<![CDATA[The present study aimed to evaluate the stress levels in patients suffering from COVID 19. 100 COVID19 patients with age >15 years of both genders were included in the study after taking written informedconsent. All the subjects were administered Perceived Stress Scale questionnaire to fill and scores werecalculated. 82% of the subjects were suffering from high stress while 16% were in moderate category andonly 2% reported low perceived stress. As far as age wise distribution of subjects was considered, 36% were< 40 years of age, 32% were between 40 – 60 years and 32% were more 60 years of age. Out of the females43% had high stress, 3% had moderate and none were in low stress category. While in males 39% had highstress, 13% had moderate and 2% reported low stress. There was a significant increase in the perceived stressscore in females as compared to males (33.08 + 4.29 vs 30.57 + 5.27; p <0.01). So, there is a need to assessthe stress in all COVID 19 patients and regular counselling and psychotherapy should be done specially infemale patients.]]>
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