Well being and mental health among COVID-19 recovered patients

Abstract

Backgrounds: Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the newly discovered coronavirus. Covid-19 virus is spread mainly through saliva droplets or runny nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes. COVID-19 has changed the lives of people all over the world in amazing ways. Coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and was originally named acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Mental health denotes emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Positive mental health and positive psychology have an imminent role to play during this unprecedented public health crisis. Although there is enough evidence-based literature on the application of positive mental health techniques at individual level for stress reduction or life fulfilment, its application in a pandemic scenario is minimally explored. Happiness strategies classically outlined in Lyubomirsky’s book “The How of Happiness” revolve around (a) living in the present, (b) managing stress (which is outlined later in this article), and (c) investing in social connections. Mindfulness meditation practice daily helps in quieting one’s mind and prevents the constant internal mental chatter. This is additionally proven to focus your attention on the present moment and a lot of existing research has proven the efforts of its practice in maintaining and nurturing improved mental health.

Methods: To obtain the sample group, official permission was taken from the authorities in changes from different places from Ahmedabad city, Gujarat. Followed by a brief rapport, an informed consent was obtained from each subject promising confidentiality and anonymity. The tool was then administered after giving relevant instructions and ensuring that the subject has understood them. Privacy and comfortable atmosphere were ensured throughout the data collection. All the subjects were thanked for giving their valuable time and consent to participate in the study. After completion of data collection, a response of each respondent on the entire tool was scored with the help of respective scoring keys.

Results: we tested the F-ratio (see Table 1). For the gender (male and female) we got F=4.634, p < 0.00001. In age (20-30 years and 40-50 years) we got F= 19.23, p< 0.12, also the interaction between gender and age F= 1.593, p<0.17, In Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale the gender i.e. our first source of variance which is significantly associated on >0.01 level of significance. So, our hypotheses on type of person were rejected on WEMWBS Scale. The age group of the people and the gender having the source of variances with significantly associated on 0.05 level of significance.