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Introduction: Media have never been as essential as it has become during the time of pandemic. Every information related to disease, prevention, and precaution was on media. Since most of the people confined to their homes, they used media not only to get the information about pandemic but also used media as companion, which enhanced the overall consumption of media significantly. This study aims to assess the changed consumption pattern of media in Indian population before and during the pandemic and its relation to the psychological well-being. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional web-based survey. Four hundred and five respondents participated in it. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: It was found that media consumption pattern and duration both have changed during the pandemic. There was a significant difference between before and after usage of all types of media. There was also significant difference for viewing media category in demographic subgroups, age (P = 0.000), marital status (P = 0.000), occupation (P = 0.000), and place of living (P = 0.036). Females (odds ratio [OR] =2.045, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.305, 3.203) and retired (OR = 0.039, 95% CI: 0.003, 0.470) were significantly associated with poor mental well-being. Respondents consumed media for sometimes (OR = 2.045, 95% CI: 1.557, 4.012) and frequently (OR = 4.946, 95% CI: 1.995, 12.264) were also associated with poor mental well-being. Conclusion: The study demonstrates the existence of poor mental well-being among women and retires more. It also demonstrates that people who preferred watching news more during the pandemic had the chance of suffering from poor mental well-being. © 2022 by the Author(s).
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INTRODUCTION : The COVID-19 pandemic has created havoc in India with total deaths crossing 0.4 million. Cardiac biomarkers are found to be associated with poor outcome in COVID-19 patients having concomitant cardiac diseases. But the prognostic value of cardiac biomarkers in cardiac and non-cardiac patients following COVID-19 disease was not thoroughly investigated. This study was designed to investigate prognostic role of cardiac biomarkers in COVID-19 patients with cardiac disease. METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, M.G.M. Medical college & M. Y. hospital, Indore. Four cardiac biomarkers, Trop-I, Myo, CK-MB, and BNP were considered for evaluation. Laboratory confirmed COVID-19 patients were divided in two groups, with and without concomitant cardiac disease. The differences of cardiac biomarker levels between the groups were compared using the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test. RESULTS: Out-off 632 admitted patients, 512 were found evaluable. of 512 eligible patients, 58 (11.3 %) had a history of cardiac disease. A total of 31 (6.0%) allcause death occurred during the follow-up, 8 (13.8%) deaths occurred in the cardiac disease group and 23 (5.0%) occurred in the non-cardiac group. For cardiac patients, the AUC of Trop-I, CK-MB, Myo, and BNP was found 0.660, 0.512, 0.753 and 0.712, respectively. Myo, had the highest prognostic value, followed by BNP. CONCLUSION: Increased levels of Myo and BNP have significant prognostic relevance. Our study can help to understand the prognosis of cardiac patients with COVID-19 disease. However, further study is needed.