Ganga Raju Godasi1, Abdul Salaam Mohammed2, Raj Kiran Donthu3, Jaya Prakash Nunna4
BACKGROUND
COVID-19 is a novel disease caused by Coronavirus. It was declared a pandemic
by WHO in March 2020. To reduce the impact of the disease lockdown was
imposed by various governments. This has a psychological impact on various
groups of people. Schoolteachers are no less affected. There is scarcity in our
understanding of the psychological impact among schoolteachers. This study is an
attempt to understand the psychological impact among schoolteachers. We
wanted to study the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on
schoolteachers.
METHODS
The study was a cross-sectional one and conducted using online Google forms. A
total of seventy-nine schoolteachers were included in the study analysis. The data
were analysed using R language; nonparametric tests like Mann Whitney U and
Kruskal Wallis test were used. The data obtained were tabulated and discussed.
RESULTS
Nearly half the sample belongs to 46 to 55 years, males constitute 57 %, majority
of the participants were married, there was an equal distribution from a rural and
urban background and teachers working in Government setup were 86 %. Females
had significantly higher levels of depression and stress. Married had significantly
higher levels of depression. Moderate to severe levels of depression, anxiety and
stress were seen in 2.6 %, 10 %, and 2.5 % of the participants.
CONCLUSIONS
The study has found an increase in psychological impact among the
schoolteachers. But the reported increase is less than that observed during the
peak of the pandemic. Females have more depression and stress compared to
males.
