ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has caused immense psychological and physical stress to almost everyone in the world. It has drastically changed the way people live and work. It has changed the way people communicate with each other and it has also changed the way people perceive different situations, relationships and things. Though a lot is talked about, discussed and researched upon the effects of COVID-19 on work-life balance, education sector, financial issues, issues arising from Work from Home for employees, health concerns about senior citizens and people with co-morbidities, the stress faced by homemakers due to online mode of education and work from home by family members during COVID-19 pandemic, is an area that remains relatively neglected. Family members being at home for most of the time of the day, is a new phenomenon for these homemakers. It is not very easy for them to deal with this new situation emotionally and physically. It means a lot of compromises are expected to be made by the homemaker in terms of time, energy and privacy, as she is most often taken for granted by our male dominated society. She has lost the only ME time that she used to get during the day while her family members were out attending their daily chores. Being at home for most of the time by family members has also increased her work at home as it is assumed by most of the family members that while they are busy attending to their professional and educational commitments, she is relatively free to take care of all their needs. This research paper tries to explore the stress faced by these homemakers due to such situations arising out of COVID-19.
ABSTRACT
The emergence in China of 2019 of severe acute respiratory syndrome coro-navirus2 (SARS-CoV-2) previously provisionally names 2019-nCoV disease (COVID19) caused major global outbreak and is a major public health prob-lem. On 30 January 2020, the WHO declared COVID19 to be the sixth international public health emergency. This present pandemic has engrossed the globe with a high rate of mortality. As a front line practitioner, physiothera-pists are expected to be getting in direct contact with patients infected with the virus. That’s why it is necessary for understanding the many aspects of their role in the identification, contains, reduces and treats the symptoms of this disease. The main presentation is the involvement of respiratory system with symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat, sneezing and characteristics of pneumonia leads to ARDS(Acute respiratory distress syndrome) also land up in multiorgan dysfunction syndrome. This text describes and suggests physiotherapy management of acute COVID-19 patients. It also includes recommendations and guidelines for physiotherapy planning and management. It also covers the guidelines regarding personal care and equipment used for treatment which can be used in the treatment of acute adult patients with sus-pected or confirmed COVID-19.