Darshan Yallappa Jotibannad1, Ayushi Devendra Singh2
BACKGROUND
Covid-19 has detrimental effects on physical and mental health globally. A large
number of people have developed psychological disorders due to the pandemic.
This study was an attempt to explore the occurrence of depression and its severity
level amongst the population who are working from home online during the
pandemic period.
METHODS
A cross sectional online survey was conducted by sharing Zung self-administered
depression questionnaire using Google form. Informed consent was obtained from
106 participants and snowball sampling technique was used in the study. Chisquare
test and P-value were also calculated to determine the level of significance
and association between different variables.
RESULTS
Out of 106 participants, 5 (4.71 %) were found to have depression. Females were
more affected than men; higher numbers came from those living in a joint family
and those who were not married.
CONCLUSIONS
Our study highlighted the incidence of depression amongst the group working
from home during the pandemic. It is the need of the hour to recognise the
psychological impact of the pandemic on an peoples’ minds and help them seek
immediate help from their nearest health centre to overcome the sufferings they
go through.
