Covid-19 pandemic: Immediate psycological impact during the 3td stage of lockdown among general population of selected areas of vadodara city

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic & lockdown has cause deliberate effect to human’s physical & mental health & trigger many psychological problems like anxiety, loneliness, stress, depression & other panic disorder. The investigators interested to find out the psychological impact of lockdown among general population & correlation with different components of modified psychosocial impact event scale. Researchers have used non – experimental descriptive research deign with Non – randomized convenient sampling & 500sample recruited for the study. Researchers have used standardized modified impact event scale in the form of 5 point likert scale, they have identified that 366 sample(73.2%)have moderate stress,110 sample (22%) identified with severe stress & remaining 24 sample (4.8%) have mild stress. Another finding revel that each component having positive correlation with each other. The significant association of psychological impacts & selected demographic variables were found with use of modified impact event scale. Researcher have concluded that this type of event or diseases outbreak affect the mental health of the person, increased stress among individual & also affect the daily life of the person.