Medical Science
Volume 25, Issue 109, March, 2021
A cross-sectional online survey of relationship between the psychological impacts of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) lockdown and the resilience among physiotherapy professionals in India
Rakesh Kumar Sinha1, Saumi Sinha2, Ashish Bele3, Ajinkya Sureshrao Ghogare4♦
1Department of Musculoskeletal physiotherapy, Ravi Nair
Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical
Sciences (Deemed to be university), Sawangi, Wardha,
Maharashtra, India; Email id: smartphysio@gmail.com
2Department of Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, Ravi Nair
Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical
Sciences (Deemed to be university), Sawangi, Wardha,
Maharashtra, India; Email id: drsaumi@gmail.com
3Department of Electrotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy
College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to
be university), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email
id: drashishbele@gmail.com
4Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College,
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be
university), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email id:
ajinkyaghogaremd@gmail.com
♦Corresponding author
Dr Ajinkya Sureshrao Ghogare, Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College,
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be
University), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email:
ajinkyaghogaremd@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a rapidly evolving confused state. Like other front line health care workers (HCWs), physiotherapists are also providing their valuable services to COVID-19 patients. Caring COVID-19 patients is exhaustive both physically and mentally due to associated risks. So physiotherapists are prone to development of psychological problems like depression and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Main objective of study was to assess relationship between psychological impact of COVID-19 lockdown in the form of depression and anxiety, and the resilience among physiotherapists across India. Methods: Present cross-sectional online survey was conducted in the rural tertiary health-care center from Maharashtra, India, with sample size was 378. Data were recorded with consecutive sampling method from study participants on socio-demographic details, Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 item (GAD – 7) scale and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). After the collection, data were analyzed using version 15.0 of SPSS software, Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and Pearson’s correlation test. Results: Prevalence of depression and anxiety among study participants were 31% and 37.8% respectively. As regards depression, 56 (14.8%) had mild, 23 (6.1%) had borderline, 29 (7.7%) had moderate, 8 (2.1%) had severe and 1 (0.3%) had extreme depression. As regards anxiety, 96 (25.4%) had mild, 32 (8.5%) had moderate and 15 (3.9%) had severe anxiety. As regards resilience level, 86 (22.8%) had low, 281 (74.3%) had normal and 11 (2.9%) had high resilience. Those respondents who had high resilience had lower rates of depression on BDI and lower rates of anxiety on GAD–7. Conclusion: Programs to strengthen resilience should be priority. In longer run, increasing resilience of physiotherapists can have mental health promoting value during the stressful event of COVID-19 lockdown.
Keywords: Anxiety, COVID-19, Depression, Lockdown, Resilience
Medical Science, 2021, 25(109), 618-631
