Impact Of COVID-19 Lockdown on Mental Health in Students

Abstract

A widespread panic has been caused all around the world after the deceleration of COVID-19, as a global pandemic. A multitude of psychological complications have been reported so far which have a major effect on human beings’ mental health. Objective: The main intention of the study is to evaluate the crucial factors pertaining to the COVID-19 lockdown in COVID-19 and to have a clear comprehension of the impact related to these factors on psychological heath and overall student well-being. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study which was performed from the University of the Lahore, Pakistan. A non-probability convenient sampling methodology was utilized to select over 100 students. The participants under study were assessed via a specified questionnaire. The entire study was completed in over four months, from January to April. For the purpose of Data Analysis, SPSS 21.0 software framework was utilized. From the survey, we got to know that out of 100 students 7 of them for nearly every day felt down depressed, 44 among them felt stressed while 67 of them found having anxiety and couldn't cope with the things that they had to do. In exclusion criteria: Individual are not suffering from covid-19. Individuals below 18 years of age. On cooperative individuals. Results: In this survey we got to know that out of 100 students 7 of them for nearly every day felt down depressed, 44 among them felt stressed while 67 of them found having anxiety and couldn't cope with the things that they had to do. Conclusion: Various co- and extra-curricular activities and software applications are beneficial for to improve mental health care to some extent, most prominently in circumstances, including scenarios developed by the COVID outbreak, the subjective students involved in this study demonstrated mild to moderate affinity towards anxiety, depression, and stress.