Journal of Depression and Anxiety
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-1044
ISSN: 2167-1044
Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Dr. Uma Kamboj is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Lovely Faculty of Technology and Sciences established under Lovely Professional University located in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. She has authored around 26 publications and received 80 citations towards her manuscripts.
Research
Awareness and Anxiety towards COVID-19 in Indian Population
Author(s): Shiv Singh, Vijay Mohan Soni, Uma Kamboj and Neha Munjal*
The Novel Corona Virus Disease i.e. nCoV-19 originated from China in December 2019 and spread rapidly, crossed
borders and infected lakhs of people universally. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a medical
emergency and named it pandemic. The increasing number of cases and death has heightened the level of stress
among the people. The present study made an attempt to analyse the awareness and anxiety levels among the
Indian population during this pandemic situation using online questionnaire technique and getting it filled by
snowball sampling method. In total 502 responses were received, which were analysed through descriptive statistics
and principal component analysis (PCA). The analysis suggested that there is a need of the awareness programme
among the people and also some mindfulness programmes are required for reducing stress and anxiety as .. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-1044.20.9.368