Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: July-September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 88-92
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210715
A Study to Assess the Anxiety Level among People Residing In Various Parts of Assam during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Namita Chetri1, June Chiring2
1Senior Nursing faculty (M.Sc Community Health Nursing),
2Nursing Faculty (M.Sc Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing),
VKNRL School of Nursing, Ponka Grant, Bhisnupur, Numaligarh, Dist-Golaghat (Assam), Pin-785699.
Corresponding Author: June Chiring
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 pandemic is seen to create a panic situation among the people, keeping mental health at stake. Therefore monitoring the mental health during such crisis is an immediate priority. The purpose of this study was to assess the anxiety level among people residing in various parts of Assam during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the study is to find the level of anxiety among the people and also to find the association between the demographic data. A total of 150 people living in Assam participated in this cross-sectional web-based study. A standardized anxiety related questions based on (coronavirus anxiety scale) was generated using the Google Form, and the link was shared through social media-whatsapp. Data collection was done within 5 days by the google form. The result was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Among 150 people 43.3% is the highest who have mild anxiety, 12.7% have moderate anxiety, 3.3% have severe anxiety and 40.7% have no anxiety. The chi square indicates that there is a significant relationship between anxiety and age of the respondents (chi-square with 3 degree of freedom = 33.3946, p<0.05*) and the age group of 25-34 years have the highest level of anxiety. It is expected that both the government and the people together can fix this pandemic and reduce the anxiety level.
Keywords: COVID-19; Anxiety; pandemic; cross-sectional web –based study; coronavirus anxiety scale; mental health.