0.034), preventive medicines taken (p-value = 0.017), sleep disturbance (p-value &lt; 0.001), need of psychological support (p-value = 0.001), difficulty in monthly bill settlement (p-value &lt; 0.0001), anxiouness and worry all the time during COVID-19 (p-value &lt; 0.0001). Conclusion The survey data discovered the significant association between lockdown during COVID-19 and the emotional disturbance of the general population. These findings required additional research to identify mental health further.