scholarly journals Authors’ Response to Peer Reviews of “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of College Students in India: Cross-sectional Web-Based Study”

JMIRx Med ◽  
10.2196/32954 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. e32954
Author(s):  
Amar Prashad Chaudhary ◽  
Narayan Sah Sonar ◽  
Jamuna TR ◽  
Moumita Banerjee ◽  
Shailesh Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Peer Reviews

scholarly journals Authors’ Response to Peer Reviews of “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of College Students in India: Cross-sectional Web-Based Study” (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Prashad Chaudhary ◽  
Narayan Sah Sonar ◽  
Jamuna TR ◽  
Moumita Banerjee ◽  
Shailesh Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Peer Reviews

UNSTRUCTURED These are author responses to peer review.

scholarly journals Impact On Mental Health Of College Students In India Due To COVID-19 Pandemic: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

JMIRx Med ◽  
10.2196/28158 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Prashad Chaudhary ◽  
Narayan Sah Sonar ◽  
Jamuna TR ◽  
Momita Banerjee ◽  
Shailesh Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based

scholarly journals Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of College Students in India: Cross-sectional Web-Based Study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amar Prashad Chaudhary ◽  
Narayan Sah Sonar ◽  
Jamuna TR ◽  
Moumita Banerjee ◽  
Shailesh Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Severe Depression ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Crisis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Psychometric Scales

BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has created a mental health crisis among college students in India due to lockdown restrictions, overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 cases, financial difficulty, etc. This mental health crisis has led to high degrees of fear, anxiety, and depression among college students. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate symptoms of fear, depression, and anxiety due to the COVID-19 pandemic among college students in India. METHODS This cross-sectional web-based study was conducted using a Google Forms questionnaire. The Google Form included a sociodemographic questionnaire and psychometric scales evaluating the psychological and behavioral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, both qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed in the study. RESULTS A total of 324 college students participated in this study, of whom 180 (55.6%) were male and 144 (44.4%) were female. After assessment of the psychometric scales, it was found that of the 324 students, 223 (68.8%) had high fear of COVID-19, 93 (28.7%) had moderate to severe depression, and 167 (51.5%) had mild to severe anxiety. Among the identified risk factors, having a family member who was infected with COVID-19 was significantly associated with anxiety and depression, with P values of .02 and .001, respectively. In addition, the correlations of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale with the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were found to be 0.492 and 0.474, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This research concludes that there is a very high fear of COVID-19 among students, along with anxiety and depression symptoms. This study also concludes that the Fear of COVID-19 Scale has a moderate positive correlation with the anxiety and depression scales, respectively.

Mental Health and Endocrine Telemedicine Consultations in Transgender Subjects During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Italy: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Gava ◽  
Alessandra Daphne Fisher ◽  
Stefania Alvisi ◽  
Ilaria Mancini ◽  
Alessandro Franceschelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based

scholarly journals Factors Associated With The Mental Health of Back-To-Wuhan College Students Based On Quantile Regression Model During The COVID-19 Period

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Wu ◽  
Lijun Zhuo ◽  
Hao Li ◽  
Ling Zheng ◽  
Guoqing Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Quantile Regression ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Future Trend ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Psychological Pressure ◽  
Quantile Regression Analysis

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading rapidly in China and other countries since December 2019, which has increased the risk of infection, and brought the unbearable huge psychological pressure on people. Methods A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted from 31 August 2020, to 14 September 2020 by convenience sampling on the back-to-Wuhan college students, which included the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Insomnia Severity Index-7 (ISI-7), and the revised Impact of Event Scale (IES-R) scales and the basic demographic characteristics. Results The results from 1017 participants suggested that 44%, 47.5%, 37.7%, 57.7% were the prevalence rates of the anxiety, depression, insomnia, and distress respectively. Moreover, quantile regression analysis was used to identify the factors related to the mental health variables of the back-to-Wuhan college students during the COVID-19 period. Conclusion The finding showed that the respondents who were near graduation, discriminated owing to the experience in Wuhan, and worried about the future trend of COVID-19 had a higher risk of becoming negative psychologic status, especially the bottom and median quantile, and might require more psycho-social interventions or support.

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