Mental health issues and sleep quality of Indian employees and higher education students during COVID-19 lockdown

Autor:	Kulandairaj Martin Sagayam, R. V. Belfin, Sudhakar Selvam, Ahmed A. Elngar, E. Kirubakaran, B. L. Radhakrishnan
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Government Higher education business.industry Computer science Stressor Perceived Stress Scale General Medicine Private sector Mental health Preparedness medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom business Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics. 9:193
ISSN:	1758-8723 1758-8715
DOI:	10.1504/ijiei.2021.10040086
Popis:	India implemented a prolonged lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. Our study aimed to assess the mental health difficulties and influence of lockdown stressors among Indian higher education students' and employees of the government, private sector during the COVID-19 lockdown. We collected the basic demographic, sleep generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), perceived stress scale (PSS) and sleep quality data from 676 participants using a web-based cross-sectional survey. Among the participants, the overall prevalence of GAD and PSS were 22.9%, 15.7% (low), 79.4% (medium), 4.7 (high), respectively. Younger participants reported higher GAD and PSS symptoms. Lockdown stressors have a significant correlation with GAD and PSS. In addition, the increased mobile phone usage significantly affects sleep latency, and sleep quality (p < 0.001) is a subject of concern. As part of global preparedness measures, continuous monitoring of sleep and the psychological impacts of outbreaks should become standard practice.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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