ABSTRACT
Aim of the present study was to assess physical activity, nutrition and psychological status of the population during lockdown due to covid-19. Online survey was conductedamong 534 participants within the age range of 16-78 years using convenient sampling. Participantsfrom varied regions within India and abroad were enrolled for the present study. Volunteered participants were solicited to take part in a survey that has to be carried out by filling an online questionnaire form available to them as a URL link in the invitation through WhatsApp/Messenger. The gathered data has been compiled, coded and cleaned using Microsoft Excel. Analysis has been carried out employing descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS 17.0.Majority of participants in the studied population showed significant change in their nutrition and physical activity status due to lockdown. Covid-19 lockdown did limit their daily activities. It also had impacted their psychological status.The current investigation accentuates the need to pursue suitable life style for the maintenance of optimum metabolism and physiology. Sticking to more regular timetable of meals, effective management of stress levels and continued physical activity during the quarantine and in all the following phases of living is desirable.
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Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Exercise/psychology , Quarantine/psychology , Mental Health , Feeding Behavior/psychology , COVID-19/epidemiology , Sleep , Social Behavior , Pandemics/prevention & control , Diet, Healthy/psychology , Interpersonal Relations , Life StyleABSTRACT
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The size and volume of left atrium is an important development of atrial fibrillation which land up subjects into various complications so present study was carried out to study echocardiography findings (size and volume) among AF Cases with various underlying aetiology. Material and methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted for duration of 2 years to measure left atrial size and volume by echocardiography in patients of atrial fibrillation in various diseases. Aproforma was designed to collect the desired information from the patients. The preformed structured proforma consisted of recording of investigations was used as data collection tool. All efforts were made to diagnose the aetiology of atrial fibrillation. Results: A total of 50 cases of AF were studied with mean age of study participants 53.68±12.74 yrs (range 25-80yrs) and F: M-1.3:1. Major risk factors found were RHD (44%) Hypertension (28%) IHD (24%) and DM (14%).Mean LAvolume and size on echo measurement was 78.16ml and 2 28.88cm .There was significant dilatation of LAamong RHD with p<0.05 among major risk factors found in study.