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. 2021 Jan-Mar:9:47-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2020.06.010. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

Psycho-social factors associated with the nationwide lockdown in India during COVID- 19 pandemic

Nilima Nilima  1 , Siddharth Kaushik  2 , Bhaskar Tiwary  3   4 , Piyush Kant Pandey  3
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Psycho-social factors associated with the nationwide lockdown in India during COVID- 19 pandemic

Nilima Nilima et al. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the psycho-social factors associated with COVID-19 and the nationwide lockdown in India.

Study design: An online survey was conducted from April 11 through April 16, 2020 in 28 states and 8 union territories (UT) of India. The potential participants were recruited using snowball sampling procedure.

Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among the people of all states in India. A spatial analysis was performed and Moran's I statistic was applied to investigate the overall clustering of locations. Fisher's exact test was used to investigate associations. GeoDa and R console were used to analyze the data. A total of 1316 responses were received.

Results: Those worried for their family's health were likely to follow the lockdown measures ( p < 0.001 ) . Significant association was observed ( p < 0.001 ) between following the lockdown measures and being satisfied with the government strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant relation was observed between the gender (p = 0.001), job profile ( p < 0.001 ) and physical activity ( p < 0.001 ) were observed to be associated with the psycho-social impact.

Conclusion: Government and public health officials should consider the sentiments of the community while planning strategies relating to the pandemic. The findings of this study will assist the policymakers in emphasizing the psychological well-being of individuals, along with physical health.

Keywords: COVID-19; Corona virus; Psycho-social impact; SARS CoV-2; Spatial; Stress.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Choropleth maps describing the percentage of participants (a) following lockdown (b) satisfied by the government policy (c) believing lockdown can prevent form COVID-19, India, 2020.
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Fig. 2
Illustrating the geographical distribution of psycho-social measures (a) worried about loss/job (b) upset due to COVID-19 (c) Panic and overreact to news (d) Worried about family health (e) Sleep as usual, of COVID-19 in India, 2020.
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Fig. 3
Illustrating the geographical distribution of states with (a) moderate and (b) severe psycho-social impact of COVID-19 in India, 2020.
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