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Background • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak and lockdown has caused negative impact on mental health status of health care workers including the physiotherapists as physiotherapists are also involved in the care of patients with COVID-19 infection. • Taking care of COVID-19 infected patients can be exhaustive both physically and mentally due to involved risk of contracting the disease which may prove fatal for some. • Due to ongoing lockdown many physiotherapists are not able to work either fully or partially as per their potential. So, physiotherapists like other health care workers are not immune to mental health impacts of COVID-19 lockdown. Aim • To assess relationship between psychological impact of COVID-19 in the form of anxiety and depression, and the resilience among physiotherapists. Methods • Data were collected from total 378 physiotherapists. • Beck's depression inventory (BDI), generalized anxiety disorder 7 item (GAD-7) scale, and brief resilience scale (BRS) were used to assess depression, anxiety, and resilience respectively among the study participants. • Data were analyzed by using SPSS 15 and, Chi-sqaure, Fisher exact, and Person's correlation tests. Results • Prevalence of anxiety and depression were 37.8% and 31% respectively. • As regards the resilience, 2.9% had high, 74.3% had normal, and 22.8% had low resilience levels. • Physiotherapists who had high level of resilience had lower rates of anxiety on GAD-7 and lower rates of depression on BDI. Conclusion • Strengthening the resilience of physiotherapists can promote their mental health in longer run in face of stressful event like COVID-19 lockdown. • So, resilience strengthening programs must be the priority.
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Introduction: Increased use of smartphones can lead to smartphone addiction and "no-mobile-phone-phobia " known as nomophobia. During an ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown, to tackle an issue of boredom, many people including undergraduate health sciences students (HSSs) are using smartphones, leading to an increased risk of smartphone addiction and nomophobia. During lockdown, many universities have shifted the mode of learning to e-classes by using an internet-based technology on smartphones, which may contribute to increased exposure to smartphones, leading to an increased risk of smartphone addiction among students. Objective: To assess an impact of COVID-19 lockdown on smartphone addiction and severity of nomophobia among UG HSSs. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted at a rural tertiary health-care center in Maharashtra state of India with a sample size of 412. Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version was used to assess smartphone addiction and Nomophobia Questionnaire was used to assess nomophobia. Results: Majority (69.7%) reported inability to concentrate on studies at home due to increased use of smartphone during the COVID-19 lockdown. Boredom (32.8%) was the most bothering thing during lockdown, and to tackle it, 55.8% reported of using smartphone. 97.6% had nomophobia and 45.1% had smartphone addiction. There was increase in the prevalence of smartphone addiction and nomophobia during the COVID-19 lockdown as compared to the prevalence from studies which were conducted in the pre-COVID-19 lockdown period. Conclusion: Appropriate measures should be taken by health sciences universities and authorities to address an issue of smartphone addiction and nomophobia so that students can concentrate on their studies at home during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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An outbreak of the Novel Corona Virus disease in 2019 is a health disaster for the world. COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease associated with coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 named coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), coronavirus is interspecies, and can also be transmitted from human to human that has triggered a global pandemic over the past 3months. At present, there is no specific treatment exclusively available to treat COVID-19 patients. This condition is managed by symptomatic treatment for symptoms like cough, cold, fever, and other respiratory-related ailments although over a period of time since this pandemic is started patients are showing varied symptoms that are not respiratory in nature including headache, loss of taste and smell sensation, body aches and fatigue. Prominent symptoms are managed by best supportive care while secondary symptoms are treated by medicines. As no specific treatment is available at present as said prevention is better than cure must followed. A good immunity can protect us, so prevention and rehabilitation is an essential way to cope up with the dangerous situation of COVID -19 diseases. © 2021 MEDIC SCIENTIFIC. All right reserved.
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Background: Neck pain is a ubiquitous complaint leading to work place absenteeism, disabilities and disturbed sleep wake cycle in many young working and studying people. In ongoing covid scenario, since there is increased use of laptops and mobile phones facilitating work from home for employee and virtual learning for students, there has been increased prevalence of non-specific neck pain among the people due to prolonged fixed flexion posture. Neck pain has become the condition of major consideration since 45% of UG students had experienced neck pain in last 12 months. Aims and Objectives: to evaluate combined and individual effects of Therapeutic Ultrasound and Myofascial Release Technique on Quality of Life of students suffering from neck pain owing to virtual learning. Methods: The participant (n=33) will be recruited in study experiencing non-specific neck pain and meeting the inclusion criteria. Three groups will be formed such that the patient in Group A will receive treated with therapeutic ultrasound. Group B will be receiving treatment using Myofascial Release Technique and Group C will be treated using combined use of both Therapeutic Ultrasound and Myofascial release Technique. The protocol will cover 1 week of treatment. Regular assessment at 0,3rd and 7th day of week will be carried out. We will evaluate using Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), and Range of motion of neck and Manual Muscle testing of cervical musculature. Results: The result of the study will provide affirmation on using combination therapy of Therapeutic Ultrasound and Myofascial Release Technique in people having nonspecific neck pain.
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COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease associated with coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 named coronavirus disease (COVID-19), coronavirus is interspecies, and can also be transmitted from human to human that has triggered a global pandemic over the past one year. As no particular medication is available at present as said preventive is better than cure must pursued. Many health professional like physiotherapist play a big role in understanding of COVID-19 and its precautionary steps to stop the spread of corona virus. Because a strong immunity will protect us, but prevention and recovery is an important way to cope up with the dangerous situation of COVID-19 diseases. And in rural area there is lack of hospital facilities so the need for the awareness, precautionary measures and rehabilitation is essential measures to spread of corona virus in community. Physiotherapist plays a primary rolls in awareness about precautionary and safety measures also physiotherapeutic care during acute and post Covid situation. Physiotherapist plays internal roll in community rehabilitation through home workouts, training for physical fitness by exercise, yoga and respiratory care exercises to increase strength and reduce disability. During this pandemic physiotherapist work on digital platform through telehealth, virtual group rehabilitation methods which work on health rehabilitation with also proper ergonomic training during work from home to reduce work hazards and improve productivity.
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Introduction: Because of the rapid global spread, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a state of an emergency situation. Postgraduate (PG) health sciences students (HSSs) are the frontline healthcare workers who are susceptible to psychological issues like depression, anxiety and stress during such stressful pandemic period. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between the psychological issues such as depression, anxiety and stress and the level of resilience among PG HSSs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: The present cross-sectional online survey was conducted by the department of Psychiatry of tertiary health care center from Maharashtra state of India over a 10 days period (from April 15, 2020 to April 24, 2020), with a sample size of 195 which was calculated by using the formula of sample size calculation for the cross-sectional study design. Data were collected using the purposive sampling method from the PG HSSs. Data were recorded from the study participants in an online structured questionnaire prepared for the study using the sociodemographic details and the two scales namely Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 item (DASS-21) and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). DASS-21 scale was used to assess the presence and severity of depression, anxiety, and stress, while BRS scale was used to assess the level of resilience among the PG HSSs. Data were collected and analyzed using the SPSS software version 15.0, Fisher's exact test, and Pearson's correlation test. Results: Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress were 43.1%, 68.7%, and 11.3%, respectively. There was a high positive correlation between all three subscales of DASS-21 (depression, anxiety, and stress subscales). On BRS, 2 (1.0%) study participants had high resilience, 120 (61.5%) had normal resilience, and 73 (37.5%) Conclusion: Study concluded that significant proportion of PG HSSs had psychological impact of COVID-19 in the form of depression, anxiety and stress. Programs such as timely evaluation of mental health status and stress management to address these psychological issues should be a priority. In long terms, increasing the resilience of PG HSSs can have protective value against the psychological issues during the stressful events of infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19 pandemic. The following core competencies are addressed in this article: Medical knowledge, Patient care, Professionalism, Practice based learning and improvement. © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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Background: The COVID 19 outbreak has led to various global health crises that is having a great impact on the way we perceive our world and everyday life. The present paper aims to call into question the global mistakes that cause this crises and the unique way of India to fight this outbreak the core problem is Carelessness of many countries which lead to its spread worldwide. Methods: The data were collected from the various electronic databases like Google scholar, Springel publication, Journal of travel medicine,WHO guidelines, etc. Result: This review indicated that lapses of various countries like China, Iran, Italy, Spain etc.That caused the spread of this coronavirus and how India worked strategically on the desire to actively pre-empt not only prevent. Conclusion: The study concludes the various mistakes that China and Italy made are most leading cause of worldwide spread of this crisis. The big mistake of Europe and US is that people aren't wearing the masks, since masks prevent the droplets that carry infectious virus from infecting others. The other major mistake in US was limited lockdowns which made it worse, since the coronavirus transmits so silently, due to which the total actual scale of problem was not able to be captured, and people moved to less restricted part of the US and they have unknowingly taken the virus with them. Early preventive measures would have prevented this outbreak. © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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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.