@article{Juneja_Pawaiya_Purwar_Shree_Nagesh_Singh_2020, title={Assessment of psychosocial health during COVID-19 Pandemic among Indian adults}, volume={32}, url={https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/1872}, DOI={10.47203/IJCH.2020.v32i04.017}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background</strong>: Lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic has an effect on all the dimensions of health. Previous epidemics and pandemics had made a catastrophic impact on mental wellbeing of general public. <strong>Methods</strong>: A cross sectional online study was carried out in the month of May. Data collection was done using Google form which contained semi-structured questionnaire. <strong>Results</strong>: Total 450 individuals participated in the study. About one-fourth of the participants felt depressed (28.9%) listening to the constant news updates about corona virus. Almost half of participants (50.7%) had altered eating habits. Nearly one-third of the participants had difficulty (35.1%) in falling asleep. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study reports that there is a negative impact on psychosocial health of general public who were confined to their homes due to COVID-19 pandemic in the country.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Indian Journal of Community Health}, author={Juneja, Khushboo and Pawaiya, Amit Singh and Purwar, Neeti and Shree, Tuhina and Nagesh, Seetharamiah and Singh, Neeraj Pal}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={713–716} }