Depression, Anxiety and Stress Level of Men During Covid-19 Lockdown- A Questionnaire Survey.
- Author Suruthi Raju
- Co-Author Vijay Krishna Kumar
- DOI http://wwj
- Country : India
- Subject : Physiotherapy
Keywords : Depression, Anxiety and Stress, Men, COVID-19 Lockdown
Abstract
Background: The pandemic Coronavirus disease 2019 crisis has highly affected the human lives throughout the world. The pandemic lockdown has an impact on mental health problems of men who work both online and offline across the world.
Methods: Approximation of mental health status are required immediately. The DASS-21is asset of three self-report scales designed to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress. The depression scale measures dysphoria, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of interest/involvement, anhedonia, and inertia. The anxiety scale measures autonomic arousal, skeletal muscle effect, situational anxiety, and subjective experience of anxious effect. The stress scale measures difficulty relaxing, nervous arousal, and being upset/ agitated, irritable/over reactive, and impatient. The data collected shows that COVID-19 lockdown had a vital impact on Depression, Anxiety and Stress level of both online and offline male employees. Majority of participants (both online and offline employees) showed that they were in anxiety than depression and stress during lockdown.
Conclusions: This web-based survey shows significant results to highlight that men had mental health problems to manage their work life with family during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Lockdown situation made men more depressed, anxiety and stressed with official work along with the family setup. 63.5% of participants were married and only 9.6% of participants maintaining their better lifestyle with their positive mental health since lockdown.
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