Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of College Students in India: Cross-sectional Web-Based Study.

Autor:	Chaudhary AP; Department of Pharmacy Practice Mallige College of Pharmacy Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore India., Sonar NS; Department of Pharmacology Mallige College of Pharmacy Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore India., Tr J; Department of Pharmacy Practice Mallige College of Pharmacy Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore India., Banerjee M; Department of Pharmaceutics Mallige College of Pharmacy Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore India., Yadav S; Department of Pharmacy Practice Mallige College of Pharmacy Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore India.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	JMIRx med [JMIRx Med] 2021 Sep 02; Vol. 2 (3), pp. e28158. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 02 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.2196/28158
Abstrakt:	Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a mental health crisis among college students in India due to lockdown restrictions, overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 cases, financial difficulty, etc. This mental health crisis has led to high degrees of fear, anxiety, and depression among college students. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate symptoms of fear, depression, and anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic among college students in India. Methods: This cross-sectional web-based study was conducted using a Google Forms questionnaire. The Google Form included a sociodemographic questionnaire and psychometric scales evaluating the psychological and behavioral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, both qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed in the study. Results: A total of 324 college students participated in this study, of whom 180 (55.6%) were male and 144 (44.4%) were female. After assessment of the psychometric scales, it was found that of the 324 students, 223 (68.8%) had high fear of COVID-19, 93 (28.7%) had moderate to severe depression, and 167 (51.5%) had mild to severe anxiety. Among the identified risk factors, having a family member who was infected with COVID-19 was significantly associated with anxiety and depression, with P values of .02 and .001, respectively. In addition, the correlations of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were found to be 0.492 and 0.474, respectively. Conclusions: This research concludes that there is a very high fear of COVID-19 among students, along with anxiety and depression symptoms. This study also concludes that the Fear of COVID-19 Scale has a moderate positive correlation with the anxiety and depression scales, respectively. Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest: None declared. (©Amar Prashad Chaudhary, Narayan Sah Sonar, Jamuna TR, Moumita Banerjee, Shailesh Yadav. Originally published in JMIRx Med (https://med.jmirx.org), 02.09.2021.)
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