Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020

Impact of corona virus disease outbreak on behaviours of Indian population

Gulappa Devagappanavar

School of Environmental Science, Public Health and Sanitation Management, Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University, Gadag, Karnataka, India; Email:gulappa.md07dmr@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Background: Corona virus disease pandemic caused psychological, economic and social problems among the mankind in worldwide. Outbreak affected the Indian population through health, economy, agricultural production, business, and more importantly Indian social and cultural practices. This study was conducted to assess the behavioral change after the corona pandemic and impact of thermal screening on psychology of population. Methods: Across sectional study was conducted in the Gadag district headquarter and peri-urban area from 18th march 2020 to 13th April 2020 using semi-structured interview schedule. Convenient sampling technique method was adopted to obtain the data and data was analyzed using SPSS v20, expressed in frequency and percentage. Results: Out of 246 participants majority (67.8%) of them changed behaviors related to personal and environmental hygiene due to disease outbreak. 24% of them responded that disease outbreak disturbed their mental status. Majority (60.8%) of the participants opined that thermal screening impact on them to come out from psychological fear. Conclusion: Study concludes that due to corona virus disease pandemic, people changed their behavioral practices to break the spread of infection. Thermal screening relived their fear about disease.

Keywords: Behavioral change; Corona pandemic; Hygienic practices; Impact of Screening; psychological status

Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 1915-1922

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