Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Online Classes during COVID-19 Pandemic: Anxiety, Stress & Depression among University Students

Mridul1 , Bandana Bisht2 , Dhariti Sharma3 , Navdeep Kaur4 (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2020

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has not only put people at risk of developing physical illness but also face mentaldistress. This pandemic disease is impacting almost every sector of economy as well as Indian educationsector that includes school, colleges and institutes. As everything is virtual with no physical movementmost of the mental health illnesses were triggered rapidly such as Depression, Anxiety and Stress. A crosssectional descriptive study design was done to assess the level of Depression, Anxiety and Stress in gradstudents who were undergoing online classes and the population for research study was all students studyingin bachelors’ program of universities. The sample size was 159 students and the tool used for the researchstudy was DASS 21. The researcher concluded that majority of students experienced moderate Depression27(16.98%), Anxiety27 (16.98%) and stress 23 (14.46%) due to online classes.

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