Introduction: The COVID-19 outbreak created a major panic among all the citizens of the country owing to its severity, contagiousness within the community, lack of specific treatment and possibility of re-infection. All these factors along with the uncertain behaviour of the virus lead to state of fear and concern all throught out the nation. The current study represents the mental health survey conducted on the students of South India after the completion of one month quarantine period of the COVID-19 outbreak. Methodology: The present study is a cross-sectional, web-based online survey which consists of 21-item DASS questionnaire. This was used to assess the emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress. Using Google Forms, the questionnaire was randomly distributed among the pharmacy students of selected colleges. Mean with standard deviation was calculated for continuous variables and the number with percentage was calculated for categorical variables. Results: A total of 500 participants responded to the questionnaire. More than half of the responses were received from females (65%). On assessment it was found that, 26 % of respondents reported severe to extremely severe depressive symptoms; 31.5 % of respondents reported severe to extremely severe anxiety symptoms, and 19 % reported severe to extremely severe stress levels. Conclusion: In India during the outbreak of COVID-19, an alarming number of students were found to have an impact on mental health due to the outbreak and were observed to have higher levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. The study findings shows the need of conducting more such studies and can be used to prepare appropriate psychological interventions to improve mental health among the young public during the pandemic.

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Covid-19大流行性检疫期间南印度药学学生的心理健康状况：一项跨部门研究

简介：由于COVID-19疫情的严重性，社区内的传染性，缺乏特定的治疗方法和再次感染的可能性，因此在该国所有公民中引起了严重的恐慌。所有这些因素以及病毒的不确定行为导致整个国家范围内的恐惧和担忧。当前的研究代表了对COVID-19疫情的一个月隔离期结束后，对南印度学生进行的心理健康调查。方法：本研究是一项基于网络的横断面在线调查，由21个项目的DASS问卷组成。这被用于评估抑郁，焦虑和压力的情绪状态。使用Google表格，该问卷被随机分配给选定学院的药房学生。对于连续变量，计算具有标准偏差的平均值，对于分类变量，计算具有百分比的数量。结果：共有500名参与者回答了问卷。超过一半的回复来自女性（65％）。经评估发现，有26％的被访者报告了严重至极重的抑郁症状。31.5％的受访者报告了严重至极度的焦虑症状，而19％的受访者报告了严重至极度的压力水平。结论：在印度，在COVID-19爆发期间，令人震惊的学生人数因爆发而对心理健康产生了影响，并发现他们的压力，焦虑和抑郁情绪较高。